New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the action plan of “Start-up India, Stand-up India” will be unveiled on January 16 and urged all states to help spread this campaign across the country, particularly beyond urban and semi-urban areas.
Seeking to boost entrepreneurship at the grassroots level, Mr Modi said the programme will be designed to suit Indian conditions and focus on ensuring benefits for young people from the lowest strata of society.
“My dear young friends, in my August 15 address from the Red Fort, I had made preliminary mention about ‘Start-up India, Stand-up India’. After that, this has spread to all departments of the government. Can India be a ‘Start-up Capital’? Can the youth in states have opportunities in the form of start-ups, with innovations, whether in manufacturing, service sector or agriculture? In everything, there should be freshness, new ways, new thinking. The world cannot move ahead without innovation,” he said in his monthly Mann ki Baat radio programme.
The PM said the “Start-up India, Stand-up India” plan would bring new opportunities for youth. “On January 16, the Government of India will unveil the full Action Plan of Start-up India, Stand-up India... A structure will be presented before you.
This programme will be connected to IITs, IIMs, Central universities and NITs. Wherever there are youth, they will be linked through ‘live connectivity’,” Mr Modi added.
