A total of 27 States and 3 Union Territories participated in the exercise. Evaluation Committee comprising independent experts from the Startup ecosystem assessed the responses across various parameters. Many parameters involved getting feedback from beneficiaries. More than 40,000 calls were made in 9 different languages to empathetically connect with beneficiaries to get a real pulse at the implementation levels.
Results of the Ranking Exercise were announced on 20th December 2018 at a special event organized at Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra, New Delhi.
States have been identified as leaders across various categories such as Startup Policy Leaders, Incubation Hubs, Seeding Innovation, Scaling Innovation, Regulatory Change Champions, Procurement Leaders, Communication Champions, North-Eastern Leader, and Hill State Leader.