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Over 2 lakh entities person been recognised arsenic startups by the authorities truthful far, the Commerce and Industry Ministry said connected Wednesday (December 10, 2025). Under the Startup India initiative, the recognised units are eligible to avail incentives specified arsenic income tax.
"As connected date, a full of 2,01,335 startups has been recognised by DPIIT (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade), and these start-ups person created 21 lakh positive jobs crossed the country," it said.
Commerce and Industry Ministry besides said that existent concern of implicit ₹1.88 lakh crore person been realised till June 2025 crossed 14 sectors nether the accumulation linked inducement scheme.
It has resulted successful incremental production/sales of implicit ₹17 lakh crore and employment procreation of implicit 12.3 lakh (direct and indirect), the Ministry said.
Production Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes person besides witnessed exports exceeding ₹7.5 lakh crore with important contributions from sectors specified arsenic electronics, pharmaceuticals, telecom and networking products and nutrient processing.
On the advancement of Open Network for Digital Commerce, it said ONDC has processed implicit 326 cardinal orders arsenic of October 2025. Further, successful October, 18.2 cardinal orders were processed and mean regular transactions has reached astir 5,90,000.
On easiness of doing business, the Ministry said much than 47,000 compliances person been reduced arsenic of (till November 2025).
"Of these, 16,108 compliances person been simplified, 22,287 person been digitized, 4,458 person been decriminalised, and 4,270 redundant compliances person been removed," the Ministry added.
Furthering these efforts, it said, the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2025, comprising 355 provisions, of which 288 are projected for decriminalisation and 67 for amendment to heighten Ease of Living, was introduced successful the Lok Sabha connected 18 August 2025.
It besides said that implicit the past 11 fiscal years (2014-25), India attracted $748.38 cardinal successful Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), an summation of 143% compared to the $308.38 cardinal received successful the erstwhile 11 years (2003-14).
