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Nation Startup India

STARTUP INDIA

GIVING FLIGHT TO THE

AMBITIONS OF YOUTH

India has a very promising demographic
dividend with 65 per cent of its population

below 35 years. The youth today needs only the
right direction to achieve their ambitions. With
this thinking, Prime Minister Narendra Modi

announced 'Startup India' from the ramparts of
the Red Fort on 15 August 2015. After launching

this flagship initiative of the Government in
January 2016, he said, "My dream is, the youth
of the country should not be a job seeker, but a

job giver." Today the success story of more than
60 thousand startups including over 75 unicorns

highlights the success of this scheme.

ayur Patil, a resident of Pune in
Maharashtra, was looking for ways to
Mincrease the mileage of his motorcycle Wherever you look today, go to any
in 2011 in which he subsequently succeeded. He
used this technology which cut down emissions family, no matter how rich a family
from vehicles by 40 percent in 2017-18 and got maybe, an educated family, but if you
it patented in 2021. After receiving a grant of talk to the young man in the family, what
Rs 90 lakh from the Atal New India Challenge, does he say? He goes out of his family
he is now running his own startup along with
four of his friends. Similarly, Angad Singh, a traditions and says, I will start a startup.
resident of Ahmedabad, thought about starting That is, his mind is ready to take risks.
his own venture. He launched an innovative Today the startup culture is expanding
website for transport goods. Impressed by his even in small towns and I see signs of a
accomplishments many of his friends left their bright future in it''
jobs to join him. Unlike in the past, there is now
a shift in attitude as there is an endorsement for Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

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