Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting and Youth Affairs & Sports, Anurag Singh Thakur on Saturday said that India is now the hub of ‘Start-up’ ecosystem in the world, ranking third with 90,000 ‘Start-Ups’, 107 unicorn companies worth 30 billion dollars. He said it became possible only by the contribution of India’s youth. The Union Minister was addressing the valedictory function of 36th Inter-University North Zone Youth Festival (Antarnaad) under the aegis of Association of Indian Universities (AIU) at Zorawar Singh Auditorium, Jammu University. During his address, Mr. Thakur said, the world is looking towards New India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi as India is now the biggest exporter of vaccines, biggest exporter of mobile phones and defence equipment. Praising the various performances of the youth during the festival, the Minister said that India has a great history with rich culture, art and tradition and the youth of this country have a great responsibility to preserve this culture, art and tradition. During the valedictory function, the Union Minister also felicitated the Padma Shri Awardees of Jammu Jitender Udhampuri, Rajinder Tikoo, S P Verma, Mohan Singh and Balwant Thakur.
