Team Blitz India
The Government has taken various initiatives directed specifically for the development of entrepreneurship in northeastern states. Some of these are:
ASCEND (Accelerating Startup Calibre & Entrepreneurial Drive) Startup Workshop series and Women for Startups workshops were organised in November and December 2022 in Manipur, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura which recorded over 11,000 participants.
North-East Region Entrepreneurship & Startup Summit (NERES) aimed at stirring up entrepreneurial minds across the northeastern states, offering them a platform to pitch their business ideas and address challenges.
Knowledge exchange workshops organised for dissemination of good practices and mutual learning. International exposure visits to enable the states to understand and assimilate best practices from the international ecosystems.
Startup India Yatra was launched in 2017 to promote entrepreneurship in rural and non-metro regions. WING is DPIIT’s capacity-development programme for existing and aspiring women entrepreneurs through workshops.
