New Delhi, December 10 (IANS). The number of startups in India is continuously increasing. According to the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), 2,01,335 startups have now been registered in the country under the Startup India Scheme. These startups have created more than 21 lakh jobs across the country, providing employment to lakhs of youth. This information has come out from an annual report released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday.
The ministry said in the report that women have played a big role in India’s startup world. Nearly half (more than 48 percent) of India’s startups have at least one woman director. It is clear from this that women are also moving forward in business and strengthening the startup world of the country.
The report said that patent applications made by Indians have increased by 425 percent in the last ten years. With this, India’s rank in the Global Innovation Index, a ranking based on innovation in the world, has increased to 38, which is a big achievement in itself.
According to the report, government e-commerce platform ONDC is also growing rapidly. Its objective is to make online shopping (e-commerce) easy and accessible for everyone. More than 3.26 crore orders have been executed on ONDC till October 2025.
To take forward every district of the country, One District One Product (ODOP) scheme is being run, in which a special product of each district is identified and promoted. So far, more than 1,240 products have been selected from 775 districts of the country. Along with this, PM Ekta Malls being built by the government are helping to popularize these products across the country.
Not only this, to make doing business easier, the government has removed more than 47,000 useless rules and decriminalized 4,458 rules. The National Single Window System, which gives approval for many works, has also been quite successful, where more than 8.29 lakh approvals have been given so far.
The report said that to make India self-reliant, the government has started PLI (Production Linked Incentive) scheme in 14 big sectors. Under this, an investment of Rs 1.88 lakh crore has been made so far, which has generated production worth more than Rs 17 lakh crore and provided employment to 12.3 lakh people. With the help of these schemes, goods worth more than Rs 7.5 lakh crore have been exported from India to foreign countries.
The report also mentioned the PM Gatishakti Yojana (PMGS), launched in October 2021, which is a National Master Plan (NMP) that helps in better planning by linking together road, rail, airport, port and other projects in the country. So far 57 ministries and departments have been associated with this scheme.
Similarly, the Unified Logistics Interface Platform (ULIP), a digital platform created under the National Logistics Policy, is now connected to 44 systems of 11 ministries. It helps everyone working in the logistics system to easily share information by connecting data fragmented across different ministries.
–IANS
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