Lok Sabha Question No. 2618 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-04
Subject: Startup India Seed Scheme
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Manne Srinivas Reddy, Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2618. TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 4 TH  AUGUST, 2021.

## STARTUP INDIA SEED SCHEME

## 2618.  SHRI MANNE SRINIVAS REDDY: SHRI KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY:

## Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state: वाणिज्य  एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether the Government has unveiled a Startup India Seed Fund Scheme(SISFS)  to  handhold  and  financially  support  early-stage  startups across  300  incubation  centres  and  the  fund  is  expected  to  benefit  around 3,600 startups and boost the startups ecosystem, particularly in tier-2 and 3 cities;
- (b) if  so,  whether  the  fund  aims  to  provide  financial  assistance  to  startups  for proof  of  concept,  prototype  development,  product  trials  to  ensure  adequate availability of funds, especially for startups with good ideas and this scheme supports domestic entrepreneurs and their business ideas who often cannot take off due to the absence of funding at early stage;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State-wise including AP and Telangana; and
- (d) the  details  of  the  progress  made/implementation  status  thereof  along  with funds sanctioned/spent as on date and the response received, city-wise?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज्य  एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री (श्री सोम प्रकाश) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI SOM PARKASH)

- (a) & (b): Yes sir. The Hon'ble Prime Minister of India has announced the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS) on 16 th January 2021. The scheme has been notified vide notification of the Department for Promotion of Industry  and  Internal  Trade  on  the  21 st January,  2021.  Copy  of  the notification is available at website of this department: https://dipp.gov.in/sites/default/files/notification-Startup29January2021.pdf .
- (c) & (d) :  The  scheme has been operationalized with effect from 1 st April  2021 and an online portal has been created for incubators and startups to apply.

The list of incubators whose applications are at different stages on the online portal are given at Annexure .

Till  now,  the  following  incubators  have  been  sanctioned  grants under the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS) as follows:-

| S.No.   | Incubator Registered Name                                                  | State       |   Sanctioned amount (Rs. in crore) |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|------------------------------------|
| 1.      | IIMK LIVE                                                                  | Kerala      |                                  5 |
| 2.      | Forum for Innovation Incubation Research and Entrepreneurship              | Goa         |                                  3 |
| 3.      | Gujarat Foundation for Entrepreneurial Excellence                          | Gujarat     |                                  5 |
| 4.      | Association of Lady Entrepreneurs of India                                 | Telangana   |                                  2 |
| 5.      | Dayananda Sagar Entrepreneurship Research & Business Incubation Foundation | Karnataka   |                                  3 |
| 6.      | Coimbatore Innovation and Business Incubator                               | Tamil Nadu  |                                  2 |
| 7.      | Crescent Innovation and Incubation Council                                 | Tamil Nadu  |                                  5 |
| 8.      | Centre for Advancing and Launching Enterprises                             | Gujarat     |                                  3 |
| 9.      | COEP'S Bhau Institute of Innovation Entrepreneurship and Leadership        | Maharashtra |                                  2 |
| Total   | Total                                                                      | Total       |                                 30 |

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) & (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2618 FOR ANSWER ON 04.08.2021.

## List of city-wise applications received from incubators under the SISFS

| S.No.   | Incubator Registered Name                                               | City                   |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
| 1       | Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre                                 | Chennai                |
| 2       | VEL TECH - TECHNOLOGY INCUBATOR                                         | Chennai                |
| 3       | VASPL Initiatives Private Limited                                       | Bhopal                 |
| 4       | BPIBS KNOWLEDGE & INNOVATION FOUNDATION                                 | East Delhi             |
| 5       | Dream Team Technologies Private Limited                                 | Jodhpur                |
| 6       | Bihar Industries Association                                            | Patna                  |
| 7       | Foundation for Technology & Business Incubation                         | Rourkela               |
| 8       | JECRC Incubation Centre                                                 | Jaipur                 |
| 9       | Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre                                          | Bengaluru Urban        |
| 10      | B-Nest Foundation                                                       | Bhopal                 |
| 11      | AIC-Prestige Inspire Foundation                                         | Indore                 |
| 12      | AIC-GISC FOUNDATION                                                     | Ahmedabad              |
| 13      | Golden Jubilee Biotech Park for Women Society                           | Kanchipuram            |
| 14      | Marathwada Accelerator For Growth And Incubation Council                | Aurangabad             |
| 15      | KL TECHNOLOGY INCUBATORS FOUNDATION                                     | Bhubaneswar            |
| 16      | Savli Technology and Business Incubator                                 | Vadodara               |
| 17      | KBCNMU Centre For Innovation, Incubation and Linkages                   | Jalgaon                |
| 18      | University of Agricultural Science, Bengaluru, Agri innovation center   | Bengaluru              |
| 19      | Sigma Institute of Technology & Engineering , Bakrol                    | Vadodara               |
| 20      | AIC-SKU Confederation                                                   | Anantapur              |
| 21      | IIM Udaipur Incubation Center                                           | Udaipur                |
| 22      | Global Incubation Services                                              | Bengaluru              |
| 23      | JITO Incubation and Innovation Foundation                               | Mumbai Suburban        |
| 24      | DR SIDDHARTHA CHOUBEY                                                   | Durg                   |
| 25      | Electropreneur Park                                                     | New Delhi              |
| 26      | Bio-incubator@C-CAMP                                                    | Bengaluru              |
| 27      | MIT Pune Technology Business Incubator                                  | Pune                   |
| 28      | TEEGlobal Accelerator for Innovation Network (The GAIN)                 | Bengaluru              |
| 29      | IIITH Foundation                                                        | Hyderabad              |
| 30      | Society for Innovation and Development                                  | Bengaluru              |
| 31      | IIM Kashipur Foundation for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development | Kashipur               |
| 32      | AIC Pinnacle Entrepreneurship Forum                                     | Pune                   |
| 33      | AIC-MIT ADT Incubator Forum                                             | Pune                   |
| 34      | Villgro Innovations Foundation                                          | Chennai                |
| 35      | AIC-RNTU Foundation                                                     | Raisen                 |
| 36      | Centre for Incubation and Business Acceleration                         | South Goa              |
| 37      | Incubator India 2020                                                    | Jaipur                 |
| 38      | AIC-SANGAM INNOVATION FOUNDATION                                        | Gurugram               |
| 39      | DALIT INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION                                            | Patna                  |
| 40      | Jabalpur Incubation Center                                              | Jabalpur               |
| 41      | MKZILA ONLINE DIGITAL PRIVATE LIMITED                                   | Gorakhpur              |
| 42      | SRI THIAGARAJAR POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE                                     | Namakkal               |
| 43      | OASYS Institute of Technology                                           | Manachanallur          |
| 44      | Atal Incubation Centre - Manipal University Jaipur                      | Jaipur                 |
| 45      | INURTURE INCUBATION FOUNDATION                                          | Ghaziabad              |
| 46 47   | PROCESS CUM PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, MEERUT ARTILAB Foundation       | Meerut Bengaluru Urban |
| 48      | MLR Education Foundation                                                | Hyderabad              |
|         | TBI                                                                     |                        |

|   49 | SR Foundation                                                                             | Warangal            |
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|   50 | DR HIMANSU MOHAN PADHY                                                                    | Khordha             |
|   51 | CHEBROLU ENGINEERING COLLEGE                                                              | Guntur              |
|   52 | Agribusiness Incubation Centre ICAR RC NEH                                                | Ri Bhoi             |
|   53 | FOUNDERS CUBE                                                                             | Bengaluru urban     |
|   54 | Swarrnim Incubation Center                                                                | Gandhinagar         |
|   55 | Pns Enterprises                                                                           | Pune                |
|   56 | MITAOE Entrepreneurial Development Foundation                                             | Khed                |
|   57 | AIC-GIM FOUNDATION                                                                        | North Goa           |
|   58 | JSS ATE STEP                                                                              | Gautam Buddha Nagar |
|   59 | AIC-NMIMS Incubation Center                                                               | Mumbai              |
|   60 | SSCBS INNOVATION AND INCUBATION FOUNDATION                                                | North West Delhi    |
|   61 | Startup Incubator cum centre of Excellence                                                | Panchkula           |
|   62 | Siliguri Institute for General Notion and Information Society                             | Siliguri            |
|   63 | Samruddhi TBI Foundation                                                                  | Sangli              |
|   64 | Daksh Rural Entrepreneurship Center                                                       | Mangrulpir          |
|   65 | Ideas to Impacts Hub                                                                      | Pune                |
|   66 | AIC-Nalanda Institute of Technology Foundation                                            | Bhubaneswar         |
|   67 | Andhra Pradesh Innovation Society                                                         | Vishkhapatnam       |
|   68 | Indigram Labs Foundation                                                                  | Delhi               |
|   69 | Agri Business Incubation Society                                                          | Coimbatore          |
|   70 | IIT Mandi Catalyst                                                                        | Mandi               |
|   71 | MIET Incubation Forum                                                                     | Meerut              |
|   72 | Center for Innovation Incubation & Entrepreneurship (KL TECHNOLOGY INCUBATORS FOUNDATION) | Guntur              |
|   73 | PERIYAR UNIVERSITY BUSINESS INCUBATION CONFEDERATION                                      | Erode               |
|   74 | Dlabs Incubator Association                                                               | Hyderabad           |
|   75 | Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre IIT Kanpur                                       | Kanpur              |
|   76 | IIMCalcutta Innovation Park                                                               | Kolkata             |
|   77 | Association of Lady Entrepreneurs of India                                                | Hyderabad           |
|   78 | IIMK LIVE                                                                                 | Kozhikode           |
|   79 | Forum for Innovation Incubation Research and Entrepreneurship                             | Margao              |
|   80 | Gujarat Foundation for Entrepreneurial Excellence                                         | Ahmedabad           |
|   81 | DAYANANDA SAGAR ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH & BUSINESS INCUBATION FOUNDATION                | Bengaluru Urban     |
|   82 | Coimbatore Innovation and Business Incubator                                              | Coimbatore          |
|   83 | Crescent Innovation and Incubation Council                                                | Kanchipuram         |
|   84 | Centre for Advancing and Launching Enterprises                                            | Gandhinagar         |
|   85 | COEP'S BHAU INSTITUTE OF INNOVATION ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND LEADERSHIP                       | Pune                |
|   86 | Malabar Innovation Entrepreneurship Zone                                                  | Kannur              |
|   87 | SSUINNOVATION PRIVATE LIMITED                                                             | Cuttack             |

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