New Delhi, June 16 -- Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal asked the 3,000 shortlisted innovators at Bharat Innovates 2026 to send one-page notes with suggestions to improve India's deep tech ecosystem. Speaking at the valedictory session in Nice, he said the government will use the feedback to shape policy, industry linkages and free trade opportunities for startups.

"Friends startup fund of funds second edition is almost entirely going to be committed to deep tech entrepreneurs and deep tech innovators," Goyal said. He urged participants to reflect on how the Ministry of Commerce and Industry can help take their products to market, forge partnerships in India and abroad, and leverage FTAs, "which we are by which we are ...