LUCKNOW, July 7 -- The state cabinet on Monday approved the proposal to set up a dedicated Startup Mission Directorate to strengthen the state's startup ecosystem, improve coordination among incubators and centres of excellence and achieve the objective of making UP a trillion-dollar economy by 2030. The cabinet also approved the UP Startup Policy-2026, replacing the previous one and UP Data Centre Policy-2026 to make a world class, green, AI-ready competitive hub. Startup-related activities are currently handled by the UP Electronics Corporation, but the new mission would function as a separate entity headed by a CEO with its own officers and staff. It would work as a nodal agency to implement the start-up and innovation projects in the state. P5...