Start-up Current Affairs, GK & News
International start-up hubs ranking 2021
International start-up hubs ranking 2021 was recently compiled and published by Start-up Genome for its annual Global Start-up Ecosystem Report 2021. Key Points As per the comprehensive ranking of international start-ups, London, Mumbai and Bangalore have been featured among the world’s top start-up hubs. London maintained the second-place ranking along with the New York for second consecutive year, despite ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Global Start-up Ecosystem Report 2021. • International start-up hubs ranking 2021 • International Startups • Start-up • Start-up India
India to Launch ‘Start-up India Seed Fund Scheme’
The government has announced for the launch of Start-up India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS) on January 29, 2021. Start-up India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS) The scheme will be launched with a corpus of Rs 945 crore. The scheme was launched with the aim of providing the financial assistance to start-ups for the product trials, market-entry, ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) • Expert Advisory Committee (EAC) • SISFS • Start-up • Start-up India Seed Fund Scheme
ACT program launched by the start-up community
The start-ups in India have collectively launched the ACT (Action COVID-19 Team) project with 100 crore INR grants to speed up initiatives to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. About the Program The ACT or Active COVID-19 Team is a program launched collectively by the start-up community. The program was launched with the following objectives: Provision of ..
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs
Topics: ACT program • Alternative Investment Fund • COVID-19 • Ministry of Commerce • Start-up
Odisha signs MoU with HDFC to strengthen start-ups
The state government of Odisha recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with HDFC Bank, to strengthen its start-ups. Under the agreement signed between the Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) department of Odisha and the bank, HDFC would lend incubation support to the start-up units of the state, so that they are able to ..
Topics: Government of Odisha • HDFC • MSME • Start-up
Union Commerce and Industry Minister to chair National Startup Advisory Council
The Union government on Tuesday, 21st January 2020 notified the structure of the National Start-up Advisory Council, which will be chaired by the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry. The Council will advise the Centre on steps to be taken to create a strong environment for start-up companies in India. The committee will have non-official ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Topics: Ease of Doing Business • Ease of Doing Business ranking • National Start-up Advisory Council • Start-up • Union Government • Union Minister of Commerce and Industry • World Bank