Key Points:
- Maharashtra’s Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, on Tuesday, announced a Financial Support for the state’s startups.
- The tweet on the Official Twitter account of CMO Maharashtra said that around 125-150 startups will be supported in the first phase of the scheme with the financial help of Rs 2 lakh to Rs 10 lakh, along with financial assistance up to Rs 2 lakh for quality testing and certification for the startup’s ideas.
- Thackeray, in a statement, and in the official tweet mentioned. “There are highly intelligent youths in urban and rural areas of Maharashtra and the Skills Development Department should take up the task of crafting these diamonds.”
Maharashtra’s Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, on Tuesday, announced a Financial Support for the state’s startups. This decision was taken in order to boost the startup ecosystem in Maharashtra. The launched scheme aimed at providing financial assistance to innovative startups to file for IT patents.
The tweet on the Official Twitter account of CMO Maharashtra said that around 125-150 startups will be supported in the first phase of the scheme with the financial help of Rs 2 lakh to Rs 10 lakh, along with financial assistance up to Rs 2 lakh for quality testing and certification for the startup’s ideas.
महाराष्ट्रात शहरी आणि ग्रामीण भागात प्रचंड बुद्धिमत्ता असलेले युवक असून या हिऱ्यांना पैलू पडण्याचे काम कौशल्य विकास विभागाने हाती घ्यावे. ज्यांना नवीन काही करण्याची इच्छा आहे अशा तरुणांना साधन, संपत्ती आणि मार्गदर्शन देऊन जगासमोर आणावे, असे आवाहन मुख्यमंत्र्यांनी यावेळी केले. pic.twitter.com/l3n6mTXcYr
— Office of Uddhav Thackeray (@OfficeofUT) February 2, 2021
Thackeray, in a statement, and in the official tweet mentioned. “There are highly intelligent youths in urban and rural areas of Maharashtra and the Skills Development Department should take up the task of crafting these diamonds.”
The Skills Development Minister Nawab Malik was quoted saying, “Our goal is to make the state number one in various skill development schemes and startups. A number of schemes have been undertaken for this purpose and new schemes will be added in the future as well. It has been proposed to set up an international standard Center for Skill Development in Mumbai and courses in ITIs are being updated in a timely manner” and pointed out that the state was ranked second in the India Innovation Index released by the NITI AYOG recently.
राज्यातील होतकरू तरुणांच्या नवनवीन संकल्पनांवर आधारित स्टार्टअप्सना पेटंट मिळविण्यासाठी राज्य शासनामार्फत ₹१० लाखांपर्यंत अर्थसहाय्य देण्यात येणार आहे. तसेच स्टार्टअप्सना गुणवत्ता परीक्षण आणि प्रमाणपत्राकरीताही ₹२ लाखांपर्यंतचे अर्थसहाय्य मिळणार आहे. pic.twitter.com/LdqEqUlpr8
— Office of Uddhav Thackeray (@OfficeofUT) February 2, 2021
The Maharashtra government is launching a lot of initiatives to promote entrepreneurship. Last week Mumbai’s SNDT Women’s university was declared as a Special incubation centre for Women entrepreneurs. Under the financial assistance scheme for Startups the government will compensate up to 80% amount of patent registration and product testing & certification cost. Under this scheme reimbursement of up to rupees 10 lakh will be given for filing international intellectual property rights applications.
राज्यातील होतकरु तरुणांच्या नवनवीन संकल्पनांवर आधारित स्टार्टअप्सना पेटंट मिळण्यासाठी १० लाख रुपयांपर्यंत अर्थसहाय्य. तसेच स्टार्टअप्सना गुणवत्ता परीक्षण आणि प्रमाणपत्राकरिता देखील २ लाख रुपयांपर्यंतचे अर्थसहाय्य देण्याच्या योजनांचा मुख्यमंत्री उद्धव ठाकरे यांच्या हस्ते शुभारंभ. pic.twitter.com/98D8RLX4V9
— MAHARASHTRA DGIPR (@MahaDGIPR) February 2, 2021
