Startup India: 1.16 lakh entities recognised as startups in nearly 8 years of govt s initiative – The Financial Express

India now has close to 1.16 lakh government recognised startups under the Centre s initiative to boost the country s startup ecosystem. According to the data shared by the commerce and industry minister Som Parkash in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, under the Startup India programme launched on January 16, 2016, to build an ecosystem for nurturing innovation, startups and encouraging investments in startups, the government has recognised 1,14,902 entities as startups as on October 31, 2023.