PM Narendra Modi announces January 16 to be celebrated as National Start-up Day
PrimeMinister Modi announced, 16 January to be celebrated as National Start-upDay. He made the announcement through video interaction with 150 start-ups. Thevideo conferencing was the part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
ThePrime Minister in his video interaction said, "Start-ups are going to bethe backbone of new India. When India completes 100 years of independence,start-ups will have an important role. Country's innovators are making thecountry proud globally."
Modi alsosaid that the Government is going to make big changes for start-up-relatedpolicies. Prime Minister interacted with various start-ups includingAgriculture, Health, Security, Environment, Fintech and Enterprise sector.
PM Modialso mentioned that "India's start-ups are now working in 55 differentindustries. Five years ago, India didn't have even 500 start-ups! Today thenumber has crossed 60,000."
PM Modiencouraged the youth to come on the front foot with new and creative start-upideas. He also boosted the morale of the start-ups that are currently workingtowards their progress. The event is being hosted by the Department forPromotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
The interaction'smain focus was to let everyone understand how start-ups contribute to thedevelopment of the country and also encourage the willing youth to comeforward.