Lok Sabha Question No. 4906 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-01
Subject: Winding up of Start-ups
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Shri M K Raghavan

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4906. TO BE ANSWERED ON TUESDAY, THE 01 ST  APRIL, 2025.

## WINDING UP OF START-UPS

## 4906.  SHRI M K RAGHAVAN:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state:

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether the Ministry has data on winding up of start-ups in the country, Statewise; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof during the last five 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) & (b): The  Government  with  an  intent  to  build  a  strong  ecosystem  for  nurturing innovation, startups and encouraging investments 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.

The State/Union Territory (UT)-wise number of entities recognised as startups by DPIIT which are categorized as closed (i.e., dissolved/struck-off) as per the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) as of 5 th December 2024 are placed as Annexure-I.

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ANNEXURE-I

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4906 FOR ANSWER ON 01.04.2025.

The  State/UT-wise  number  of  entities  which  have  been  recognised  as  startups  by  DPIIT categorized as closed (i.e., dissolved/struck-off) as per the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) as of 5 th  December 2024 are as under:

| State/UT                                 | Number of entities recognised as startups categorized as closed (i.e., dissolved/struck-off)   |
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands              | 3                                                                                              |
| Andhra Pradesh                           | 101                                                                                            |
| Arunachal Pradesh                        | 1                                                                                              |
| Assam                                    | 56                                                                                             |
| Bihar                                    | 86                                                                                             |
| Chandigarh                               | 19                                                                                             |
| Chhattisgarh                             | 51                                                                                             |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | -                                                                                              |
| Delhi                                    | 593                                                                                            |
| Goa                                      | 21                                                                                             |
| Gujarat                                  | 232                                                                                            |
| Haryana                                  | 243                                                                                            |
| Himachal Pradesh                         | 11                                                                                             |
| Jammu and Kashmir                        | 34                                                                                             |
| Jharkhand                                | 59                                                                                             |
| Karnataka                                | 644                                                                                            |
| Kerala                                   | 197                                                                                            |
| Ladakh                                   | -                                                                                              |
| Lakshadweep                              | -                                                                                              |
| Madhya Pradesh                           | 149                                                                                            |
| Maharashtra                              | 929                                                                                            |
| Manipur                                  | 9                                                                                              |
| Meghalaya                                | 4                                                                                              |
| Mizoram                                  | 3                                                                                              |
| Nagaland                                 | 4                                                                                              |
| Odisha                                   | 109                                                                                            |
| Puducherry                               | 6                                                                                              |
| Punjab                                   | 38                                                                                             |
| Rajasthan                                | 160                                                                                            |
| Sikkim                                   | 1                                                                                              |
| Tamil Nadu                               | 269                                                                                            |
| Telangana                                | 301                                                                                            |
| Tripura                                  | 9                                                                                              |
| Uttar Pradesh                            | 487                                                                                            |
| Uttarakhand                              | 49                                                                                             |
| West Bengal                              | 185                                                                                            |

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