Chhattisgarh has launched its first ever ‘Mission’ to aggressively promote start-ups in the State with the launch of ‘Start-up Chhattisgarh’ at Shri Shankaracharya Institute of Professional Management & Technology in Raipur on Tuesday.
Chief Minister Raman Singh launched “Start-up Chhattisgarh” along with Industry Minister Amar Agrawal in the presence of Chhagan lal Mundra, Chairman of Chhattisgarh State Industrial Development Corporation (CSIDC) and Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand.
The Chief Minister in his address explained how he had to resort to innovations to attain the aspirations of citizens of the State.
Singh said that his Government is committed to make ‘Start-up Chhattisgarh’ a grand success in the State and would extend full support to develop the enabling eco-system for start-ups in the State.
He said that innovation would be promoted in schools and colleges under ‘Atal Innovation Mission’.
After launch of Start-Up India by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in January, 2016, States were to prepare their action plan and were asked to start implementing the same.
In line with the Startup India Action Plan, the State Government launched 'Start-up Chhattisgarh Action Plan 2016' for promoting start-ups in Chhattisgarh and announced that 'boot camps' would cover all 27 districts of the State.
Subodh Singh, Secretary, Department of Commerce & Industries during his welcome address, mentioned about the evolution of start-ups and that India currently is one of the largest hotbeds of innovation and start-ups in the globe.
Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand while addressing the gathering of budding entrepreneurs said that there is an emerging need of start-ups to provide new technology and innovation to core sector industries for increasing efficiency and automation of production processes.
State Minister of Commerce and Industries Amar Agarwal highlighted the importance of skill development in the area of entrepreneurship.