Question: Which State was declared the best performer in States’ Startup Ranking 2018’?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Karnataka
(c) Kerala
(d) Odisha
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) announced the first ever States Start-up Ranking 2018 at an event in New Delhi on 20th December 2018.
- States have been identified as leaders across various categories such as start-up leaders, incubation hubs, seeding innovation, scaling innovation, regulatory change champions, procurement leaders, communication champions, North-Eastern leader and Hill State leader.
- On the basis of performance in these categories, the states have been recognized as the Best Performer, Top performers, Leaders, Aspiring Leaders, Emerging States and Beginners, as follows:
- Best Performer – Gujarat
- Top Performers – Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha and Rajasthan.
- Leaders- Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana.
- Aspiring Leaders – Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
- Emerging States – Assam, Delhi, Goa, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Uttarakhand.
- Beginners – Chandigarh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Sikkim and Tripura.
- Fifty-one officers from States and Union Territories have been identified as Champions, who have made significant contributions towards developing their State’s Start-up ecosystem.
- The key objective of the exercise was to encourage States and Union Territories to take proactive steps towards strengthening the Start-up Ecosystems in their states.
- • DIPP consulted all stakeholders of the start-up ecosystem and came up with 7 key reform areas as the basis of the States start-up ranking Frame work.
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