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The Union Government on Sunday introduced a serious coverage rest to assist India’s rising deep-tech startup ecosystem, eradicating the necessary three-year existence requirement for startups in search of recognition below the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR).
The resolution is predicted to offer early-stage innovators sooner entry to institutional assist and assist promising concepts scale sooner.
Marking the forty second Foundation Day of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) below the Ministry of Science & Technology (MoST), Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences, PMO, Department of Space and Department of Atomic Energy, Dr Jitendra Singh made the announcement whereas addressing a gathering of policymakers, scientists, trade leaders and startup stakeholders.
The rest applies to DSIR’s Industrial Research and Development Promotion Programme and is aimed significantly at deep-tech startups that usually require early validation and assist earlier than attaining market maturity. The Minister stated the transfer would profit early starters and first-time entrepreneurs who beforehand confronted entry boundaries as a result of minimal existence situation.
Dr Jitendra Singh stated the federal government’s INR 1 lakh crore Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) Fund has generated nationwide curiosity however is structured to assist startups which have already reached a sure technological readiness. “For early-stage innovators or startups, a wide basket of schemes already exists across departments such as DST, CSIR and TDB. The removal of the three-year existence requirement is a significant incentive to help deep-tech startups scale faster,” he stated.
He defined that whereas CSIR had earlier prolonged loans, in some circumstances as much as INR 1 crore, such help required startups to reveal sustainability by means of three years of existence. “That requirement has now been done away with,” the Minister stated, including that the reform displays the federal government’s confidence in India’s innovators whereas sustaining analysis requirements linked to technological maturity.
Highlighting India’s progress in science and expertise, Dr Singh stated the nation has moved past the aim of Atmanirbhar Bharat to a section the place different nations more and more depend upon Indian capabilities. Referring to vaccines, medical gadgets and indigenous applied sciences, he stated, “We are not only self-reliant; we are making others rely on us.”
The Minister underlined DSIR’s 4 pillars—science, trade, analysis and improvement, and expertise switch—stressing that sustained analysis requires trade participation from an early stage. He additionally famous DSIR’s expanded function in providing fiscal incentives reminiscent of customs responsibility exemptions to encourage collaboration amongst trade, MSMEs and startups.
The Foundation Day occasion additionally marked the launch of 4 initiatives, together with new DSIR pointers for deep-tech startup recognition, the PRISM Network Platform–TOCIC Innovator Pulse, Creative India 2025 below the PRISM scheme, and a DSIR Disaster Management Plan.
Several agreements have been exchanged, together with one below the Technology Development and Utilisation Programme for Women to determine a Skill Satellite Centre in Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh, and expertise switch agreements below the CRTDH Programme to strengthen MSME-focused R&D.
Senior officers current included DSIR Secretary Dr N Kalaiselvi, Principal Scientific Advisor Prof Ajay Kumar Sood and others. Concluding the occasion, Dr Jitendra Singh stated the coverage rest is pushed by a “noble intent to accelerate and sustain new startups,” including that the Foundation Day marked “a decisive step towards building a future-ready, technology-sovereign India.”