Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Sunday said that his Government was committed to make ‘Start-up Chhattisgarh’ a grand success in the State and would extend full support to develop the enabling ecosystem for start-ups.
“This initiative is designed in such a way as to attract start-up leaders, mentors, angel investors and venture capitalists across the globe to participate and become part of the Chhattisgarh growth story,’’ Singh said while inaugurating “36Inc.” at a function in Raipur.
Singh also felicitated 36 start-ups at the function and he personally interacted with the start-ups at their stalls during the exhibition. The start-ups showcased their product, technology and services during the event.
He said that he personally believed this start-ups initiative can provide wings to a lot of young talented people for becoming tomorrow’s entrepreneurial leaders.
Singh in his address, encouraged the youth and lauded the efforts of start-ups and mentioned that the youth need to be fearless to bring their ideas into commercial products.
He talked about his journey as Chief Minister of the State and how he had to resort to innovations to attain the aspirations of citizens of the State.
The Government of Chhattisgarh has been a flag-bearer in implementing programs and schemes to reach the growing population of the State, through various verticals ie Skill Development, Digital India (Bastar Net, Digital Payments), and Entrepreneurship promotion (Start-up India and Stand-up India).
With the launch of Start-up India programme by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in January, 2016, the States had to prepare their action plan and start implementing the same.
In line with the Start-up India Action Plan, the Chhattisgarh Government launched Start-up Chhattisgarh Action Plan for promoting start-ups in the State, which was released by the Chief Minister last year along with the roll-out of the Start-up Chhattisgarh programme.