Lok Sabha Question No. 3132 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-19
Subject: TIDE Scheme
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Shri Devesh Shakya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION. NO. 3132

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 19.03.2025

## TIDE SCHEME

## †3132. SHRI DEVESH SHAKYA:

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

- (a) whether the Government has implemented the Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs (TIDE) scheme in the districts of Etah, Kasganj and Auraiya;
- (b) if so, the number of Startups and entrepreneurs which have been assisted thereunder in the said districts during the last three years;
- (c) the financial assistance provided for the implementation of the TIDE scheme in the said districts;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  has  established  Technology  Incubation  Centres  in  the  said districts and if so, the number and locations thereof;
- (e) the specific steps being taken to promote startups in rural and small towns under the said scheme; and
- (f)  whether  the  Government proposes to  expand the TIDE scheme in the districts of  Etah, Kasganj and Auraiya and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (f): 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  is  providing  support  to  startups  through  51 selected incubators in institutes of higher learning and premier R&D organizations pan India with a total  outlay  of  Rs  264.62  Crore  over  a  period  of  5  years,  to  handhold  approximately 2000  tech  start-ups.  Till  now,  a  total  of  1595  startups  have  been  supported  with  financial assistance under TIDE 2.0 scheme.

Under the scheme, out of the selected 51 incubators as TIDE 2.0 Centres, there are no TIDE 2.0 Centres from the districts of Etah, Kasganj and Auraiya.However, there are 3 TIDE 2.0 Centres  in  Uttar  Pradesh  located  at  Kanpur,  Ghaziabad  and  one  of  the  TIDE  2.0  Centre situated  in  Gwalior  which  is  in  proximity  to  the  districts  of  Etah,  Kasganj  and  Auraiya  to support entrepreneurs and startup ecosystem. The State and District-wise break up of all the 51 TIDE 2.0 Centres supporting startups and entrepreneurs including those from rural and small towns, is provided in Annexure-I .

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| Sr. No.   | Name of the States   | City/District   | Name of the TIDE 2.0 Centre                                                                                                                          |
|-----------|----------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1 2       | Andhra Pradesh       | Chittoor        | Andhra Pradesh Innovation Society, Chittoor                                                                                                          |
|           | Andhra Pradesh       | Sri City        | Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development at IIITS, Sri City, Chittoor                                                                  |
| 3         | Andhra Pradesh       | Guntur          | Centre for Innovation Incubation &Entrepreneurship (CIIE), KL University, Guntur                                                                     |
| 4         | Andhra Pradesh       | Visakhapatnam   | Grameena Incubation Centre, Visakhapatnam                                                                                                            |
| 5         | Andhra Pradesh       | Visakhapatnam   | IIM Visakhapatnam Incubation Center, Visakhapatnam                                                                                                   |
| 6         | Assam                | Guwahati        | Down Town Venture Labs, Assam Down Town University, Guwahati, Assam                                                                                  |
| 7         | Bihar                | Patna           | Enterprising Zone, Patna                                                                                                                             |
| 8         | Chhattisgarh         | Raipur          | Atal Incubation Centre @36INC Society, Raipur                                                                                                        |
| 9         | Haryana              | Gurugram        | Amity Innovation Incubator, Gurugram                                                                                                                 |
| 10        | Himachal Pradesh     | Mandi           | IIT Mandi Catalyst, IIT Mandi                                                                                                                        |
| 11 12     | Gujarat              | Ahmedabad       | Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), IIM Ahmedabad                                                                          |
|           | Gujarat              | Ahmedabad       | Gujarat University Startup and Entrepreneurship Council (GUSEC)                                                                                      |
| 13        | Gujarat              | Ahmedabad       | International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology (iCreate), Ahmedabad                                                                        |
| 14        | Karnataka            | Bengaluru       | Bio Incubator at C-CAMP, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms, Bengaluru                                                                      |
| 15        | Karnataka            | Bengaluru       | Dayananda Sagar Entrepreneurship Research& Business Incubator (DERBI) Foundation, Bengaluru                                                          |
| 16        | Karnataka            | Bengaluru       | IIITB Innovation Centre (International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore - Innovation Centre                                             |
| 17        | Karnataka            | Dharwad         | KLE Centre for Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship, KLE Technological University, Dharwad                                                     |
| 18        | Karnataka            | Bengaluru       | Nadathur S Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL), IIM Bangalore                                                                      |
| 19        | Karnataka            | Bengaluru       | Society for Innovation &Development (SID), IISc Bangalore                                                                                            |
| 20        | Kerala               | Kochi           | Maker Village-Kochi, IIITM-Kerala                                                                                                                    |
| 21        | Madhya Pradesh       | Gwalior         | Technology Innovation and Incubation Centre (TIIC), Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology &Management (ABV-IIITM), Gwalior |
| 22        | Maharashtra          | Pune            | AIC-Pinnacle Entrepreneurship Forum, Pune                                                                                                            |
| 23        | Maharashtra          | Nashik          | Sandip Technology Business Incubator (TBI), Sandip University, Nashik                                                                                |
| 24        | Maharashtra          | Mumbai          | Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE), IIT Bombay                                                                                       |
| 25        | Odisha               | Rourkela        | Foundation for Technology &Business Incubation (FTBI), NIT Rourkela                                                                                  |

|   26 |                             | Bhubaneswar    | KIIT Technology Business Incubator (KIIT-TBI), KIIT, Bhubaneswar                                       |
|------|-----------------------------|----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   27 | Punjab                      | Chandigarh     | Chitkara Innovation Incubator Foundation (CIIF), Chitkara University, Chandigarh                       |
|   28 | Punjab                      | Patiala        | Science &Technology Entrepreneurship Park, Thapar Institute of Engineering &Technology (TIET), Patiala |
|   29 | Rajasthan                   | Banasthali     | Atal Incubation Centre, Banasthali Vidyapith, Tonk                                                     |
|   30 | Rajasthan                   | Udaipur        | IIM Udaipur Incubation Centre, Udaipur                                                                 |
|   31 | Rajasthan                   | Jaipur         | JECRC Incubation Centre (JECRC University, Jaipur)                                                     |
|   32 | Rajasthan                   | Pilani         | Pilani Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Society, BITS Pilani                                |
|  333 | Tamil Nadu                  | Coimbatore     | FORGE Accelerator (Coimbatore Innovation Business Incubator), Coimbatore                               |
|   34 | Tamil Nadu                  | Chennai        | IITM Incubation Cell (IIT Madras Incubation Cell)                                                      |
|   35 | Tamil Nadu                  | Tiruchirapalli | OASYS Institute of Technology, Anna University, Tiruchirapalli                                         |
|   36 | Tamil Nadu                  | Coimbatore     | PSG Science and Technology Entrepreneurial Park (PSG-STEP), PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore      |
|   37 | Tamil Nadu                  | Vellore        | Vellore Institute of Technology-Technology Business Incubator (VITTBI)                                 |
|   38 | Tamil Nadu                  | Tiruvallur     | Vel Tech Technology Business Incubator, Vel Tech Institute of Science and Technology, Tiruvallur       |
|   39 | Telangana                   | Medchal        | Atal Incubation Centre - ALEAP We-Hub, Hyderabad (Association of Lady Entrepreneurs of India)          |
|   40 | Telangana                   | Hyderabad      | Atal Incubation Centre - Centre for Cellular& Molecular Biology (AIC-CCMB), Hyderabad                  |
|   41 | Telangana                   | Hyderabad      | CIE IIIT Hyderabad (International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad Foundation)          |
|   42 | Telangana                   | Hyderabad      | i-TIC Foundation, IIT Hyderabad                                                                        |
|   43 | Telangana                   | Warangal       | SR Innovation Exchange, Warangal Affiliated to JNTU, Hyderabad                                         |
|   44 | Uttarakhand                 | Roorkee        | TIDE Business Incubator, IIT Roorkee                                                                   |
|   45 | Uttar Pradesh               | Ghaziabad      | ABES Engineering College, Ghaziabad                                                                    |
|   46 | Uttar Pradesh               | Ghaziabad      | Krishna Path Incubation Society (Technology Business Incubator) KIET,Ghaziabad                         |
|   47 | Uttar Pradesh               | Kanpur         | Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre (SIIC), IIT Kanpur                                            |
|   48 | West Bengal                 | Kolkata        | IIM Calcutta Innovation Park, Kolkata                                                                  |
|   49 | Delhi (NCT -                | Delhi          | Delhi Innovation& Incubation Centre, IIIT Delhi                                                        |
|   50 | National Capital Territory) | Delhi          | Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT), IIT Delhi                                    |
|   51 | Jammu and Kashmir           | Srinagar       | NewGen IEDC Business Innovation and Incubation Centre, University of Kashmir, Srinagar                 |

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