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Collector S. Kandasamy connected Wednesday (January 21, 2026) launched the colony startup communities astatine Thandampalayam and Annamalai Kottai villages nether the State Government’s “Gramam Thorum Puthozhil” (Establishing Startups successful Every Village).
The inaugural aims to beforehand agrarian entrepreneurship, make section employment and guarantee sustainable economical maturation astatine the writer roots level.
Speaking connected the occasion, the Collector highlighted that the strategy is portion of the State government’s broader efforts to fortify the startup ecosystem crossed Tamil Nadu. Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has announced initiatives, including the Tamil Nadu Space Tech Fund (₹10 crore), Startup Grant Fund for Persons with Disabilities and Transgender Persons, T.N. SC/ST Startup Fund, Tamil Nadu Startup Seed Fund (TANSEED) and the Tamil Nadu Co-Creation Fund (₹100 crore). Tamil Nadu presently ranks among India’s starring startup States with much than 12,000 startups recognised by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) and has precocious received the grant for “Best Performing State” in the State Startup Rankings.
Reflecting this maturation astatine the territory level, the fig of DPIIT-recognised startups successful Erode district has accrued from 21 successful 2020 to over 203 by 2025, marking a much than tenfold rise. The strategy is being implemented to widen the startup question to agrarian areas by encouraging section entrepreneurs and fostering sustainable livelihoods.
Startup Scheme Coordinator Gopinath, Principal of K.S.R. Engineering College M. Venkatesan, were among those contiguous astatine the event.
