Lok Sabha Question No. 1180 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-25
Subject: Setting up of Start-up Hubs
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: K. C. VENUGOPAL, RAMACHANDRAN MULLAPPALLY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY & PROMOTION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1180. TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, THE 25 TH  JULY, 2016. SETTING UP OF START-UP HUBS

## 1180. SHRI K.C. VENUGOPAL: SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN:

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

## वाणिज् यवव द्यग ं ्री

- (a) whether the Government has proposed to set-up 'Start-up hub, as well as incubators to help budding entrepreneurs in all States and UTs and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has held consultations with various States/UTs in this regard and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has taken any measures to boost start-ups and entrepreneurship in various States including Kerala and it so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the Government has made any attempts to include top corporate houses to support the initiative by setting  up new incubators or scale-up existing incubators in collaboration with educational institutes and is so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज् यवव द्यग ााज् यं ्रीस् वतं ््रभााा(स्रींतंरीिरंमलााीरीतंाांि( THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRIMATI NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

- (a): Startup India Hub was operationalised on 1st April 2016 to resolve queries and provide  handholding  support  to  Startups.  The  hub  has  been  able  to  resolve 13, 500 queries received from Startups through telephone, email and Twitter. The hub also facilitates users by providing various tools for startups like policy documents,  sectoral  researchers,  business  templates,  training  and  webinars, bulletin  board,  discussion  forums  as  part  of  knowledge  core.  DIPP  has requested State Governments and administration of Union Territories to set up a  hub as well as incubators to help Startups during various stages of their life cycle.
- (b) to (d) : A day-long Conference was held on 23rd July, 2016 in New Delhi to discuss the progress and good practices of  the State Governments including Government of Kerala on startup India initiative along with Central Ministries.  Besides the State Governments and Union Territory Administrations, all the stakeholders of the startup ecosystem  participated to exchange ideas and suggest avenues to build  alliances.    In  order  to  help  startups  and  budding  entrepreneurs,  top companies in terms of Corporate Social Responsibility  have been requested to set  up  incubators    by  collaborating  with  industry  and  reputed  institutions  and also  establish  tie-up  with  various  players  of  the  eco-system,  viz.  incubators, accelerators,  investors,  mentors,  etc.  20  industry  bodies  and  organisations have been recognized who will assess the innovative nature of Startups and provide  certificates  to  enable  them  to  get  recognition  from  Government.  For incubators  to  get  recognition  by  Government  of  India  a  module  to  recognize incubators has been launched. This will allow them to issue recommendation letters to Startups.

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