Question: National Student Startup Policy is formulated by-
(a) Ministry of Human Resource Development
(b) NCERT
(c) AICTE
(d) CBSE
Ans: (c)
Related facts:
- On 16 November 2016 President of India, Pranab Mukherjee launched the National Student Startup Policy on the opening day of the second Visitor’s Conference at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
- The National Student Startup Policy is formulated by AICTE(All India Council for Technical Education).
- It aims to create 100,000 technology based student start-ups and a million employment opportunities within the next 10 years.
- The policy plans on achieving this by developing an ideal entrepreneurial ecosystem and promoting strong inter-institutional partnerships among technical institutions.
- It emphasizes the much-desired need for an appropriate startup policy to propel the youth of India through and beyond the 21st century.
- It is noteworthy that job creation figures of 1.35 lakh in 2015, which is the lowest in seven years, are not encouraging.
Reference:
http://presidentofindia.nic.in/press-release-detail.htm?2608
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=153688