Lok Sabha Question No. 2544 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-05
Subject: Start-Ups Registered in Jhansi
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Shri Anurag Sharma

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2544.

TO BE ANSWERED ON TUESDAY, THE 05 TH  AUGUST, 2025.

## START-UPS REGISTERED IN JHANSI

## 2544.  SHRI ANURAG SHARMA:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state: वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether the Government has taken steps to promote startup registration and ease of doing business in smaller cities like Jhansi; and
- (b) if so, the number of startups and MSMEs registered in Jhansi and the support provided to them during the last three years?

## 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): The Government is taking various steps to promote startup registration and ease of doing business across the country, including for districts and cities such as Jhansi.

The application process for startup recognition under the Startup India initiative has been streamlined and made entirely digital through an interactive Startup India portal and the National Single Window System (NSWS) making the same accessible  from  any  part  of  the  country.  The  documentation  process  for recognition  is  simplified  with  self-certification.  Recognition  handbook  and tutorials have also been developed and uploaded on Startup India portal for ease of navigating recognition process. To promote startup recognition and to handhold entrepreneurs,  workshops are held across States/UTs with support of  State/UT  nodal  agencies  for  startups,  and  regional  stakeholders  such  as incubators.

To  amplify  these  measures  at  the  grassroots,  the  Government  is  also implementing programs such as States' Startup Ranking exercise and National Startup  Awards  which  promote  and  encourage  recognition  of  startups  from across the country including from non-metros.

Initiatives  such  as  Startup  India  Yatra  create  awareness  about  the  startup ecosystem, and support entrepreneurs particularly in non-metro regions. The Government also facilitates large-scale ecosystem-led events (such as Startup Mahakumbh)  that  bring  together  stakeholders  from  across  the  country  and encourage recognition of startups.

These  efforts  are  complemented  with  extensive  social  media  outreach  and offline  support  mechanisms  (such  as  call  centre)  assisting  and  promoting startup recognition.

The  Government  has  taken  various  measures  for  ease  of  doing  business. Specifically, through the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2023, the  Government  has  decriminalized  183  provisions  across  42  Central  Acts administered  by  19  Ministries/Departments.  DPIIT  has  also  undertaken  an analysis  of  various  criminal  provisions  (including  both  major  and  minor offences) across multiple acts under the Jan Vishwas 2.0 initiative. Measures under the ease of doing business initiative also include Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP), the Business-Ready assessment, Reducing Compliance Burden on  Businesses  and  Citizens,  and  promoting  the  adoption  of  Single  Window Systems (SWS) across States and UTs.

Specifically for the startup ecosystem, the Government has taken more than 60 measures  to  enhance  ease  of  doing  business,  raising  capital  and  reducing compliance  burden.  These  measures  include  profit  linked  deductions  under Section 80-IAC of the Income Tax Act 1961, relaxation in compliances, carryforward of losses, fast-track approval process for in-bound mergers, faster-exit provisions, relaxation in public procurement, etc.

- (b): A total of 129 entities from Jhansi district in the State of Uttar Pradesh have been recognised as startups in the last three financial years (viz. FY 2022-23, FY 2023-24 and FY 2024-25) by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) under Startup India initiative.

Under Startup India initiative,  specifically  in  the  district  of  Jhansi,  supported incubators under the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS) have approved funds of Rs. 40 lakh to 3 startups in the last three said financial years. Also, startups from Jhansi have participated in Startup Mahakumbh.

As per inputs from the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), a total of 89,205 enterprises are registered under Udyam Registration Portal and  Udyam  Assist  Platform  (UAP)  from  Jhansi  district  in  the  State  of  Uttar Pradesh in the last three financial years (viz. FY 2022-23, FY 2023-24 and FY 2024-25).

Specifically  in  Jhansi,  9,797  guarantees  worth  Rs.  670  crore  have  been extended to  MSEs  in  the  last  three  said  financial  years  under  the  Credit Guarantee Trust Fund for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE). Also, 49 programmes  have  been  conducted  and  2,664  beneficiaries  have  been supported specifically in Jhansi under Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Programme (ESDP) in the last three said financial years. Also, loans worth Rs. 4.38 crore have been sanctioned for 469 beneficiaries from Jhansi under PM Vishwakarma Scheme.

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