Lok Sabha Question No. 2835 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-18
Subject: Startup India Scheme
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Shri Tanuj Punia

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2835. TO BE ANSWERED ON TUESDAY, THE 18 TH  MARCH, 2025.

## STARTUP INDIA SCHEME

## 2835.  SHRI TANUJ PUNIA:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) the total number of industries established under Startup India Scheme in the country particularly in the State of Uttar Pradesh, district-wise;
- (b) the details of the financial assistance provided by various banks to the Startups established in the country particularly in the State of Uttar Pradesh during the last five years, district-wise; and
- (c) the number of persons who were provided employment in the State of Uttar Pradesh under the Startup India Scheme during the last five years and districtwise?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री ( श्री णिणिन प्रसाद ) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI JITIN PRASADA)

- (a): Startup India is an initiative of the Government of India. The Government with an  intent  to  build  a  strong  ecosystem  for  nurturing  innovation,  startups  and encouraging investments in the startup ecosystem of the country launched the Startup India initiative on 16th January 2016.

As per eligibility conditions prescribed under G.S.R. notification 127 (E) dated 19th February 2019, entities are recognized as 'startups' under the Startup India initiative  by  the  Department  for  Promotion  of  Industry  and  Internal  Trade (DPIIT). As on 31st January 2025, 1,61,150 entities have been recognised as startups  by  DPIIT  across  the  country,  of  which  15,360  entities  have  been recognised as startups by DPIIT in the State of Uttar Pradesh.

The district-wise number of entities recognised as startups by DPIIT in the State of Uttar Pradesh as on 31 st  January 2025 is placed as Annexure-I.

- (b): To provide for an appropriate risk  cover  and  comfort  to financial  institutions including banks for enabling collateral free lending to startups, the Government is  implementing  Schemes  such  as  Credit  Guarantee  Scheme  for  Startups (CGSS). The Scheme is implemented on a Pan-India basis including the State of Uttar Pradesh.

be pleased to state:

CGSS  is  aimed  at  enabling  collateral  free  loans  through  eligible  financial institutions such as Scheduled Commercial Banks, All India Financial Institutions  (AIFI),  Non-Banking  Financial  Companies  and  Securities  and Exchange  Board  of  India  (SEBI)  registered  Alternative  Investment  Funds (AIFs), to support eligible borrowers viz. entities recognised as 'Startups' by DPIIT.  CGSS  is  operationalized  by  the  National  Credit  Guarantee  Trustee Company (NCGTC) Limited from 1 st  April 2023.

Under  the  Scheme,  as  on  31 st  January  2025,  263  loans  amounting  to  Rs. 607.56 crore have been guaranteed for startup borrowers. Specifically in the State  of  Uttar  Pradesh,  22  loans  amounting  to  Rs.  40.78  crore  have  been guaranteed for startup borrowers as on 31 st January 2025. The district-wise details of the same are placed as Annexure-II .

- (c): As on 31 st  January 2025, DPIIT recognised startups have reportedly created over 17.69 lakh direct jobs, of which DPIIT recognised startups in the State of Uttar Pradesh have created over 1.5 lakh direct jobs. The district-wise details of  the  direct-jobs (self-reported) created by DPIIT recognised startups in the State of Uttar Pradesh  during  the  last  five  years  viz.  2020,  2021,  2022, 2023,  and  2024 are  placed as Annexure-III.

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ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION 2835 FOR ANSWER ON 18.03.2025.

District-wise number of DPIIT recognised startups in the State of Uttar Pradesh as on 31 st  January 2025 are as under:

|   S.No. | District            |   Total |
|---------|---------------------|---------|
|       1 | Agra                |     487 |
|       2 | Aligarh             |     153 |
|       3 | Ambedkar Nagar      |      14 |
|       4 | Amethi              |      19 |
|       5 | Amroha              |      31 |
|       6 | Auraiya             |     114 |
|       7 | Ayodhya             |      63 |
|       8 | Azamgarh            |      41 |
|       9 | Baghpat             |      36 |
|      10 | Bahraich            |      24 |
|      11 | Ballia              |      50 |
|      12 | Balrampur           |       5 |
|      13 | Banda               |      24 |
|      14 | Bara Banki          |      37 |
|      15 | Bareilly            |     256 |
|      16 | Basti               |      47 |
|      17 | Bhadohi             |      15 |
|      18 | Bijnor              |      60 |
|      19 | Budaun              |      27 |
|      20 | Bulandshahr         |     101 |
|      21 | Chandauli           |      40 |
|      22 | Chitrakoot          |      10 |
|      23 | Deoria              |      50 |
|      24 | Etah                |      19 |
|      25 | Etawah              |      37 |
|      26 | Farrukhabad         |      19 |
|      27 | Fatehpur            |      40 |
|      28 | Firozabad           |      46 |
|      29 | Gautam Buddha Nagar |    4581 |
|      30 | Ghaziabad           |    2171 |
|      31 | Ghazipur            |      55 |
|      32 | Gonda               |      44 |
|      33 | Gorakhpur           |     271 |
|      34 | Hamirpur            |      19 |
|      35 | Hapur               |      41 |
|      36 | Hardoi              |      40 |
|      37 | Hathras             |      35 |
|      38 | Jalaun              |      22 |
|      39 | Jaunpur             |      69 |
|      40 | Jhansi              |     171 |

| S.No.   | District         | Total   |
|---------|------------------|---------|
| 42.     | Kanpur Dehat     | 38      |
| 43.     | Kanpur Nagar     | 762     |
| 44.     | Kasganj          | 5       |
| 45.     | Kaushambi        | 26      |
| 46.     | Kheri            | 35      |
| 47.     | Kushinagar       | 39      |
| 48.     | Lalitpur         | 19      |
| 49.     | Lucknow          | 2506    |
| 50.     | Mahoba           | 13      |
| 51.     | Mahrajganj       | 27      |
| 52.     | Mainpuri         | 33      |
| 53.     | Mathura          | 185     |
| 54.     | Mau              | 23      |
| 55.     | Meerut           | 393     |
| 56.     | Mirzapur         | 52      |
| 57.     | Moradabad        | 180     |
| 58.     | Muzaffarnagar    | 105     |
| 59.     | Pilibhit         | 28      |
| 60.     | Pratapgarh       | 42      |
| 61.     | Prayagraj        | 393     |
| 62.     | Rae Bareli       | 46      |
| 63.     | Rampur           | 36      |
| 64.     | Saharanpur       | 136     |
| 65.     | Sambhal          | 13      |
| 66.     | Sant Kabir Nagar | 21      |
| 67.     | Shahjahanpur     | 39      |
| 68.     | Shamli           | 20      |
| 69.     | Shrawasti        | 3       |
| 70.     | Siddharthnagar   | 10      |
| 71.     | Sitapur          | 33      |
| 72.     | Sonbhadra        | 41      |
| 73.     | Sultanpur        | 57      |
| 74.     | Unnao            | 41      |
| 75.     | Varanasi         | 540     |
| Total   | Total            | 15,360  |

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ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION 2835 FOR ANSWER ON 18.03.2025. District-wise details of loans guaranteed for  startup borrowers in the State of Uttar Pradesh under CGSS, are as under:

| S.No.   | District            |   Number of Loans Guaranteed |   Amount (in Rs. Crore) |
|---------|---------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1.      | Agra                |                            1 |                    0.2  |
| 2.      | Firozabad           |                            1 |                    0.11 |
| 3.      | Gautam Buddha Nagar |                           15 |                   37.01 |
| 4.      | Hapur               |                            1 |                    1    |
| 5.      | Kanpur Nagar        |                            1 |                    0.6  |
| 6.      | Lucknow             |                            3 |                    1.86 |
| Total   | Total               |                           22 |                   40.78 |

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## ANNEXURE-III ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION 2835 FOR ANSWER ON 18.03.2025.

District-wise  number  of  direct  jobs  (self-reported)  created  by  DPIIT  recognised startups in the State of Uttar Pradesh, in the last five years viz. 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, are as under:

|   S.No. | District            |   2020 |   2021 |   2022 |   2023 |   2024 |
|---------|---------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|       1 | Agra                |    401 |    429 |    611 |   1537 |    799 |
|       2 | Aligarh             |     35 |    169 |    247 |    507 |    185 |
|       3 | Ambedkar Nagar      |     56 |      1 |     10 |     67 |     27 |
|       4 | Amethi              |      0 |      0 |     42 |     49 |     19 |
|       5 | Amroha              |      7 |     19 |     46 |     52 |    198 |
|       6 | Auraiya             |    132 |     82 |     68 |   2064 |     67 |
|       7 | Ayodhya             |     30 |     52 |    101 |    140 |    140 |
|       8 | Azamgarh            |     21 |     42 |     35 |     86 |     51 |
|       9 | Baghpat             |    931 |     24 |     55 |    106 |     48 |
|      10 | Bahraich            |      5 |     26 |     32 |     63 |     39 |
|      11 | Ballia              |      7 |     19 |     70 |     75 |    187 |
|      12 | Balrampur           |      0 |      0 |      0 |     15 |      2 |
|      13 | Banda               |     56 |     32 |     11 |     14 |     51 |
|      14 | Bara Banki          |     13 |     38 |     37 |     48 |     68 |
|      15 | Bareilly            |    200 |    206 |    336 |    841 |    440 |
|      16 | Basti               |     35 |     49 |     42 |    121 |     99 |
|      17 | Bhadohi             |     57 |      0 |     44 |     12 |     19 |
|      18 | Bijnor              |     26 |     53 |     54 |    145 |     82 |
|      19 | Budaun              |     43 |      6 |     25 |     47 |     37 |
|      20 | Bulandshahr         |     79 |     91 |     65 |    272 |    199 |
|      21 | Chandauli           |      0 |     21 |     61 |     93 |    117 |
|      22 | Chitrakoot          |     26 |      0 |     54 |      7 |      4 |
|      23 | Deoria              |     34 |     41 |     65 |     73 |     62 |
|      24 | Etah                |      0 |      0 |     12 |     67 |     42 |
|      25 | Etawah              |     32 |     30 |     64 |     44 |    114 |
|      26 | Farrukhabad         |      6 |      0 |     19 |     38 |     47 |
|      27 | Fatehpur            |      3 |     33 |     86 |    103 |     96 |
|      28 | Firozabad           |     19 |     34 |     54 |     49 |     65 |
|      29 | Gautam Buddha Nagar |   6426 |   8971 |   8389 |   9688 |  11044 |
|      30 | Ghaziabad           |   1935 |   3005 |   2866 |   3991 |   5736 |
|      31 | Ghazipur            |     35 |     71 |     61 |    127 |    106 |
|      32 | Gonda               |     15 |     38 |     56 |    112 |     91 |
|      33 | Gorakhpur           |    164 |    211 |    532 |    553 |    853 |
|      34 | Hamirpur            |     28 |      8 |     21 |     77 |     13 |
|      35 | Hapur               |     45 |     40 |      4 |     74 |    107 |
|      36 | Hardoi              |      8 |     17 |     62 |     55 |    100 |
|      37 | Hathras             |     11 |     25 |     26 |    139 |     36 |
|      38 | Jalaun              |      0 |     44 |     23 |     26 |     33 |
|      39 | Jaunpur             |     73 |     48 |     72 |    195 |    128 |
|      40 | Jhansi              |    101 |    166 |    193 |    342 |    171 |

| S.No.   | District         | 2020   | 2021   | 2022   | 2023   | 2024   |
|---------|------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 41.     | Kannauj          | 9      | 50     | 27     | 25     | 108    |
| 42.     | Kanpur Dehat     | 58     | 19     | 84     | 169    | 31     |
| 43.     | Kanpur Nagar     | 469    | 808    | 1277   | 1390   | 1398   |
| 44.     | Kasganj          | 3      | 0      | 0      | 7      | 2      |
| 45.     | Kaushambi        | 33     | 0      | 22     | 74     | 36     |
| 46.     | Kheri            | 10     | 45     | 59     | 41     | 95     |
| 47.     | Kushinagar       | 30     | 23     | 26     | 132    | 109    |
| 48.     | Lalitpur         | 5      | 6      | 4      | 95     | 37     |
| 49.     | Lucknow          | 2299   | 2916   | 3941   | 5418   | 6637   |
| 50.     | Mahoba           | 4      | 1      | 31     | 66     | 50     |
| 51.     | Mahrajganj       | 56     | 2      | 68     | 29     | 83     |
| 52.     | Mainpuri         | 16     | 39     | 17     | 66     | 54     |
| 53.     | Mathura          | 2120   | 86     | 207    | 341    | 531    |
| 54.     | Mau              | 0      | 115    | 35     | 24     | 44     |
| 55.     | Meerut           | 189    | 464    | 475    | 733    | 809    |
| 56.     | Mirzapur         | 32     | 43     | 61     | 73     | 82     |
| 57.     | Moradabad        | 99     | 168    | 277    | 306    | 301    |
| 58.     | Muzaffarnagar    | 18     | 64     | 135    | 113    | 270    |
| 59.     | Pilibhit         | 9      | 10     | 43     | 87     | 28     |
| 60.     | Pratapgarh       | 0      | 36     | 49     | 94     | 83     |
| 61.     | Prayagraj        | 451    | 489    | 416    | 714    | 612    |
| 62.     | Rae Bareli       | 21     | 55     | 67     | 149    | 64     |
| 63.     | Rampur           | 11     | 31     | 87     | 16     | 43     |
| 64.     | Saharanpur       | 149    | 133    | 149    | 121    | 160    |
| 65.     | Sambhal          | 10     | 20     | 10     | 11     | 32     |
| 66.     | Sant Kabir Nagar | 2      | 63     | 21     | 21     | 19     |
| 67.     | Shahjahanpur     | 15     | 58     | 61     | 123    | 28     |
| 68.     | Shamli           | 15     | 20     | 23     | 42     | 15     |
| 69.     | Shrawasti        | 5      | 0      | 10     | 4      | 0      |
| 70.     | Siddharthnagar   | 0      | 2      | 0      | 50     | 19     |
| 71.     | Sitapur          | 0      | 35     | 39     | 116    | 70     |
| 72.     | Sonbhadra        | 2      | 32     | 74     | 97     | 135    |
| 73.     | Sultanpur        | 25     | 74     | 56     | 157    | 65     |
| 74.     | Unnao            | 45     | 33     | 37     | 97     | 38     |
| 75.     | Varanasi         | 335    | 750    | 642    | 877    | 997    |
| Total   | Total            | 17,640 | 20,831 | 23,181 | 33,992 | 34,807 |

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