States’ Start-up Ranking 2021 to be declared on 4th July

24 States and 7 UTs participated in the 3rd Start-up ranking exercise with 7 reform areas and 26 action points

Within last 6 years, States/UTs with Start-up policies increased from 4 to 30 with 29 of them having Start-up portals

Feedback on Start-up ecosystem taken from 7200 beneficiaries in 13 languages

The results of the 3^rd edition of Ranking of States’ on Support to Start-up Ecosystems will be released by Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, and Textiles on 4^th July, 2022 in a felicitation ceremony in New Delhi.

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) conducted the 3^rd edition of the States’ Start-up Ranking Exercise with the key objective to promote India’s vision of competitive and cooperative federalism. The exercise was launched in 2018 to encourage states and union territories to work towards easing regulations for the growth of start-ups and strengthening the support to the start-up ecosystem.

A total of 24 States and 7 Union Territories participated in the exercise this year, an increase from 25 last year and the highest till date. As India becomes one of the leading start-up nation globally, the growth of the entrepreneurship in Tier-II and Tier – III cities in the country has become necessary. There were 4 states/UTs with start-up policies in 2016. Today, there are over 30 states/UTs who have start-up policies, and 27 states/UTs have their own state start-up portal.

This edition had 7 broad Reform Areas consisting of 26 action points which are essential in providing regulatory, policy and economic support to startups and stakeholders of the ecosystem. The reform areas included Institutional Support, Fostering Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Access to Market, Incubation support, Funding Support, Mentorship Support and Capacity Building of Enablers.

The third edition of the exercise evaluated the support provided by states and union territories over a period from 1^st October 2019 to 31^st July 2021. Their submissions were evaluated over a 6-month period and feedback was gathered from more than 7,200 beneficiaries in 13 different languages. This edition is unique as it highlights the extensive support provided by states and union territories to the start-up ecosystem amid a global pandemic.

The State Start-up Ranking Exercise Results 2021 and call for mentors for the Mentorship, Advisory, Assistance, Resilience, and Growth (MAARG) Portal will be announced on Monday, 4^th July 2022 at 11:30 A.M. at The Ashok Hotel, New Delhi with senior government officials attending from all participating States and UTs.

Start-up ecosystem ranking promotes cooperative federalism and incentives for strengthened state start-up support and mentorship. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade's third Start-up Ranking Exercise assessed States and Union Territories on seven reform areas and 26 action points-covering institutional, regulatory, market access, incubation, funding, mentorship and capacity-building measures-based on submissions for the period 1 October 2019 to 31 July 2021, evaluated over six months with beneficiary feedback from over seven thousand respondents.