States Startup Ranking

States' Startup Ecosystem Ranking

The States' Startup Ranking is a yearly capacity building exercise created and released by DPIIT that evaluates all of India's states and Union Territories on their efforts to build an ecosystem conducive to startup growth.

States' Startup Ranking was launched in February 2018 to achieve the vision of building a robust startup ecosystem in the country. It aims to evaluate the Indian startup landscape through the eyes of state policy intervention and identify state practices that accelerate ecosystem growth and development.

The states ranking has led each state to have dedicated startup policies and through annual rankings, it tracks the evolution of these policies and the overall efforts of states in ecosystem building.

34+

States & Union Territories participated

5

Editions Launched

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Action Points

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Domestic Capacity building workshops

States' Startup Ranking Editions

The States' Startup ranking is a yearly capacity building exercise created and released by DPIIT that evaluates all of India's states and Union Territories on their efforts to build an ecosystem conducive to startup growth.

The 1^st Edition of SRF evaluated states within the period of consideration, 1^st January 2016 - 30^th April 2018.

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STATES &
UNION TERRITORIES

38

ACTION POINTS

5

CAPACITY BUILDING
WORKSHOPS

The 2^nd Edition of SRF evaluated states within the period of consideration, 1^st May 2018 to 30^th September 2019.

25

STATES &
UNION TERRITORIES

30

ACTION POINTS

5

CAPACITY BUILDING
WORKSHOPS

SRF Edition 3 evaluated the growth of states within the period of consideration, 1^st October 2019 to 31^st July 2021

31

STATES &
UNION TERRITORIES

26

ACTION POINTS

1

CAPACITY BUILDING
WEEK

SRF Edition 4 will evaluate progress of states within the period of consideration, 1^st August 2021 to 31^st December 2022.

33

STATES &
UNION TERRITORIES

25

ACTION POINTS

5

3 INTERNATIONAL & 2 REGIONAL
CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOPS

Under the 5th Edition of State’s Startup Ranking evaluation period under the consideration was from 1^st January 2023 to 30^th November 2024

34

States & Union Territories participated

19

Action
Points

3

Domestic Capacity building workshops

What We Do

Since its inception, the Startup India Initiative has contributed to building a robust startup ecosystem in India by nurturing innovation, catalyzed networking, designing policy measures, and mentoring.

The States Startup Ranking Framework accelerates efforts put in by the Center and States that are aimed to enliven the entrepreneurial mindset across the length and breadth of the country. Capacity Building Measures have been undertaken by the Team across States and Union Territories for ecosystem enablers and innovators in promoting economic growth by upholding the spirit of cooperative federalism.

The Knowledge Centre presents a one-stop platform of resources for ecosystem enablers to learn about the measures taken by different States/UTs to support their startups ecosystems, to discover the resources & support available to States to build capacities at every level of administration and to gain knowledge on areas of intervention provided by State governments/UT administrations to startups.

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States' Startup Ranking 5.0 Resources and Results

States' Startup Ranking 5.0

Gujarat Category A1
Arunachal Pradesh Category B
Goa Category B

Karnataka Category A1
Punjab Category A2
Tamil Nadu Category A1
Uttar Pradesh Category A1
Himachal Pradesh Category B

Rajasthan Category A1
Kerala Category A2
Madhya Pradesh Category A1
Uttarakhand Category A2
Telangana Category A2
Maharashtra Category A1
Andhra Pradesh Category A2
Haryana Category A2
Manipur Category B
Nagaland Category B
Meghalaya Category B

Assam Category A2
Odisha Category A2
Bihar Category A1
Jammu and Kashmir Category A2
Sikkim Category B
Tripura Category B
Mizoram Category B
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Category B

Chhattisgarh Category A2
NCT of Delhi Category A2
Puducherry Category B
Chandigarh Category B
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Category B
Lakshadeep Category B
Ladakh Category B

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About States' Startup Ranking Framework (SRF 5.0)

Launched in 2018, the States' Startup Ranking Framework is an annual exercise with the objective to augment the Startup ecosystem in the States and Union Territories across the country by focussing on initiatives and policies undertaken in respective jurisdictions. All SRF editions have been successful in defining Reform Areas and Action Points which have proved essential in providing regulatory, policy and economic support to startups and stakeholders of the ecosystem.

The 5th edition of the State Ranking Framework incorporates Private Ecosystem Mapping to evaluate the growth of startup ecosystems led by private stakeholders beyond government interventions. It also emphasizes on priority sectors for States and Union Territories to identify and strengthen focus sectors. In addition, the framework places greater emphasis on incubation infrastructure through a dedicated reform area and specific action points.