Lok Sabha Question No. 4048 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-17
Subject: Establishment of Startups
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Chandra Prakash Choudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4048 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 17 th   JULY, 2019.

## ESTABLISHMENT  OF STARTUPS

## 4048. SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH CHOUDHARY:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state:

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether the Government has recently called on firms of foreign countries to attract foreign capital of the largest startup base in the country and if so, the details thereof along with its key objectives;
- (b) the  details  of  the  States  wherein  these  startups  are  likely  to  come  up, State-wise including Jharkhand;
- (c) the  details  of  the  startups  established  in  different  States  along  with  the employment generated therefrom during the last three years, State-wise; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to ensure even employment opportunities are generated across all States in this regard?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज् यएवंउद्योग मंत्रालयमेंराज् यमंत्री( श्रीसोम प्रकाश) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE &INDUSTRY (SHRI SOM PARKASH)

- (a): Startup India Global Venture Capital Summit 2018 was held on 6 th and 7 th December 2018 in Goa to showcase India's diverse market & transformative technology innovations to the Investors across the world. It was a unique gathering of Global Fund Managers, Limited Partners, Officials from the Government of India and path-breaking startups.  The  dialogue  focused  on  the  huge  return-generating potential  of  India's  vast  and  diverse  market  monetized  through cutting-edge technologies supported by investor-friendly regulations.
- (b)to(d): Startup  India  initiative  aims  to  promote  Startups  across  all  the States and UTs. As on 12.07.2019, there are 19,874 recognised startups  under  the  initiative  across  513  districts  covering  all  29 States  and  6  Union  Territories.  Of  these,  18,034  startups  have self-declared  employment  information.  The  state-wise  number  of recognized  startups  and  employment  generated  based  on  selfdeclared information by startups is at Annexure I.

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## Annexure  referred  to in reply to  Parts (b) to (d)  of  Lok Sabha  Unstrred Question No. 4048 for answer on  17.07.2019

State-wise employment generated based on self-declared information by startups

| S. No.   | State/Union Territory       | Number of Startups recognized under Startup India   | Number of Startups self- reporting employment   | Total Employment based on self- reported information by Startups   |
|----------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 6                                                   | 6                                               | 42                                                                 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh              | 336                                                 | 307                                             | 3,601                                                              |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh           | 3                                                   | 3                                               | 20                                                                 |
| 4        | Assam                       | 140                                                 | 117                                             | 1,615                                                              |
| 5        | Bihar                       | 261                                                 | 250                                             | 2,562                                                              |
| 6        | Chandigarh                  | 78                                                  | 64                                              | 793                                                                |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                | 254                                                 | 224                                             | 2,210                                                              |
| 8        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      | 4                                                   | 4                                               | 116                                                                |
| 9        | Daman and Diu               | 2                                                   | 1                                               | 2                                                                  |
| 10       | Delhi                       | 2,616                                               | 2,338                                           | 27,271                                                             |
| 11       | Goa                         | 82                                                  | 75                                              | 677                                                                |
| 12       | Gujarat                     | 1,013                                               | 905                                             | 10,506                                                             |
| 13       | Haryana                     | 1,086                                               | 992                                             | 14,134                                                             |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh            | 39                                                  | 37                                              | 401                                                                |
| 15       | Jammu and Kashmir           | 86                                                  | 82                                              | 674                                                                |
| 16       | Jharkhand                   | 161                                                 | 151                                             | 957                                                                |
| 17       | Karnataka                   | 2,919                                               | 2,649                                           | 35,622                                                             |
| 18       | Kerala                      | 879                                                 | 803                                             | 7,539                                                              |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh              | 546                                                 | 509                                             | 4,705                                                              |
| 20       | Maharashtra                 | 3,761                                               | 3,380                                           | 39,771                                                             |
| 21       | Manipur                     | 14                                                  | 14                                              | 119                                                                |
| 22       | Meghalaya                   | 4                                                   | 4                                               | 10                                                                 |
| 23       | Mizoram                     | 3                                                   | 3                                               | 50                                                                 |
| 24       | Nagaland                    | 8                                                   | 6                                               | 34                                                                 |
| 25       | Odisha                      | 350                                                 | 321                                             | 3,513                                                              |
| 26       | Pondicherry                 | 22                                                  | 22                                              | 257                                                                |
| 27       | Punjab                      | 149                                                 | 131                                             | 1,460                                                              |
| 28       | Rajasthan                   | 551                                                 | 511                                             | 6,105                                                              |
| 29       | Sikkim                      | 2                                                   | 2                                               | 8                                                                  |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu                  | 1,031                                               | 903                                             | 11,689                                                             |
| 31       | Telangana                   | 1,103                                               | 1,020                                           | 13,791                                                             |
| 32       | Tripura                     | 6                                                   | 6                                               | 268                                                                |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh               | 1,607                                               | 1,492                                           | 15,479                                                             |
| 34       | Uttarakhand                 | 163                                                 | 148                                             | 1,329                                                              |
| 35       | West Bengal                 | 589                                                 | 554                                             | 5,479                                                              |
|          | Grand Total                 | 19,874                                              | 18,034                                          | 2,12,809                                                           |

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