Adityanath govt plans Rs 1,000 cr start-up fund in self-employment boost

New start-up policy on anvil with focus on agro, energy sectors

Uttar Pradesh plans to float a Rs 1,000-crore start-up fund to incubate new business ideas and promote self-employment opportunities among youth.

The state government will soon come out with its new start-up policy to give impetus to green ventures in the fields of agriculture, energy, transport, education and tourism.

UP deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma said in Lucknow that the state was taking ‘concrete steps’ to create a conducive ecosystem for start-ups to flourish. “The country’s biggest start-up incubator is being established in Lucknow to encourage startup revolution in UP,” he said addressing a start-up conclave here yesterday.

Referring to Prime Minister Narendra