Lok Sabha Question No. 2240 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-12
Subject: Gen-Next Support for Innovative Startups (GENESIS) Scheme
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Shri Bastipati Nagaraju

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2240

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 12.03.2025

## GEN-NEXT SUPPORT FOR INNOVATIVE STARTUPS (GENESIS) SCHEME

## 2240.  SHRI BASTIPATI NAGARAJU:

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

- (a)  the  total  number  of  incubation  centres  approved  and  functional  under  the  Gen-Next Support for Innovative Start-ups scheme, State-wise and district-wise for Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) the location-wise total number of deep tech start-ups supported under this scheme along with the financial assistance allocated and disbursed, State-wise; and
- (c)  the  total  number  of  entrepreneur  and  students  supported  under  the  Entrepreneur  in Residence  (EiR)  Support  sub-component  of  the  scheme,  State-wise  and  district-wise  for Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)

- (a): Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) has launched 'Gen-Next Support for Innovative Startups (GENESIS)' Scheme with the aim to strengthen the startup ecosystem in Tier-II and Tier-III cities across India. The scheme envisages scaling up about 1,600 technology startups through 65 Implementing Agencies, to discover, nurture and grow technology startups with an outlay of Rs. 490 Crore over period of five years. State-wise list of 65 Implementing Agencies including the district-wise centres in Andhra Pradesh, approved under GENESIS scheme announced in September, 2024 is annexed as Annexure-I .
- (b): Under  GENESIS  Scheme,  Rs.  25  Crore  provisioned  for  deep  tech  component  to support 25 deep tech startups in Tier-II and Tier-III cities with maximum funding of Rs. 1.0 Crore per startup. As of now, no proposal to support deep tech startups has been received by the implementing agency.
- (c): The  Entrepreneur  in  Residence  (EiR)  sub-component  under  the  GENESIS  scheme provides funding support of up to Rs. 10.0 lakh to help entrepreneur and students in Tier-II and Tier-III  cities  to  validate  their  startup  ideas.  Till  now,  a  total  of  172  entrepreneur  and students have been shortlisted for support under the EiR sub-component of the scheme. The state-wise  total  number  of  entrepreneur  and  students  shortlisted  for  support  under  the  EiR sub-component  of  the  scheme,  including  district-wise  details  for  Andhra  Pradesh,  are annexed as Annexure-II and Annexure-III .

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Annexure-I

| Sr. No   | States   | Name of the Implementing Agency   | City/District   |
|----------|----------|-----------------------------------|-----------------|

|   1 |                  | AIC-AMTZ Medivalley Incubation Council                                                             | Vishakhapatnam   |
|-----|------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|
|   2 |                  | Hatchlab Research Centre                                                                           | Amaravati        |
|   3 | Andhra Pradesh   | KL Technology Incubators Foundation                                                                | Guntur           |
|   4 |                  | SPMVV Society for Innovation incubation entrepreneurship-Technology business incubator (SSIIE-TBI) | Tirupati         |
|   5 | Assam            | IIT Guwahati Technology Incubation Centre                                                          | Guwahati         |
|   6 | Bihar            | Incubation centre IIT Patna                                                                        | Patna            |
|   7 | Chhattisgarh     | IIT Bhilai Innovation and Technology Foundation (IBITF)                                            | Bhilai           |
|   8 | Goa              | Forum For Innovation Incubation Research And Entrepreneurship                                      | Margao           |
|   9 | Gujarat          | K S Patel Centre for Entrepreneurship                                                              | Rajkot           |
|  10 | Gujarat          | Karnavati Innovation and Incubation Foundation                                                     | Gandhinagar      |
|  11 | Gujarat          | Krishna Educational Foundation                                                                     | Vadodara         |
|  12 | Haryana          | ACIC-BMU Foundation                                                                                | Gurugram         |
|  13 | Gujarat          | Padup Foundation                                                                                   | Gurugram         |
|  14 | Himachal Pradesh | IIT Mandi Catalyst                                                                                 | Mandi            |
|  15 | Jammu&           | CUJ SITE Council                                                                                   | Samba            |
|  16 | Kashmir          | NewGen IEDC Business Innovation and Incubation Center                                              | Srinagar         |
|  17 | Jharkhand        | Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad                                    | Dhanbad          |
|  18 | Karnataka        | Deshpande Startups                                                                                 | Hubli            |
|  19 | Karnataka        | Manipal Universal Technology Business Incubator                                                    | Manipal          |
|  20 | Karnataka        | Sahyadri Hub for Innovations And Entrepreneurship (SHINE) Foundation                               | Manglore         |
|  21 | Kerala           | Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode Laboratory for Innovation Venturing and Entrepreneurship  | Kozhikode        |
|  22 | Kerala           | Maker Village                                                                                      | Kochi            |
|  23 | Kerala           | Technology Business Incubator NIT Calicut (TBI NITC)                                               | Calicut          |
|  24 |                  | Amrita Technology Business Incubator                                                               | Kollam           |
|  25 |                  | AIC-RNTU Foundation                                                                                | Raisen           |
|  26 | Madhya Pradesh   | Anupam Innovation And Incubation Center                                                            | Bhopal           |
|  27 |                  | IITI DRISHTI CPS Foundation                                                                        | Indore           |
|  28 | Maharashtra      | AIC-ADT Baramati Foundation                                                                        | Baramati         |
|  29 | Maharashtra      | IIMN Foundation for Entrepreneurship Development (InFED)                                           | Nagpur           |
|  30 | Maharashtra      | Marathwada Accelerator for Growth and Incubation Council                                           | Aurangabad       |
|  31 | Mizoram          | TiLi Incubator                                                                                     | Aizawl           |
|  32 | Nagaland         | YouthNet                                                                                           | Dimapur          |
|  33 | Odisha           | Electropreneur Park-Bhubaneswar                                                                    | Bhubaneswar      |
|  34 | Odisha           | Foundation for Technology and Business Incubation(FTBI), NIT, Rourkela, Odisha.                    | Rourkela         |
|  35 | Odisha           | KIIT Technology Business Incubator (KIIT TBI)                                                      | Bhubaneswar      |
|  36 | Punjab           | IIT Ropar - Technology and Innovation                                                              | Ropar            |

Annexure-II State/ UT-wise number of entrepreneurs and students shortlisted for support under the

|    |               | Foundation                                                              |                 |
|----|---------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
| 37 |               | AIC ISB Association                                                     | Mohali          |
| 38 |               | STPI-Neuron, CoE, Mohali, Punjab                                        | Mohali          |
| 39 |               | Chitkara Innovation Incubator Foundation (CIIF)                         | Rajpura         |
| 40 |               | JECRC Incubation Centre                                                 | Jaipur          |
| 41 | Rajasthan     | PIEDS, BITS Pilani                                                      | Pilani          |
| 42 |               | IIM Udaipur Incubation Centre                                           | Udaipur         |
| 43 |               | ACIC-VGU Foundation                                                     | Jaipur          |
| 44 | Sikkim        | AIC-SMUTBI                                                              | Sikkim          |
| 45 |               | AIC RAISE Business Incubator                                            | Coimbatore      |
| 46 |               | AIC-NIFTTEA Incubation Centre For Textiles And Apparels                 | Tiruppur        |
| 47 | Tamil Nadu    | Centre for Entrepreneurship Development& Incubation (CEDI)              | Tiruchirappalli |
| 48 |               | Crescent Innovation And Incubation Council                              | Chengalpattu    |
| 49 |               | Forge (Coimbatore Innovation and Business Incubator)                    | Coimbatore      |
| 50 | Telangana     | Association of Lady Entrepreneurs of India (ALEAP)                      | Medchal         |
| 51 |               | National Institute of Technology Warangal                               | Warangal        |
| 52 |               | AIC Shiv Nadar                                                          | Greater Noida   |
| 53 |               | Amity Innovation Incubator, Lucknow                                     | Lucknow         |
| 54 |               | Atal Incubation Centre-BIMTECH                                          | Greater Noida   |
| 55 |               | FIRST IIT Kanpur                                                        | Kanpur          |
| 56 | Uttar Pradesh | IPEC TBI Foundation                                                     | Ghaziabad       |
| 57 |               | MIET Incubation Forum                                                   | Meerut          |
| 58 |               | Navotthan Startup Foundation                                            | Kannauj         |
| 59 |               | SPARKL GLA TBI                                                          | Mathura         |
| 60 |               | Technology Business Incubator -KIET                                     | Ghaziabad       |
| 61 |               | Teerthanker Mahaveer University Business Incubation Centre              | Moradabad       |
| 62 | Uttarakhand   | IIM Kashipur Foundation for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development | Kashipur        |
| 63 |               | Runway Incubator - UPES                                                 | Dehradun        |
| 64 |               | TIDES Business Incubator                                                | Roorkee         |
| 65 | West Bengal   | RISE Foundation IISER                                                   | Nadia           |

## EiR component of GENESIS scheme

|   Sr. No. | Name of the State/UT   |   Number of entrepreneurs and students shortlisted for support |
|-----------|------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh         |                                                             17 |
|         2 | Assam                  |                                                              4 |
|         3 | Bihar                  |                                                              7 |
|         4 | Goa                    |                                                              4 |
|         5 | Gujarat                |                                                              8 |

| 6   | Haryana          |   4 |
|-----|------------------|-----|
| 7   | Himachal Pradesh |   5 |
| 8   | Karnataka        |   5 |
| 9   | Kerala           |  17 |
| 10  | Madhya Pradesh   |   4 |
| 11  | Maharashtra      |  12 |
| 12  | Mizoram          |   2 |
| 13  | Nagaland         |   2 |
| 14  | Punjab           |  15 |
| 15  | Rajasthan        |  16 |
| 16  | Sikkim           |   4 |
| 17  | Tamil Nadu       |  18 |
| 18  | Telangana        |   3 |
| 19  | Uttar Pradesh    |  20 |
| 20  | Uttarakhand      |   2 |
| 21  | West Bengal      |   3 |
|     | Total            | 172 |

## Annexure-III

## District-wise number of entrepreneurs and students shortlisted for support under the EiR component of GENESIS scheme in Andhra Pradesh

| Sr. No   | State          | City/District   |   Number of entrepreneurs and students shortlisted for support |
|----------|----------------|-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh | Amaravati       |                                                              4 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh | Guntur          |                                                              4 |
| 3        | Andhra Pradesh | Tirupati        |                                                              3 |
| 4        | Andhra Pradesh | Vishakhapatnam  |                                                              6 |
|          | Total          | Total           |                                                             17 |