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              LIST OF INDIAN DIGITAL COMPANIES/STARTUPS



                                                                   Transport &                  Hospitality
              Finance        Agriculture   Healthcare   eComm      Logistics    Entertainment   & Travel   Others

              Paytm          Smart Farming  Practo      Flipkart   Ola          Hotstar         Oyo        Swiggy

              Mobikwik       Farmss        1mg          Snapdeal   Dunzo        ALT Balaji      MakemyTrip  Zomato

              Capital Float  Altifarm      PharmEasy    Jabong     BlackBuck    JioTV           Cleartrip  Foodpanda


              Bankbazaar     Karma Tips    LiveHealth   Myntra     Enfield Riders  JioCinema    Ixigo      Teen Patti

              Incred         EnviGreen Biotech  Lybrate  Shopclues  FreightBro  Sony LIV        WeTravelSolo  Car Run

              Fino Payments   Green Robot  Niramai      Fashionan-  Pikkol      Voot            Tripso     Hike
              Bank                                      dyou
              Razorpay       Boheco        MUrgency     Tatacliq   IRCTC        Airtel TV       TripAdvisor  Just Dial


              GyanDhan       Crofarm       Portea       AJio       Meru Cabs    Vodafone Play   Yatra      Quikr

              StoreKey       Agricx Lab    Advancells   Dealsandyou  RedBus     Idea Movies & TV  Trivago  Venus Browser


              cal relief to startups        the period is up to 10 years.  Relax-          and Ministry of Skill Development
               d)  Creating and nurturing of a   ing the norms further, the definition     and Entrepreneurship (MSDE).
              techno-business mentor pool who   of a startup includes now business          A startup India hub was start-
              could guide and drive startups with   models that have a high potential of   ed to resolve queries and provide
              their wisdom and experience   employment generation or wealth                handholding support. Launched on
               e)  Integrating the knowledge   creation. There is also relaxation          1st April 2016, it has resolved over
              pool spread across the educational   in regards to the requirement of        69,000 queries of startups through
              infrastructure in the country with   having a letter of recommendation       various communication modes.
              the industry collaboration to foster   from an incubator/industry asso-      The hub has mentored over 450
              innovation and product develop-  ciation for either recognition or tax       startups for incubation, funding
              ment resulting in creation startups  benefits.                               support, business plan help, pitch
               f)  Simplifying the business proc-  There are a number of initiatives       support and other such impor-
              esses of setting up of startups and   taken up to ease and reduce the        tant facilitations. There are already
              getting the requisite registrations   burden of getting regulatory com-  Startups are   over 10,000 users registered on the
              and certifications            pliances for startups. This allows   the future   Startup India Online Hub, which
               As per the latest DIPP numbers   startups to focus on their core busi-  of India.   was launched in 2017 on June 19th.
                                                                            Whether it is
              released in public domain, there   ness. Be it environmental clear-  for solving the   As of date, DIPP has empaneled
              were 8,625 startups recognised by   ances, labour laws or other such   macroeconomic   423 facilitators for patent and de-
              government as of March 2018.  Of   ‘hard nuts’ in the entire regulatory   challenges    sign applications. 596 facilitators
              these 2711, were alone registered   framework, a self-certification re-  or goals   have been set up for Trademark ap-
              in 2017-18.                   gime has been issued by the cen-  with respect   plications to help file IP (Intellectual
                                                                              to Digital
               Recognising the longer gestation   tral government and all states have   India like of   Property) on a fast track basis.
              period of startups, the government   been impressed to comply.    technology
              has amended the definition of an   So far 33 of the total 36 states   to make   GOVERNMENT & INDUSTRY
              entity to be considered as a startup.    and Union Territories across the   solutions apt   ENABLEMENT
              As per the new norms, an entity   country have confirmed compli-  for the Indian   The government has been all sup-
              is considered a startup for up to 7   ance with the advisories issued by   conditions  portive to help budding entrepre-
              years, which was earlier limited to 5   central ministries like Ministry of   neurs establish growth promising
              years.  For biotechnology startups,   Labour and Employment (MoLE)           startups. As an umbrella support
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