Rs 50 crore Start-Up Jharkhand coming up

Ranchi: On the pattern of Central government's Start-UP India campaign, the Jharkhand government has introduced "Start-Up Jharkhand", earmarking Rs 50 crore to encourage entrepreneurs in different sectors, Chief Minister Raghubar Das said.

Informing this at the Think India 2016 Convention here, Das said a policy on Start-UP Jharkhand would be coming up. Innovation and Incubation Centres were being set up at a cost of Rs 10 crore, he said, adding an innovation lab would also be set up with the help of IIM Ahmadabad. Das said entrepreneurs were being encouraged in the sectors like Information Technology, Health, Tourism, Agriculture, Biotechnology and alternative energy.