Startup India delivers 2 lakh startups, 21 lakh jobs in a decade: Piyush Goyal

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in a programme on Friday to mark a decade of the Startup India initiative and interact with members of India’s startup ecosystem. Select startup founders will share insights from their entrepreneurial journeys, and the prime minister will address the gathering, an official statement said. 

The event, scheduled to be held at Bharat Mandapam at 1 pm, will bring together startup founders, innovators, and key stakeholders from the country’s rapidly expanding startup ecosystem. 

Startup India was launched on January 16, 2016, as a national programme to nurture innovation, promote entrepreneurship and enable investment-driven growth, with the aim of making India a nation of job creators rather than job seekers. 

Over the past decade, the initiative has emerged as a cornerstone of India’s economic and innovation framework, strengthening institutional mechanisms, expanding access to capital and mentorship, and fostering an enabling environment for startups to grow and scale across sectors and regions. The government said these startups have become key drivers of employment generation, innovation-led growth and the strengthening of domestic value chains.