On National Startup Day 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to lead a high-profile celebration marking the 10th anniversary of the Startup India initiative, a flagship programme launched on January 16, 2016 to nurture innovation, entrepreneurship and investment-driven growth across the country.
Key Highlights
- Prime Minister Modi marks a decade of Startup India on National Startup Day 2026.
- Startup India has enabled large-scale innovation, job creation, and entrepreneurship growth nationwide.
The event, scheduled at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, will bring together founders, innovators and key stakeholders from India’s vibrant startup ecosystem, where select entrepreneurs will share insights from their journeys and experiences.
Startup India was conceived to transform India from a nation of job seekers into a nation of job creators by strengthening institutional support, expanding access to capital and mentorship, and fostering an enabling environment for startups to grow and scale across sectors and geographies.
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Over the past decade, the initiative has played a central role in India’s economic and innovation architecture, helping the ecosystem expand rapidly. More than 200,000 startups have been recognised across the country, contributing significantly to employment generation, innovation-led economic growth and stronger domestic value chains in diverse industries.
As National Startup Day 2026 unfolds, the celebrations underscore how far India’s startup landscape has come since 2016, spotlighting the ecosystem’s evolution into one of the world’s most dynamic hubs for new enterprise creation and innovation-focused growth.
