National Start-up Day: PM Narendra Modi interacts with start-ups, 46 announced winners of the National Startup Awards 2021

National Start-up Day: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with the start-ups of the country on Saturday. The Startups gave presentations to the Prime Minister on six themes viz. Growing from Roots; Nudging the DNA; From Local to Global; Technology of Future; Building Champions in Manufacturing; and Sustainable Development. 

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More than 150 startups were divided into six working groups for the purpose of these presentations. For each theme, there were presentations by two Startup representatives, who spoke on behalf of all the startups selected for that particular theme, as per the release from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). 

At the event, the Prime Minister said, "“Our Start-ups are changing the rules of the game. That's why I believe Start-ups are going to be the backbone of new India.” The Prime Minister noted that last year, 42 unicorns came up in the country. These companies worth thousands of crores of rupees are the hallmark of self-reliant and self-confident India. “Today India is rapidly moving towards hitting the century of the unicorns. I believe the golden era of India's start-ups is starting now”, he added.

One must note that PM Narendra Modi announced that January 16 will be celebrated as National Start-up Day, to take the star-tup culture to the far flung areas of the country.

On January 15, 2022, Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution and Textiles, while presenting the National Startup Awards 2021 said that the Startup Mission is a symbol of Self-Reliant & Self-Confident India. 

During the ceremony, the results of the National Startup Awards (NSA) 2021 were declared. A total of 46 start-ups have been recognized as winners of National Startup Awards 2021 along with 1 incubator and 1 accelerator.

A total of 2177 applications were received from start-ups across the 49 sub-sectors along with applications from 53 incubators and 6 accelerators for the ecosystem enablers categories. These applicants included 863 women-led, 414 innovations for combatting COVID-19 and 253 start-ups working in rural areas.