State Startup Ranking

The Start-up India initiative of the Government of India envisages to build a robust Start-up ecosystem in the country for nurturing innovation and providing opportunities to budding entrepreneurs. The active support of State/UT Governments is crucial for achieving the overall objectives of the program. The core functioning of an enabling ecosystem in a State/UT is a function of the framework and policy put in place along with effective implementation of the same.

Objectives

The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Government of India has undertaken an exercise to assess States/UTs on key areas of interventions that are germane to a healthy Startup ecosystem.

It is expected that this initiative shall support in achieving following objectives:

• Help bring to fore progress made by the States/ UTs for promoting Startup ecosystem
• Foster competitiveness & propel the States/ UTs to work proactively
• Facilitate States/ UTs to identify, learn and replicate good practices

States’ Startup Ranking 2022

As opposed to the 26 action points in the previous State Ranking Framework, the States' Startup Ranking Framework 2022 has a total of 25 action points. The framework offers best practices, assessment measures, and instructions to support the execution of action items. The consideration period for the States' Startup Ranking Exercise is from 1st August 2021 to 31st December 2022. 

I. Category A States (Population more than 1 crore)

• Best performer
  • Gujarat
  • Karnataka
  • Kerala
  • Tamil Nadu
• Top Performer
  • Maharashtra
  • Odisha
  • Punjab
  • Rajasthan
  • Telangana
• Leader
  • Andhra Pradesh
  • Assam
  • Madhya Pradesh
  • Uttar Pradesh
  • Uttarakhand
• Aspiring leader
  • Bihar
  • Haryana
• Emerging Ecosystems
  • Chhattisgarh
  • Delhi
  • Jammu and Kashmir

II. Category B States (Population less than 1 crore)

• Best performer
  • Himachal Pradesh
• Top Performer
  • Arunachal Pradesh
  • Meghalaya
• Leader
  • Goa
  • Manipur
  • Tripura
• Aspiring leader
  • Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Nagaland
• Emerging Ecosystems
  • Chandigarh
  • Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
  • Ladakh
  • Mizoram
  • Puducherry
  • Sikkim

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States’ Startup Ranking 2021

The third edition of the exercise was launched in 2020 and has now been completed with the active participation of 31 States and Union Territories.

The distinguishing factor in this year’s Ranking framework is that categories are developed on the basis of population of States. The categorization aims to:

• Bring uniformity in the evaluation process and
• Bring all the States/UTs on a level-playing field

The States’ Startup Ranking Framework is spread across 7 areas of intervention with a total of 26 action points, as compared to the 30 action points in the previous State Ranking Framework. The framework provides guidelines to support implementation of action points along with good practices and evaluation metrics. The consideration period (the period in which compliance and progress on action points will be considered for the evaluation process) for the States’ Startup Ranking Exercise is made from 1 st October 2019 to 31 st July 2021. In this edition, the timelines have been created keeping in mind the impact of COVID-19 and thus provides a longer span of time to evaluate the efforts of States. 

States’ Startup Ranking 2021

I. Best Performers

1. Gujarat - Category A
2. Karnataka - Category A
3. Meghalaya - Category B

II. Top Performers

1. Kerala - Category A
2. Maharashtra  - Category A
3. Odisha - Category A
4. Telangana - Category A
5. Jammu and Kashmir - Category B

III. Leaders

1. Uttarakhand - Category A
2.  Assam - Category A
3. Tamil Nadu - Category A
4. Uttar Pradesh - Category A
5. Andaman and Nicobar Islands - Category B
6. Arunachal Pradesh - Category B
7. Punjab - Category A
8. Goa - Category B

IV. Aspiring Leaders

1. Rajasthan - Category A
2. Chhattisgarh - Category A
3. Himachal Pradesh - Category B
4. Madhya Pradesh - Category A
5. Delhi - Category A
6. Chandigarh - Category B
7. Nagaland - Category B
8. Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu - Category B
9. Manipur - Category B
10. Tripura - Category B
11. Puducherry - Category B

 V. Emerging Startup systems

1. Bihar - Category A
2. Andhra Pradesh - Category A
3. Mizoram - Category B
4. Ladakh - Category B

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States’ Startup Ranking 2019

The State/ UT Startup Ranking Framework 2019 has been conceived by acknowledging the evolving needs of a dynamic ecosystem. Learnings and feedback from previous years’ ranking exercises have also been incorporated in this years’ framework. There have been significant additions in the framework this year. Some of them include:

• The Action Points were deliberated and subsequently articulated to minimize ambiguities and increase clarity in the scoring process. This years’ framework includes 30 Action Points as compared to 38 Action Points in last years’ framework.
• For some Action Points, there was a relaxation in Period of Consideration, since they were being introduced for the first time and have long-term impacts. This includes AP 8: Support from various government departments.
• Categorization of states/UTs into X and Y: To establish uniformity and ensure standardisation in the ranking process, states and UTs have been divided into Category-X and Category-Y. Wherein the Y category entails all UTs, except Delhi, and all states in North East India, except Assam. Whereas, Category X contains all other states.
  • Prerequisite of documentary evidence: The Framework aims to evaluate States/UTs holistically, thereby it has made documentary evidence of compliance on action points a prerequisite for collection of feedback.
  • Increase in weightage of beneficiary feedback: The evaluation of states/UTs included collecting feedback from the startup beneficiaries on 25 action points out of 30 action points Overall, the weightage given to feedback was 76% of the total score, as compared to 18% weightage given last year.

States Startup Ranking Results 2019

Category X (This group has all States and UTs except those in Category ‘Y’)

• Best Performer - Gujarat
• Top Performers - Karnataka, Kerala
• Leaders - Bihar, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan
• Aspiring Leaders - Haryana, Jharkhand, Punjab, Telangana, Uttarakhand
• Emerging Startup Ecosystems - Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh

Category Y (This group has all North-Eastern States except Assam and all UTs except Delhi.)

• Best Performer - Andaman and Nicobar Islands
• Leader - Chandigarh
• Aspiring Leader - Nagaland
• Emerging Startup Ecosystems - Mizoram, Sikkim

Leaders across 7 Reform Areas

The top scoring States across each reform area have been recognised as a leader.

• Institutional Leaders - Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha,
• Regulatory Change Champions - Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Uttarakhand
• Procurement Leaders - Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana
• Incubation Hubs - Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala
• Seeding Innovation Leaders - Bihar, Kerala, Maharashtra
• Scaling Innovations Leaders - Gujarat, Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan
• Awareness and Outreach Champions - Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan

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States’ Startup Ranking 2018

The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) announced the first ever States’ Start-up Ranking 2018. DIPP began this exercise from January, 2016.

Overview of Ranking process

The ‘State/UT Startup Ranking Framework’ is spread across 7 areas of intervention with a total of 38 action points and an overall score of 100 marks. The framework also provides the guidelines to support implementation of action points along with good practices against each action point. In order to evaluate States/UTs in a balanced and transparent manner, the implementation of action points by the State/UT Government and feedback from Startup ecosystem components have been given due weightage. Under the framework, out of 38 action points, 21 action points require submission of supporting document(s), 1 action point requires only stakeholder feedback and 16 action points require both the components (supporting document(s) and stakeholder feedback) for assessment of the State/UT Startup initiatives.

Ranking of states

States have been identified as leaders across various categories such as Start-up policy leaders, incubation hubs, seeding innovation, scaling innovation, regulatory change champions, procurement leaders, communication champions, North-Eastern leader, and hill state leader.

On the basis of performance in these categories, the States have been recognised as the Best Performer, Top Performers, Leaders, Aspiring Leaders, Emerging States and Beginners, as follows:

1. Best Performer : Gujarat
2. Top Performers :  Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, and Rajasthan
3. Leaders : Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Telangana
4. Aspiring Leaders : Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal
5. Emerging States :  Assam, Delhi, Goa, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and Uttarakhand
6. Beginners : Chandigarh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Sikkim, and Tripura

Fifty-one officers from States and Union Territories have been identified as “Champions”, who have made significant contributions towards developing their State’s Start-up ecosystem.

Source : Startup State Ranking System