Housing and Urban Affairs Minister announces results of India Water Pitch-Pilot-Scale start-up challenge
Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced the results of India Water Pitch-Pilot-Scale start-up challenge launched under Amrut 2.0 in March this year.
A total of 76 startup have been selected out of 222 entries, which through their innovative ideas will help local civic bodies and water supply departments conserve water and resolve its scarcity.
The Minister declared the results in City-Startup Partnership Summit for Water Scarcity organised by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in New Delhi today. Appreciating the innovative ideas of a few of the selected startups, Mr Puri highlighted the journey India has gone through in setting up Startups and Unicorrns in the last eight years.
He said, before 2014 there were only few unicorns in the country, but in the span of just eight years the number has increased to over 100 unicorns, putting India at the second position after the USA in the world in terms of numbers of Unicorns. Mr Puri said, despite the challenge posed by COVID-19 pandemic, India has done exponentially well in startup ecosystem.
AIR Correspondent reports that the Ministry extended this challenge under the name “Startup Gateway. ” The Challenge aims at empowering startups in the water/ used-water sector to grow through innovation and design that will drive sustainable economic growth and generate employment opportunities
Hundreds of startups representatives, Cities officials, academia and students participated in City-Startup Partnership Summit for Water Scarcity. Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Kaushal Kishore was also present at the event.
