Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, and Textiles, Piyush Goyal has said that the Government today thinks like a start-up, relentlessly focusing on newer and better ideas and striving to saturate them throughout the country to improve efficiency, effectiveness, productivity, transparency and integrity of systems and processes.
Addressing the National Startup Awards 2022, he observed that many more innovative ideas and initiatives must be nurtured to ensure that the nation grows at a much faster pace than ever before in the Amritkaal and to meet the aspirations of a young India.
The Minister emphasised on the need for a more robust database on start-ups to connect them in a better manner with the Government, industry bodies and the general public and to capture more ideas of the innovators.
A ‘National Startup Awards 2022 Report’ was also released which provides detailed insight into the support provided to previous National Startup Awards recognised start-ups and the National Startup Awards 2022 winners.
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) had conceived the National Startup Awards to recognise and reward outstanding start-ups.
A total of 2,667 applications were received from start-ups, incubators and accelerators from 31 states and union territories across the country. In this third edition, 41 start-ups, 2 incubators and 1 accelerator were recognised as winners in their respective categories. Winners have emerged from Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities, indicating the spread of the spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation across the last mile in the country.
NextSCM Solutions Private Limited also got award. The start-up focuses on improving inventory efficiency for fashion brands and retailers. It got awarded in ‘Enterprise Technology’ sector and sub-sector Business Process Management.
