India is now at number three in world in terms of unicorns; 99 unicorns registered so far in the country

New Delhi, April 06

Minister of Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh today said that the country is now at number three in the world in terms of unicorns.

He said till yesterday there were 99 unicorns in the country. Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha Jitendra Singh said that government is reaching out to the startups in the country and doing startup hunt instead for waiting for them to approach the ministry for funding.

Dr Singh informed that the government has funded 10600 startup projects in the last 8 years from 2014-to 2022. He said that since 2016 around 67 thousand startup projects have been registered with the ministry.

He informed the house that as part of Mission implementation, 25 technology innovation hubs have been established in reputed institutes across the country in advanced technologies.