Lok Sabha Question No. 2423 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-01
Subject: Assessment of IT Startups
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: RAMACHANDRAN MULLAPPALLY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2423

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 01.08.2018

## ASSESSMENT OF IT STARTUPS

## 2423 SHRI  MULLAPPALLY  RAMACHANDRAN:

Will the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Government has made any assessment of IT start-ups in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the state-wise number of successful IT start-ups in the country;
- (d) whether Government has made any assessment of employment generated by the IT start-ups in the country; and
- (e) if so, the details of the job created by these start-ups in the last four years; state-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI S. S. AHLUWALIA)

(a) and (b): There is no official assessment made by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) specific to IT start-ups in the country. As per Nasscom-Zinnov report 2017, there has been an addition of 1000 tech start-ups in 2017 taking it to a total of 5200 tech start-ups. MeitY has been supporting incubation activities wherein at present 287 startups are being facilitated in ICT domain. Also, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has recognised 1,507 start-ups that provide IT services under Startup India initiative as on 28.07.2018.

(c): There is no data collected on state-wise number of successful IT start-ups in the country. However, State and UT wise recognised IT start-ups is at Annexure-1.

(d): Total employment generated and reported by IT services start-ups as per Startup India Programme  is  18,470.  Also,  through  an  impact  assessment  report  of  MeitY  supported incubation activities over a period of 5 years, 3188 jobs have been created across the country.

- (e): Employment reported by IT services start-ups State and UT wise is at Annexure-2.

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ANNEXURE-1 State and UT wise recognised IT Startups

| State or UT                 |   No. of IT Services Startups |
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Maharashtra                 |                           237 |
| Karnataka                   |                           191 |
| Uttar Pradesh               |                           150 |
| Delhi                       |                           149 |
| Telangana                   |                            97 |
| Kerala                      |                            83 |
| Tamil Nadu                  |                            83 |
| Gujarat                     |                            75 |
| Haryana                     |                            69 |
| West Bengal                 |                            60 |
| Madhya Pradesh              |                            55 |
| Rajasthan                   |                            53 |
| Orissa                      |                            42 |
| Andhra Pradesh              |                            40 |
| Chhattisgarh                |                            22 |
| Bihar                       |                            16 |
| Goa                         |                            16 |
| Punjab                      |                            12 |
| Uttarakhand                 |                            12 |
| Assam                       |                            11 |
| Jharkhand                   |                             9 |
| Chandigarh                  |                             7 |
| Jammu and Kashmir           |                             7 |
| Himachal Pradesh            |                             3 |
| Pondicherry                 |                             3 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                             1 |
| Manipur                     |                             1 |
| Meghalaya                   |                             1 |
| Nagaland                    |                             1 |
| Tripura                     |                             1 |
| Grand Total                 |                          1507 |

ANNEXURE-2

## Employment reported by IT Services Startups, State and UT wise

| State or UT    | No. of Employees   |
|----------------|--------------------|
| Karnataka      | 2,377              |
| Delhi          | 2,354              |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 2,263              |
| Maharashtra    | 2,179              |
| Telangana      | 1,456              |
| Gujarat        | 1,035              |
| Rajasthan      | 986                |
| Tamil Nadu     | 913                |
| Kerala         | 769                |
| West Bengal    | 634                |
| Haryana        | 617                |
| Madhya Pradesh | 588                |
| Orissa         | 565                |
| Andhra Pradesh | 517                |
| Chandigarh     | 234                |
| Chhattisgarh   | 170                |
| Punjab         | 152                |
| Goa            | 121                |
| Assam          | 114                |
| Bihar          | 112                |

| Uttarakhand                 | 59     |
|-----------------------------|--------|
| Jharkhand                   | 54     |
| Tripura                     | 52     |
| Jammu and Kashmir           | 50     |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 40     |
| Pondicherry                 | 34     |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 10     |
| Nagaland                    | 7      |
| Manipur                     | 5      |
| Meghalaya                   | 3      |
| Grand Total                 | 18,470 |

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