Overview
- Cabinet set a target of 25,000 new startups, with 10,000 expected from regions outside Bengaluru.
- Priority areas include AI, deep tech, clean energy and biotech, with officials also highlighting blockchain, quantum computing and semiconductor design.
- Support measures cover mentorship, funding, infrastructure, market access, international collaboration and regulatory facilitation to back startups through their lifecycle.
- The Cabinet in the same meeting cleared three police procedural rules governing arrest records, final form submissions and information formats.
- The government approved ₹94.5 crore for equipment at a Mysuru Peripheral Cancer Centre tied to Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, alongside urban governance changes and BWSSB operations funding.