Delhi Startup Yuva Festival Awards Grants, Announces Rs 325-Crore Policy Plan

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Overview

Held at the Dr Ambedkar International Centre, the festival was inaugurated by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta with Union Minister Jayant Chaudhary and organised by the Directorate of Training and Technical Education.
Top six student startups received equity-free grants of Rs 10 lakh each, while the top 100 received Rs 1 lakh each.
Officials announced a proposed Delhi Startup Policy with Rs 325 crore over five years and a goal to support 5,000 startups by 2035.
Out of more than 700 applications, over 60 startups joined the expo and 20 were shortlisted for live pitching.
The government reported 75,000-plus students engaged and more than 470 incubated startups generating Rs 500–600 crore in revenue, alongside school seed grants to 5,000 teams under the NEEEV curriculum.