Lok Sabha Question No. 2583 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-10
Subject: Startup Enterprises
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Veena Devi, Vinayak Bhaurao Raut

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2583. TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 10 TH  MARCH, 2021.

## STARTUP ENTERPRISES

## 2583.  SHRIMATI VEENA DEVI: SHRI VINAYAK RAUT:

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

वाणिज्य

## एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether the Government has recognized any Startup enterprises under its flagship programme;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether any Startups from Bihar and Maharashtra have been recognized under the said programme; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof district-wise and if not, the reasons therefor?

## 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): Startup India is a flagship initiative of the Government of India launched on 16 th January  2016.  The  initiative  aims  at  fostering  entrepreneurship  and promoting innovation by creating an ecosystem that is conducive to growth of  Startups. Since,  the  launch  of Startup  India  initiative,  a  total  of 44,534 Startups have  been  recognized  by  DPIIT as  on  24 th February  2021. The States/UTs wise breakup of DPIIT recognized startups is at Annexure-I.
- (c) & (d): As on 24 th February 2021, a total of 693 Startups from Bihar and 8,327 Startups from Maharashtra have been recognized under the Startup  India  initiative by  DPIIT.  The  district  wise  breakup  of  DPIIT recognized startups from Bihar and Maharashtra is at Annexure-II.

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ANNEXURE - I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2583 FOR ANSWER ON 10.03.2021.

## Recognized Startups under Startup India initiative - State/UT-wise

| S. No.   | States/UTs                               |   Number of recognized Startups |
|----------|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1.       | Maharashtra                              |                            8327 |
| 2.       | Karnataka                                |                            5979 |
| 3.       | Delhi                                    |                            5557 |
| 4.       | Uttar Pradesh                            |                            3857 |
| 5.       | Gujarat                                  |                            2586 |
| 6.       | Haryana                                  |                            2475 |
| 7.       | Telangana                                |                            2456 |
| 8.       | Tamil Nadu                               |                            2329 |
| 9.       | Kerala                                   |                            2040 |
| 10.      | Rajasthan                                |                            1344 |
| 11.      | West Bengal                              |                            1272 |
| 12.      | Madhya Pradesh                           |                            1258 |
| 13.      | Odisha                                   |                             810 |
| 14.      | Andhra Pradesh                           |                             717 |
| 15.      | Bihar                                    |                             693 |
| 16.      | Chhattisgarh                             |                             528 |
| 17.      | Jharkhand                                |                             407 |
| 18.      | Punjab                                   |                             390 |
| 19.      | Uttarakhand                              |                             353 |
| 20.      | Assam                                    |                             324 |
| 21.      | Jammu and Kashmir                        |                             191 |
| 22.      | Goa                                      |                             184 |
| 23.      | Chandigarh                               |                             166 |
| 24.      | Himachal Pradesh                         |                             104 |
| 25.      | Puducherry                               |                              44 |
| 26.      | Manipur                                  |                              41 |
| 27.      | Tripura                                  |                              34 |
| 28.      | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              |                              16 |
| 29.      | Nagaland                                 |                              16 |
| 30.      | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |                              13 |
| 31.      | Meghalaya                                |                               9 |
| 32.      | Arunachal Pradesh                        |                               4 |
| 33.      | Mizoram                                  |                               4 |
| 34.      | Sikkim                                   |                               4 |
| 35.      | Ladakh                                   |                               1 |
| 36.      | Lakshadweep                              |                               1 |
|          | Total                                    |                           44534 |

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ANNEXURE - II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) & (d)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2583 FOR ANSWER ON 10.03.2021.

## Recognized  startups  under  Startup  India  initiative  from  Bihar  and  MaharashtraDistrict-wise

Bihar:

| S.No.   | District           |     |
|---------|--------------------|-----|
| 1       | Patna              | 339 |
| 2       | Begusarai          |  59 |
| 3       | Muzaffarpur        |  33 |
| 4       | Bhagalpur          |  25 |
| 5       | Vaishali           |  20 |
| 6       | Samastipur         |  18 |
| 7       | Darbhanga          |  16 |
| 8       | Madhubani          |  16 |
| 9       | Saran              |  15 |
| 10      | Gaya               |  14 |
| 11      | Nalanda            |  10 |
| 12      | Pashchim Champaran |  10 |
| 13      | Siwan              |  10 |
| 14      | Purbi Champaran    |   9 |
| 15      | Bhojpur            |   8 |
| 16      | Jehanabad          |   8 |
| 17      | Purnia             |   8 |
| 18      | Sitamarhi          |   8 |
| 19      | Aurangabad         |   7 |
| 20      | Buxar              |   7 |
| 21      | Jamui              |   6 |
| 22      | Katihar            |   6 |
| 23      | Nawada             |   6 |
| 24      | Rohtas             |   6 |
| 25      | Supaul             |   6 |
| 26      | Gopalganj          |   4 |
| 27      | Saharsa            |   4 |
| 28      | Kaimur (Bhabua)    |   3 |
| 29      | Munger             |   3 |
| 30      | Kishanganj         |   2 |
| 31      | Sheikhpura         |   2 |
| 32      | Araria             |   1 |
| 33      | Arwal              |   1 |
| 34      | Banka              |   1 |
| 35      | Lakhisarai         |   1 |
| 36      | Madhepura          |   1 |
|         | Total              | 693 |

Maharashtra:

| S.No.   | District        |      |
|---------|-----------------|------|
| 1       | Mumbai          | 2550 |
| 2       | Pune            | 2465 |
| 3       | Thane           | 1103 |
| 4       | Mumbai Suburban |  646 |
| 5       | Nagpur          |  370 |
| 6       | Nashik          |  235 |
| 7       | Raigad          |  196 |
| 8       | Aurangabad      |  142 |
| 9       | Palghar         |   79 |
| 10      | Kolhapur        |   75 |
| 11      | Ahmednagar      |   51 |
| 12      | Jalgaon         |   42 |
| 13      | Amravati        |   39 |
| 14      | Sangli          |   36 |
| 15      | Satara          |   33 |
| 16      | Solapur         |   33 |
| 17      | Nanded          |   27 |
| 18      | Buldhana        |   21 |
| 19      | Akola           |   18 |
| 20      | Bhandara        |   16 |
| 21      | Dhule           |   16 |
| 22      | Latur           |   15 |
| 23      | Chandrapur      |   12 |
| 24      | Ratnagiri       |   12 |
| 25      | Gondia          |   11 |
| 26      | Wardha          |   11 |
| 27      | Beed            |   10 |
| 28      | Sindhudurg      |   10 |
| 29      | Yavatmal        |   10 |
| 30      | Parbhani        |    9 |
| 31      | Gadchiroli      |    7 |
| 32      | Jalna           |    7 |
| 33      | Osmanabad       |    7 |
| 34      | Nandurbar       |    5 |
| 35      | Washim          |    4 |
| 36      | Hingoli         |    1 |
| 37      | Not Available   |    3 |
|         | Total           | 8327 |

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