India, Feb. 13 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Startup India is an initiative by the Government of India. As on 31st December 2025, a total of 2,07,135 entities have been recognised as startups by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) across all States/Union Territories (UTs), and such startups have generated over 21.9 lakh direct jobs. The year-wise details of recognized startups and jobs generated by such startups are placed as Annexure-I.
Data
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
No. of entities recognized as startups
502
5473
8980
11885
14852
20282
26596
34842
34294
49429
No. of direct jobs generated (self-reported)
308
52055
100968
163694
181602
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