Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will speak and interact with the startup ecosystem on January 16 to mark a decade of Startup India.
- DPIIT will launch 75 Grand Challenges and present 20 National Startup Awards, with more than 3,000 requests already received to participate.
- Several MoUs have been signed with companies to deepen engagement so startups can solve outsourced problems and integrate into supply chains to lower manufacturing costs.
- Officials say the next phase prioritises deep-tech and AI entrepreneurship to bolster strategic sectors and build high-tech capabilities.
- India now counts over 200,000 DPIIT-recognised startups with more than 2.1 million jobs created, and DPIIT reports USD 51 billion in FDI inflows in the last six months.