Lok Sabha Question No. 113 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-02
Subject: Tide 2.0
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 113

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 02.02.2022

## TIDE 2.0

## 113 COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE :

Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the TIDE 2.0 scheme was operational during first and second wave of Covid-19, and if so, the State-wise details of incubation centres that were operational under the above said scheme;
- (b)  the  State-wise  details  of  number  of  startups  under  TIDE  2.0  scheme,  divided  as  per  their  area  of research  and  operation,  along  with  the  number  startups  emerging  from  the  state  under  above  said scheme;
- (c) whether the Government has considered extending the timelines given to start-ups under the TIDE 2.0 scheme due to Covid-19; and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  is  considering  any  intellectual  property  rights  assurances  to  prototypes developed under the TIDE 2.0 scheme; and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government is planning to procure prototypes developed by startups under the TIDE 2.0 scheme; and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a):  Yes, Sir. The Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) has initiated Technology Incubation  and  Development  of  Entrepreneurs  (TIDE  2.0)'  Scheme  in  the  year  2019  with  an  aim  to promote  technology  based  entrepreneurship  through  financial  and  technical  support  to  incubators.  The scheme  had  provisions  to  support  51  incubators  in  institutes  of  higher  learning  and  premier  R&D organizations pan India. All the 51 Centres have been supported under the scheme and are functional since January  2020.  These  Centres  were  also  operational  during  first  and  second  wave  of  Covid-19  either virtually  or  physically  as  possible  due  to  restrictions.  State/  UT-wise  break  up  of  all  the  51  TIDE  2.0 Incubation Centres are annexed at Annexure-I .
- (b):  Under the scheme, of the 1500+ applications received by the TIDE 2.0 Centres, 431 startups have been  onboarded  till  date.  State-wise  number  of  startups  being  supported  under  TIDE  2.0  scheme  is annexed at Annexure-II . Broad categorisation as per their domain area as percentage of the total startups is given at Annexure-III .
- (c):  The Ministry had instructed TIDE 2.0 Centres to provide an immediate relief to the startups in terms of  extended  timelines  so  as  to  sustain  them  during  Covid-19  pandemic.  Subsequently,  necessary extensions have been granted by the respective TIDE 2.0 Centres on case to case basis. Moreover, the
- TIDE 2.0 Centres were encouraged to provide an accelerated support and services to achieve the defined milestones and outcomes as per the relaxed timelines.
- (d):      The  TIDE  2.0  Scheme  promotes  entrepreneurship  wherein  the  Intellectual  Property  Rights  (IPR) rests  with  the  respective  entrepreneur.  MeitY  or  the  respective  TIDE  2.0  Centre  does  not  have  any ownership right on the IPR developed by startups under this scheme.
- (e):   Ministry of Electronics and Information technology (MeitY) has initiated a number of programmes with an objective to provide financial and technical support to startups. However, there is no provision to procure prototypes developed under such schemes.

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Annexure-I

## State/UT-wise break up of 51 Incubation Centres implementing TIDE 2.0 Scheme in the country

|   Sl. No. | Name of the States   | Name of the Incubation Centre                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|-----------|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh       | 1) Andhra Pradesh Innovation Society, Chittoor 2) Centre for Innovation Incubation &Entrepreneurship (CIIE), KL University, Guntur 3) Grameena Incubation Centre, Vishakhapatnam 4) IIM Visakhapatnam Incubation Center, Visakhapatnam 5) CIE IIIT Hyderabad (International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad Foundation) 6) Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development at IIITS, Sri City, Chittoor 7) Atal Incubation Centre - ALEAP We-Hub, Hyderabad (Association of Lady Entrepreneurs of India) |
|         2 | Assam                | Down Town Venture Labs, Assam Down Town University, Guwahati, Assam                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|         3 | Bihar                | Enterprising Zone, Patna                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|         4 | Chhattisgarh         | Atal Incubation Centre @36INC Society, Raipur                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|         5 | Haryana              | Amity Innovation Incubator, Gurugram                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|         6 | Himachal Pradesh     | IIT Mandi Catalyst, IIT Mandi                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|         7 | Gujarat              | 1) Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), IIM Ahmedabad 2) International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology (iCreate), Ahmedabad 3) Gujarat University Startup and Entrepreneurship Council (GUSEC)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|         8 | Karnataka            | 1) KLE Centre for Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship, KLE Technological University, Dharwad 2) Nadathur S Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL), IIM Bangalore 3) Society for Innovation &Development (SID), IISc Bangalore 4) Bio Incubator at C-CAMP, Centre for Cellular and Molecular                                                                                                                                                                                                               |

|     |                | Platforms, Bengaluru 5) Dayananda Sagar Entrepreneurship Research &Business Incubator (DERBI) Foundation, Bengaluru 6) IIITB Innovation Centre (International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore - Innovation Centre                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|-----|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 9.  | Kerala         | Maker Village-Kochi, IIITM-Kerala                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| 10. | Madhya Pradesh | Technology Innovation and Incubation Centre (TIIC), Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology &Management (ABV-IIITM), Gwalior                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 11. | Maharashtra    | 1) Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE), IIT Bombay 2) Sandip Technology Business Incubator (TBI), Sandip University, Nashik 3) AIC-Pinnacle Entrepreneurship Forum, Pune                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 12. | Odisha         | 1) KIIT Technology Business Incubator (KIIT-TBI), KIIT, Bhubaneswar 2) Foundation for Technology &Business Incubation (FTBI), NIT Rourkela                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| 13. | Punjab         | Science &Technology Entrepreneurship Park, Thapar Institute of Engineering &Technology (TIET), Patiala                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| 14. | Rajasthan      | 1) Pilani Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Society, BITS Pilani 2) Atal Incubation Centre, BanasthaliVidyapith, Tonk 3) IIM Udaipur Incubation Centre, Udaipur 4) JECRC Incubation Centre (JECRC University, Jaipur)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 15. | Tamil Nadu     | 1) FORGE Accelerator (Coimbatore Innovation Business Incubator), Coimbatore 2) PSG Science and Technology Entrepreneurial Park (PSG-STEP), PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore 3) OASYS Institute of Technology, Anna University, Tiruchirapalli 4) Vel Tech Technology Business Incubator, Vel Tech Institute of Science and Technology, Tiruvallur 5) IITM Incubation Cell (IIT Madras Incubation Cell) 6) Vellore Institute of Technology-Technology Business Incubator (VITTBI) |
| 16. | Telangana      | 1) SR Innovation Exchange, Warangal Affiliated to JNTU, Hyderabad 2) Atal Incubation Centre - Centre for Cellular &Molecular Biology (AIC-CCMB), Hyderabad 3) i-TIC Foundation, IIT Hyderabad                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| 17. | Uttarkhand     | TIDE Business Incubator, IIT Roorkee                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| 18. | Uttar Pradesh  | 1) Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC), IIT Kanpur 2) ABES Engineering College, Ghaziabad 3) Krishna Path Incubation Society (Technology Business Incubator) KIET,Ghaziabad                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| 19. | West Bengal    | IIM Calcutta Innovation Park, Kolkata                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|     | UnionTerritory |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| 1.  | Delhi (NCT -   | 1) Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer(FITT), IIT                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |

|    | National Capital Territory)   | Delhi 2) Delhi Innovation &Incubation Centre, IIIT Delhi                               |
|----|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  2 | Chandigarh                    | Chitkara Innovation Incubator Foundation (CIIF), Chitkara University, Chandigarh       |
|  3 | Jammu and Kashmir             | NewGen IEDC Business Innovation and Incubation Centre, University of Kashmir, Srinagar |

Annexure-II

## State/ UT-wise details of number of startups supported under TIDE 2.0 scheme

| S. No.   | Name of the State/UT   |   Numbers of Start-ups Supported Under TIDE 2.0 Scheme |
|----------|------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh         |                                                     46 |
| 2        | Assam                  |                                                      2 |
| 3        | Bihar                  |                                                      4 |
| 4        | Chandigarh             |                                                      7 |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh           |                                                      7 |
| 6        | Gujarat                |                                                     38 |
| 7        | Haryana                |                                                      3 |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh       |                                                      7 |
| 9        | Karnataka              |                                                     41 |
| 10       | Kerala                 |                                                     13 |
| 11       | Madhya Pradesh         |                                                      9 |
| 12       | Maharashtra            |                                                     34 |
| 13       | NCT-Delhi              |                                                     20 |
| 14       | Odisha                 |                                                     13 |
| 15       | Punjab                 |                                                      6 |
| 16       | Rajasthan              |                                                     39 |
| 17       | Tamilnadu              |                                                     44 |
| 18       | Telengana              |                                                     30 |
| 19       | Uttar Pradesh          |                                                     39 |
| 20       | Uttarakhand            |                                                     10 |
| 21       | West Bengal            |                                                     19 |
| Total    | Total                  |                                                    431 |

Annexure-III

Sector-wise details of startups supported under TIDE 2.0 scheme

|   S. No. | Name of Sector/Domain          |   Approx %of Stratups |
|----------|--------------------------------|-----------------------|
|        1 | ICT Electronics/Manufacturing  |                     5 |
|        2 | Healthcare/Medical Device      |                     9 |
|        3 | AgriTech                       |                     7 |
|        4 | EduTech                        |                     7 |
|        5 | IOT/ITeS/SaaS                  |                    16 |
|        6 | Robotics and Aerospace         |                     6 |
|        7 | Renewable Energy/CleanTech/ EV |                    15 |
|        8 | AR/VR, AI/ML                   |                     6 |
|        9 | HealthTech/Digital Health      |                    14 |
|       10 | Other Emerging Tech.           |                    15 |

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