Minister of Commerce & Industry and Railways Shri Piyush Goyal today released the results of the second
edition of the Ranking of States on Help to Startup Ecosystems through a virtual complimentary ceremony in the presence of Minister of State for Commerce & Industry & Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Civil Aviation, Housing and Urban Affairs Shri Hardeep Singh Puri and Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Shri Hardeep Singh Puri.
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) conducted the second edition of the States’ Startup Ranking Exercise, with the key objective to foster competitiveness and propel States and Union Territories to work proactively towards uplifting the startup ecosystem. It has been implemented as a capacity development exercise to encourage mutual learning among all states and to provide support in policy formulation and implementation.
The States’ Startup Ranking Framework 2019 has 7 broad reform area, consisting of 30 action points ranging from Institutional Support, Easing Compliances, Relaxation in Public Procurement norms, Incubation support, Seed Funding Support, Venture Funding Support, and Awareness & Outreach. To establish uniformity and ensure standardization in the ranking process, States and UTs have been divided into two groups. While UTs except for Delhi and all States in North East India except Assam are placed in Category ‘Y’. All other States and UT of Delhi are in Category ‘X’.
The exercise included a total of 22 states and 3 Union territories. Review Committees including qualified experts performed a thorough review of the responses across different criteria. Many parameters involved getting feedback from beneficiaries which was gathered through more than 60,000 calls made in 11 different languages to empathetically connect with beneficiaries to ascertain the real situation at the implementation levels.
States are classified into 5 categories for the Ranking purposes: Best Performers, Top Performers, Leaders,
Potential Leaders, and Emerging Startup Ecosystems. Entities are put in the alphabet from within each division. States are also known as pioneers in seven fields of start-up support reform. Results are annexed at Annex.
The felicitation ceremony was accompanied by the release of a National Report which highlights the vision, trajectory, methodology, and the future roadmap of the States Ranking Exercise. A State Specific Report for each of the 25 participating entities has also been released, containing a comprehensive analysis of the respective ecosystem, which highlights strengths and priority areas for the future.
A ‘Compendium of Good Practices’ adopted by various States in supporting startups has also been released. It identifies 166 good practices, which may be directly used by the States to identify and implement newer initiatives.
The National Report and Specific Reports for all participating States and Union Territories launched during the session can be downloaded from the Startup India Portal.
