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Start-ups are going to be the backbone of new India: PM Modi

My colleagues in the Union Cabinet Piyush Goyal ji, Mansukh Mandaviya ji, Ashwini Vaishnaw ji, Sarbananda Sonowal ji, Parshottam Rupala ji, G. Kishan Reddy ji, Pashupati Kumar Paras ji, Jitendra Singh ji, Som Prakash ji, stalwarts from the world of start-ups from across the country, our young friends, other dignitaries and brothers and sisters,

All of us witnessed the success of Indian start-ups and also saw presentations from some of the stakeholders. All of you are doing a great job. This year of 2022 has ushered in even more possibilities for the Indian start-up ecosystem. The ‘Start-up India Innovation Week’ event assumes greater significance in the 75th year of independence. Your role in building a grand India on the completion of 100 years of its independence is immense.

I congratulate all the start-ups and the innovative youth who are raising the flag of India in the world of start-ups. It has been decided to celebrate January 16 as National Start-up Day so that this culture of start-ups gets as far as the far-flung parts of the country.

The Start-up India Innovation Week is meant to celebrate the successes of the last year and also to discuss the future strategy. This decade is being called the ‘Techade of India’. There are three important aspects to the massive changes that the government is making in this decade to strengthen the innovation, entrepreneurship and start-up ecosystem.

First, to liberate entrepreneurship and innovation from the web of government processes and bureaucratic silos; second, to create an institutional mechanism to promote innovation; and third to handhold young innovators and youth enterprises! Programs like Start-up India, Stand-Up India are part of such efforts.

Steps like eliminating the hassles of angel tax and simplifying tax filing, facilitating access to credit and ensuring thousands of crores of rupees of government funding reflect our commitment. Under Start-up India, start-ups have been given the facility to self-certify compliances related to nine labour and three environment laws.

The process of simplification of government procedures which started with the self-attestation of documents has reached the stage of eliminating over 25,000 compliances today. Startup Runway on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) platform is also very useful to enable start-ups to provide their products or services to the government easily.

Trust in the ability and creativity of one’s youth is an important basis for the progress of any country. Recognizing this potential of its youth, India is making policies and implementing decisions today. There are more than 1,000 universities, 11,000 stand-alone institutions, 42,000 colleges and lakhs of schools in India. This is the great strength of India.

Our endeavour is to institutionalize innovation in the country by creating an attraction for innovation among students since childhood. More than 9,000 Atal Tinkering Labs are giving children a chance to innovate and work on new ideas in schools. The Atal Innovation Mission is ensuring new platforms for our youth to work on their innovative ideas. In addition, the network of thousands of labs in schools and colleges across the country promotes innovation in every field. We are emphasizing innovation and technology-based solutions to deal with the challenges of the country. We have engaged the youth by organizing many Hackathons and they have given us many innovative solutions in record time.

You must also have experienced how different departments and ministries of the government are in touch with the youth and start-ups and encouraging their new ideas. Whether it is new drone rules, or the new space policy, the priority of the government is to provide opportunities for innovation to as many youths as possible.

Our government has also simplified the rules related to IPR registration. The central and state governments together are supporting hundreds of incubators in the country today. Today, institutions like iCreate are playing a very important role in enhancing the innovation ecosystem in the country. iCreate, i.e., International Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology, is giving a strong start to many start-ups and encouraging innovations.

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We can see the results of these efforts of the government. Whereas 4,000 patents were approved in 2013-14, more than 28,000 patents were granted last year. In 2013-14, about 70,000 trademarks were registered, whereas more than 2.5 lakh trademarks have been registered in 2021. In 2013-14, only 4,000 copyrights were granted, whereas this number crossed 16,000 last year. India's ranking in the Global Innovation Index has also improved a lot due to the campaign that is underway in India regarding innovation. In 2015, India was confined to 81 in this ranking. Now India is ranked 46 in the Innovation Index; it has come down from 50.

India's start-up ecosystem is creating waves in the world today. It is the strength of India's start-up ecosystem that it is full of passion, sincerity and integrity. It is the strength of India's start-up ecosystem that it is constantly discovering itself, improving itself and growing in strength. It is constantly in a learning mode, in a changing mode and adapting itself to new situations. Today who would not be proud to see that India's start-ups are working in 55 different industries? Everyone will be proud of it. Where there were not even 500 startups in the country five years ago, today this number has increased to 60,000. You have the power of innovation, you have new ideas, you are full of youthful energy and you are changing the way of doing business. Our start-ups are changing the rules of the game. That's why I believe start-ups are going to be the backbone of new India.

This spirit from entrepreneurship to empowerment is also resolving the issues of regional and gender disparity in our development. Earlier, big businesses flourished only in big cities and metros; today there is at least one start-up in every state of the country spread over more than 625 districts. Today almost half the start-ups are operating from Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities. These are converting the ideas of youth from ordinary and poor families into businesses. Today lakhs of youth are getting employment in these start-ups.

The speed and scale at which India's youth are creating start-ups is a testament to the strong will and determination of Indians in this era of a global pandemic. Earlier, only a few companies could become big even in the best of times. But, 42 unicorns emerged in our country last year only. These companies worth thousands of crores of rupees are the hallmark of self-reliant, self-confident India. Today India is rapidly moving towards creating the century of the unicorn. And I believe the golden age of India's start-ups is starting now. The diversity of India is our greatest strength. Our diversity is our global identity.

Our unicorns and start-ups are messengers of this diversity. From simple delivery services to payment solutions and cab services, your scope is huge. You have so much experience working in diverse markets and diverse cultures in India itself. Therefore, start-ups from India can easily reach out to other countries of the world. So don't just keep your dreams local, make them global. Remember this mantra -- let us innovate for India, innovate from India!

It is time for all to mobilize in the virtuous period of freedom. This is the time to move towards goals with ‘Sabka Prayas (collective efforts). I was happy when a group made important suggestions regarding the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan. The extra space available in GatiShakti projects can be used for building EV charging infrastructure. Under this master plan, the entire infrastructure grid, including transport, power, telecom, etc is being brought on a single platform. Your participation in this campaign of creation of multimodal and multipurpose assets is very important.

This will also give impetus to the creation of new champions in our manufacturing sector. The country's ambitious plans are in front of you in many sectors related to defence manufacturing, chip manufacturing, clean energy and drone technology.

Many investors of the country and abroad are investing in drone start-ups following the implementation of the new drone policy recently. Drone companies have received orders worth about Rs 500 crore from the Army, Navy and Air Force. The government is using drones on a large scale for mapping village properties for the Swamitva scheme. Now the scope of drones is increasing in home delivery of medicines and in agriculture. So it has a lot of potentials.

Our rapid urbanization is also a big focus area. Today, work is happening on a large scale in developing our existing cities and building new cities. There is a lot to be done in urban planning. We have to create such ‘walk-to-work’ concepts and integrated industrial estates, where there are better arrangements for the workers. New possibilities are waiting for you in urban planning. For example, a group just mentioned the national cycling plan and car-free zones for big cities. This is very important to promote sustainable lifestyles in cities. You must be aware when I went to the COP-26 summit, I talked about the Mission LIFE and my concept of LIFE is Lifestyle for Environments (LIFE). I believe that we need to make people aware of the use of those things by using technology. For example, the P-3 movement is imperative today. P-3 movement, i.e., Pro-Planet-People! Unless we make people aware of the environment and make them soldiers in the fight against global warming, we cannot win this battle. Therefore, India is involving many countries in this Mission LIFE.

Smart mobility will also make the life of cities easier and will also help in achieving our targets of carbon emission.

India continues to strengthen its identity as the world's largest millennial market. Millennials are the cornerstone of the prosperity of their families as well as the self-reliance of the nation. Our needs and our potential are limitless from a rural economy to Industry 4.0. Investment in research and development related to future technology is the priority of the government today. But it would be better if the industry also expands its contribution in this.

One more thing you have to keep in mind in this decade of the 21st century. A huge market is opening up in the country as well. We have stepped into the digital lifestyle just now. Only about half of our population is online. With the speed, scale and price at which the government is working to provide digital access to the poor and villages, India will have about 100 crore internet users in a very short time.

As last-mile delivery gets empowered in remote areas, it is also creating a rural market and a large pool of rural talent. That's why I request the start-ups of India to move towards villages. This is an opportunity as well as a challenge. Be it mobile internet, broadband connectivity or physical connectivity, the aspirations of villages are rising today. Rural and semi-urban areas are looking forward to a new wave of expansion.

The way the start-up culture has democratized the Idea, it has empowered women and local businesses. From pickles and papadum to handicrafts, the scope of many local products has expanded widely today. Due to increasing awareness, people are becoming vocal for the locals. And just now our friend Kartik from Jaipur talked about making local the global and mentioned virtual tourism. On the occasion of 75 years of independence, I would urge you to hold a competition among children of schools and colleges regarding the virtual creative work of the monuments and events related to independence from the pages of history in their districts and cities. And start-ups like you can compile it and the country should be invited for a virtual tour for 75 years of independence. It will be a big contribution from the start-ups during the Amrit Mahotsav of Independence. If you make a beginning regarding an idea which you like and how to bring forth that idea in which format, I think we can take it forward.

During the Covid lockdown, we have seen how small innovative models at the local level made people's lives easier. Start-ups have a huge opportunity for collaboration with small local businesses. Start-ups can empower and make these local businesses efficient. Small businesses are the backbone of the country's development and start-ups are the new game-changer. This partnership can transform both our society and economy and women’s employment especially can get a lot of strength from this.

Many suggestions have come here regarding the partnership between government and start-ups in many sectors, including agriculture, health, education, tourism, etc. Like there was a suggestion that our local shopkeepers are hardly able to use 50-60% of their capacity and a digital solution was offered to them so that they could know which items had emptied and which ones needed to be bought. I will suggest that you connect the shopkeepers with their customers. The shopkeepers can inform their customers that they would be running out of stock of some products in three or seven days. If a message is sent to them, then families will not have to search the boxes in the kitchen to see which products they would be running short of after some days. A message can be sent by a shopkeeper to his customer that he is going to run out of stock of turmeric in three days. You can even convert it into a very large platform and can become a very big aggregator and can become a bridge between shopkeepers and customers.

I assure you that every suggestion, every idea, every innovation of the youth will get the full support from the government. The next 25 years, which will take the country towards the 100th year of independence, are very important friends and most important for you. This is a new era of innovation i.e. ideas, industry and investment. Your exercise is for India. Your enterprise is for India. Your wealth creation is for India and job creation is for India.

I am fully committed to converting the energy of the youth into the energy of the country. It has become very important to understand your suggestions and ideas because there is a new generation that thinks in a new way. I am sure that all the government departments will benefit from the ideas that have emerged from the seven-day brainstorming and will try to implement in government policies and see how it impacts the life of society. I thank you all for taking your valuable time out to take part in this event because you belong to the world of ideas and sharing those ideas with everybody is very important.

I wish you all the very best. There is already the atmosphere of the holy festival of Makar Sankranti. But do take care of yourself from Corona.

Thanks a lot.

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PM’s address at the Smart India Hackathon 2024

साथियों,

आप सबको याद होगा मैंने हमेशा लाल किले से एक बात कही है। मैंने कहा है सबका प्रयास आज का भारत सबके प्रयास से ही तेज गति से आगे बढ़ सकता है। आज का ये दिन इसी का एक उदाहरण है। Smart India Hackathon के इस grand finale का मुझे बहुत इंतजार था। जब भी आप जैसे युवा innovators के बीच आने का अवसर मिलता है। मुझे भी बहुत कुछ जानने का, सीखने का समझने का मौका मिलता है। आप सभी से मेरी अपेक्षाएं भी बहुत होती हैं। आप सभी युवा innovators के पास 21वीं सदी के भारत को देखने का नजरिया कुछ अलग है और इसलिए आपके solutions भी अलग होते हैं। इसलिए जब आपको नए challenges मिलते हैं तो आप उनके नए और अनोखे समाधान खोजकर दिखाते हैं। मैं पहले भी कई हैकेथॉन्स का हिस्सा रहा हूं। आपने कभी निराश नहीं किया। हमेशा मेरा विश्वास और बढ़ाया है। आपके पहले जो टीम्स रही हैं। उन्होंने solutions दिए। वो आज अलग अलग मंत्रालयों में बहुत काम आ रहे हैं। अब इस हैकेथॉन में देश के अलग अलग हिस्सों में टीम क्या कर रही है। मैं आपके innovations के बारे में जानने के लिए बहुत उत्सुक हूं। तो चलिये शुरू करते हैं पहले कौन हमारे साथ बात करेंगे।

प्रधानमंत्री जी : नमस्ते जी।

पार्टिसिपेंट : नमस्ते सर, I am Sahida of team big brains participating in SIH. We are from Karnataka Bengaluru. सर हम Nodal centre NIT Srinagar में हैं और यहां पर काफी ठंडी है तो अगर बात करते समय थोड़ी गलती हो गई तो हमें क्षमा कीजिए।

प्रधानमंत्री जी : नहीं नहीं आप लोग बहादुर होते हैं। कोई ठंड आपको असर नहीं करती है। आप चिंता मत कीजिए।

पार्टिसिपेंट : Thank You Sir, we are participating under the problem statement provide by Ministry of Social justice and empowerment. जहां पर We are building a virtual reality friend for children with Autism Spectrum disorder and intellectual disability. जहां पर They will be using this as interactive skills enhancer तो हमारे देश में there are around 80 million people on the autism spectrum and there is 1 child out of every hundred children who faces intellectual challenges. तो इन सबको एड्रेस करने के लिए we will be building a tool which still act like a दोस्‍त, a दोस्त that they can carry on their smartphones. Virtual Reality use करने के लिए उनको कोई special set की जरूरत नहीं होगी। They can access it with their phone या laptop या जो भी devices हैं उनके पास and ये ऐसा दोस्‍त होगा जो उनको उनकी हर टास्‍क में गाइड करेगा। It is an AI powered virtual reality solution तो अब जैसे कोई दिनचर्या का काम हो गया जो उनसे नहीं हो पाता, they face challenges when it comes to learning a language या लोगों से बात करना, communication, social interaction तो हर टास्‍क के लिए it will be broken down into छोटे-छोटे से…

प्रधानमंत्री जी : अच्छा आप जो काम कर रहे हैं। इससे इन बच्चों की सोशल लाइफ पर क्या पॉजिटिव इंपैक्ट होगा।

पार्टिसिपेंट : वो इस दोस्त की मदद से ये सीख पाएंगे क्या सोशल इंटरेक्शन में क्‍या सही है क्या गलत है और कैसे लोगों को अप्रोच कर सकते हैं। तो ये यहां पर एक सेफ एनवायरमेंट में सीख कर आगे जा कर वो अपने रियल एनवायरमेंट में अप्लाई कर सकते हैं। वहां पर they can help make them their lives better by being able to do normal things in the real world. तो children with special needs have a special requirements when it comes to learning, so we will be providing them this ताकि there is no difference between normal people and their normal lives and a children with special needs carrying or normal activities in their daily work.

प्रधानमंत्री जी : आपकी टीम में कितने लोग इस समय काम कर रहे हैं?

पार्टिसिपेंट : Sir all 6 of us are working and in fact मेरी टीम काफी diverse है। So we have members with different technical backgrounds, geographical backgrounds, so we have a member who is a non Indian.

प्रधानमंत्री जी : आप में से कोई हैं जिन्‍होंने ऐसे बच्चों के साथ कभी बातचीत की हो? उनकी कठिनाइयां समझने का प्रयास किया हो और फिर solution की दिशा में गए हों?

पार्टिसिपेंट : Yes sir, हमारी टीम में there is a member who has a family relative who suffers from autism and हम यहां आने से पहले we also spoke with different centres to understand कि इन बच्चों को क्या actual में दिक्कत होती है। So that we can address this in the right way.

प्रधानमंत्री जी : आप कुछ कह रहे थे आपके साथी कुछ कहने वाले थे।

पार्टिसिपेंट : हां जी सर, तो हमारी टीम में we have a member who is not an Indian, he is a foreign student studying in India.

पार्टिसिपेंट : Hello Mr. Prime Minister, my name is Mohd Dhaali and I am an international student from the Republic of Yemen. So I came to India to pursue my Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science Engineering and I am a part of the big brains team where we are developing an AI power virtual reality experience that is especially designed for these kids, these special kids.

प्रधानमंत्री जी : Is this your first experience to be a part of this type of team?

पार्टिसिपेंट : I have been a part of different Hackathons locally in Bangalore but this is my first time here and I am very grateful for being part of this huge initiative and I want to thank you Mr. Prime Minister and the Government of India for giving me this opportunity and from this place I invite all my fellow, Yemen students and international students to be innovator outside to be a part of this India’s ecosystem. Thank you.

प्रधानमंत्री जी : आप सभी को बधाई कि आपने इस विचार को समझा कि हर बच्चा स्‍पेशल होता है। सभी को फलने-फूलने का अवसर मिले, समाज में कोई भी पीछे ना हरे। कोई भी खुद को लेफ्ट आउट महसूस ना करे, इसके लिए नए solutions की भी जरूरत पड़ती रहती है। आपकी टीम का ये solution लाखों बच्‍चों की जिंदगी को आसान बनाने का काम करेगा। ये जो solutions आप देश के लिए तैयार कर रहे हैं, ये भले ही लोकल हैं। Local need यानी need based हैं लेकिन इनका यूज ग्‍लोबल है, इसका इंपैक्ट ग्‍लोबल है। जो भारत की जरूरतों के लिए फिट है वो दुनिया के किसी भी देश में फिट हो सकते हैं। आपका और आपकी टीम को मैं बहुत-बहुत शुभकामनाएं देता हूं। नेक्‍स्‍ट कौन हैं?

धर्मेंद्र प्रधान जी : अगला टीम है Dreamers जो खड़गपुर में बैठे हैं, टीम खड़गपुर!

पार्टिसिपेंट : Thank you Hon’ble Prime Minister जी! I am Lavanya, the team leader of Dreamers and we are at our nodal centre IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal and we are from Chennai Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu. The problem statement we have chosen as given by National Technical Research Organisation. As technological innovation increasing day by day, the number of cyber attacks were also increasing. As per our record, there were 73 million cyber attacks occurred in India which is the 3rd largest among the world. To tackle the situation, we have come up with a innovative, unique and a scalable solution. Sir solution will be explained by my team mate Ms. Kalpriya.

पार्टिसिपेंट : नमस्ते Hon’ble Prime Minister!

प्रधानमंत्री जी : नमस्ते जी!

पार्टिसिपेंट : नमस्ते! To detect the infected files, most of the cyber securities are in our nation to strengthen our defence, we are using multiple antivirus engines. There are 3 engines we used like Microsoft Defender, ESET and Trend Micro Maximum Security. Our solution is completely offline, including the architectural design and the threat direction. As we know, no single antivirus is perfect, each antivirus has its own strength and its weakness. So we using Microsoft Defender, ESET and Trend Micro Maximum Security to tackle this challenge. We can using this 3 AVs by parallely scanning in an efficient way. It also avoids the threat detection and maintains our system in safe mode.

प्रधानमंत्री जी : अभी मैंने मन की बात में सामान्य लोग जो मुसीबत झेल रहे हैं, उसकी विस्तार से चर्चा की थी। किस प्रकार से individually साइबर फ्रॉड के माध्यम से लोगों को लुटा जा रहा है। इसका आप लोगों को पता है?

पार्टिसिपेंट : नहीं सर!

प्रधानमंत्री जी : क्योंकि आप जो solution ढूंढ रहे हैं और मैं मानता हूं कि समाज का एक बहुत बड़ा वर्ग है जो आज ऐसे संकटों में फंस जाता है। ये नौजवान कुछ कहना चाहते थे?

पार्टिसिपेंट : जी हां सर! नमस्ते सर!

प्रधानमंत्री जी : नमस्ते!

पार्टिसिपेंट : हां सर वो ही टेक्‍नोलॉजी बनने बनने से लेकर अच्छा टेक्‍नोलॉजी भी बढ़ा रहा है at the same time हमारा साइबर अटैक्‍स का भी उसे भी देखना पड़ता है, तो उस मामले से हम लोग उस solution को better efficient और improve कर रहे हैं। Existing solution से हम और efficiently और improvise करके हम लाग जो solution रख रहे हैं वो करंट solution से better होगा।

प्रधानमंत्री जी : आप लोगों को पता है कि साइबर सिक्‍योरिटी के किसी भी आपके प्रयास की उम्र बहुत छोटी होती है। इसका अंदाजा है आप लोगों को?

पार्टिसिपेंट : जी हां सर!

प्रधानमंत्री जी : क्या-क्या अंदाजा है जरा बता सकते हैं?

पार्टिसिपेंट : हम लोगों को लाइक अपडेट करना पड़ता है क्योंकि टेक्‍नोलॉजी ज्यादा जा रही है। हम लोग अपडेट होना…

प्रधानमंत्री जी : Yes, you are right क्योंकि साइबर अटैक में अटैक करने वाले इतने इनोवेटिव होते हैं कि आप एक solution आज निकालोगे, 4 घंटे में नए solution की जरूरत पड़ेगी। आपको हमेशा अपडेट करना पड़ता है। देखिए भारत दुनिया की अग्रणी Digital Economy में से एक है। हमारा देश बड़े पैमाने पर Digitally Connect हो रहा है। ऐसे में साइबर क्राइम का खतरा भी जैसा आप लोगों ने कहा ये लगातार बढ़ रहा है। इसलिए जिस solution पर आप काम कर रहे हैं ये भारत के future के लिए बहुत महत्वपूर्ण है। लेकिन जैसा मैंने कहा ये वन टाइम solution नहीं होता है। ये आपको हर समय जैसे जितनी बार बारिश आए, उतनी बार छाता खोलना पड़े ऐसा है ये! लेकिन मैं आपको शुभकामनाएं देता हूं आपने एक बहुत ही महत्वपूर्ण विषय के लिए मेहनत कर रहे हैं और आपके solution जरूर मेरे सामने आएंगे और सरकार को भी बहुत इसका लाभ हो सकता है। मैं सभी आपके साथियों को मैं देख रहा हूं पूरी आपकी टोली बड़ी उत्साह से भरी हुई है। सब लोग अपने मोबाइल फोन से इसका रिकॉर्डिंग भी करते नजर आ रहे हैं। चलिए हम आगे चलते हैं। अगली टीम कौन है?

धर्मेंद्र प्रधान जी : अब हम इंटरैक्ट करेंगे टीम कोडब्रो के साथ जो Gujarat Technical University, Ahmedabad में बैठा है, over to Ahmedabad.

पार्टिसिपेंट : नमस्ते प्रधानमंत्री जी!

पार्टिसिपेंट : Yes sir we are… Hi, my name is Harshit and I am representing the Team Brocode. Here, we are gonna developing the problem statement of ISRO. Our problem statement is enhancing the darker images of the solar panel, solar code, which is located at the South Pole. So we are gonna develop this solution by coming the name the Chand Vartani. Chand Vartani is a solution where we are able to enhance the darker image into the higher quality of the image. So it is not only the image quality enhancer, it is also the decision making skill. In the decision making skill, we are gonna detect the geological lunar exploration and also the real time site selection also sir.

प्रधानमंत्री जी : आप कभी ये स्पेस की दुनिया में जो लोग काम करते हैं क्योंकि अहमदाबाद में आप लोग बैठें हैं। वहां तो बहुत बड़ा सेंटर है स्‍पेस का, कभी वहां जाकर के उन लोगों से कोई चर्चा करके, issues क्‍या हैं quality रिजल्‍ट के लिए क्‍या करना है, कुछ चर्चा की क्या?

पार्टिसिपेंट : I had talked with the mentors and also the Scientists among Hyderabad. But I have not reached the any centres like this because we are far away from the Andhra Pradesh and our team is…

प्रधानमंत्री जी : अच्‍छा क्‍या इस प्रोजेक्ट की वजह से हम चंद्रमा की Geological और Environmental Condition को और अधिक बेहतर ढंग से जान पाएंगे क्या?

पार्टिसिपेंट : Yes sir! ofcourse we can able to detect the geological uncover hidden features of the geological lunar exploration sir example like we can able to detect the frozen bodies of water bodies and also we can able to detect the boulders or the bigger stones or the bigger particles around the moon surface. So that we can able to land the rover very smoothly by detecting this boulders and particles.

प्रधानमंत्री जी : अभी आपकी टीम में कितने लोग काम कर रहे हैं?

पार्टिसिपेंट : 6 members are working in the team.

प्रधानमंत्री जी : सब अलग-अलग जगह से इकट्ठे आए हैं या आप यहीं पर से पढ़-पढ़कर के निकले हैं?

पार्टिसिपेंट : In the problem statement, we had divided the task to all the members. 3 members are doing the mission landing models and 2 members are dealing upon the image filters, but enhancing those images sir and now my teammate sunil will continue the conversation sir.

प्रधानमंत्री जी : देखिए आपने बहुत महत्वपूर्ण विषय को चुना, कुछ कह रहे थे आप नौजवान कोई और माइक ले रहे थे?

पार्टिसिपेंट : Sir we are from Andhra Pradesh. I don’t know Hindi too much.

प्रधानमंत्री जी : Andhra Gaaru

पार्टिसिपेंट : Sorry for the…

प्रधानमंत्री जी : हां बताइए!

पार्टिसिपेंट : नमस्ते प्रधानमंत्री जी, I am Sunil Reddy from Andhra Pradesh. We are Team working on a Mission Learning Model where we can enhance the images from the south pole of the moon and these images can be enhanced by Mission Learning Model where we are using 2 architectures, one is darknet and another one is photonet. Darknet is used to remove the shadow of the image and photonet is used to reduce the noise of the images. While taking the image from the South Pole of the image, there will be low light conditions and also there will be high noise due to the low protons so we are enhancing that image by using the Neural networks and those neural networks will be having the thousand 24 neurons each and Harshit is actually mentioned that there is a chance in the best case we can detect the frozen water bodies also and I am very happy to speak with you sir and it is always my dream to deep talk with you. You came to Nellore also, I am far in the crowd, I am always seeing and shouting like I am very biggest fan of you sir. Thank you sir, thank you for giving this opportunity sir.

प्रधानमंत्री जी – देखिए साथियों, स्पेस टेक्नोलॉजी में भारत की यात्रा को दुनिया बहुत उम्मीद से देख रही है। आप जैसे यंग ब्रेन्स जब इससे जुड़ते हैं तो उम्मीद और बढ़ जाती है। आप जैसे youth innovators को देखकर साफ है कि भारत ग्लोबल स्पेस पॉवर के तौर पर तेजी से अपनी भूमिका का विस्तार करेगा। मैं आप सभी को अपनी शुभकामनाएं देता हूं। आईये अब next team कौन है।

धर्मेंद्र प्रधान जी : Mystic Originals, Institute of Management Development and Research Mumbai के हैं। मुंबई के मित्र माननीय प्रधानमंत्री जी से बात करें।

पार्टिसिपेंट : नमस्ते माननीय प्रधानमंत्री जी।

प्रधानमंत्री जी : नमस्ते जी,

मेरा नाम महक वर्मा है और मैं Team Mystic Originals की team leader हूं। हम लोग Indian Institute of Information Technology Kota से हैं। And it is an absolute honour to be heard smart India Hakathon 2024 with my amazing team comprising Akshit Jangra, Kartan Aggrawal, Sumit Kumar, Avinash Rathore, Tushar Jain and I mentor Ananya Srivastava. हम लोग एक सिक्योरिटी चैलेंज को tackle कर रहे हैं। जोकि भारत इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स लिमिटिड द्वारा दिया गया है। Which is micro doppler base target classification that is to distinguish given object drone है या फिर बर्ड है क्योंकि प्रोब्लम ये है कि अक्सर both drones as well as birds they appear similar on the radar. इसकी वजह से it may lead to false alarms in efficiencies and other potential security threats, specially in sensitive areas , जैसे military zones, Airports and Critical infrastructures. And thus our aim is to develop a solution which processes advance data using machine learning algorithm to accurately classify कि given object drone है या फिर Bird है। To tell more about the solution I would like to hand over to my teammate Akshit.

पार्टिसिपेंट : मेरा नाम अक्षित है और मैं टीम Mystic Originals का सदस्य हूं। तो सर our Solution works by using micro Doppler signatures, which are the unique patterns generated by different objects. These can be due to the wings beats of birds or the router plate movements of drone. तो इसे हम फिंगरप्रिंट की तरह समझ सकते हैं। जैसे हर human being के अलग फिंगर प्रिंट होते हैं वैसे ही हर object एक अलग micro Doppler signature देता है। जिसकी मदद से हम differences कर सकते हैं कि object एक drone है या फिर bird है। And this differentiation is very crucial in preventing any disruptions in areas like Airports, Borders and military zones, where there is lot of need of security.

प्रधानमंत्री जी : आपको इतना difference पता चलेगा कि भई नहीं ये बर्ड नहीं है लेकिन ड्रोन है। लेकिन क्या आप ये भी बता पाएंगे कि कितने distance पर है, किस दिशा में जा रहा है, कितनी गति से जा रहा है। ये सारी चीजें इसमें मेप कर पाएंगे आप?

पार्टिसिपेंट : हां जी सर हम इस पर भी काम कर रहे हैं। और हम जल्द ही ये चीज भी कर पाएंगे।

प्रधानमंत्री जी : आप लोग जो ड्रोन का पता लगाने वाले सिस्टम पर काम कर रहे हैं। ड्रोंस के बहुत से पॉजिटिव व्यूज हैं। लेकिन कुछ ताकतों द्वारा गलत इस्तेमाल के कारण ड्रोन सिक्योरिटी के लिए चुनौती भी है। आपकी टीम इस चुनौती से कैसे निपटेगी?

पार्टिसिपेंट : सर जैसे हमारा सिस्टम है अगर मैं आपको उसकी वर्किंग समझाऊं तो सबसे पहले हमारे पास जो रडार से डेटा आता है। हम उनमे से सारी noice को निकालते हैं to get a clean and accurate data फिर उसमे हम कुछ time frequency transform लगाते हैं जो ये micro Doppler pattern generate करता है और फिर हम इन patterns को एक मशीन लर्निंग मॉडल में फीड करते हैं। जो बताता है हमें कि object एक ड्रोन था या बर्ड था। और हम इस चीज को काफी compact और cost effective devices पर भी use कर सकते हैं। और ये सिस्टम काफी scalable है और इसके साथ साथ ही ये काफी adaptable भी है अलग अलग environments के लिए, जिसकी वजह से हम इसे Airports और Border areas के ऊपर भी use कर सकते हैं। and to share why we came out with this problem, I would like to hand over to one of my teammates Sumit.

पार्टिसिपेंट : नमस्ते प्रधानमंत्री जी।

प्रधानमंत्री जी : जी नमस्ते।

पार्टिसिपेंट : हम ये problem statement हमने क्यो choose करी इसके लिए मैं राजस्थान श्री गंगानगर से आता हूं। बार्डर के काफी पास का area है तो ड्रोंस आते जाते रहते हैं। पर पुलवामा अटैक के बाद तो drones का आना जाना बहुत जी ज्यादा बढ़ गया, उसके बाद सुबह चार बजे, रात को 12 बजे, कभी भी anti drone system हो जाता और फायरिंग चालू होने लगती। न उस टाइम पढ़ा जा रहा था न लोग सो नहीं पा रहे थे। बहुत परेशानिया थीं। उस समय ये दिमाग में बात रही कि इसके लिए कुछ न कुछ किया जा सकता है। जब इस साल प्रॉब्लम आई तो हमारी टीम प्रॉब्लम्स ढूंढ रही थी तो हम प्रोब्लम हमारे सामने आई तब मैंने अपनी टीम को बताया क्यों न इस चीज के ऊपर कुछ काम किया जाए। ताकि हम लोगों की परेशानियों को दूर कर पाएं और आखिरकार हमारी टीम ने इसके ऊपर काम किया और हम ग्रैंड फिनाले में पहुंच पाए। थैंक यू सो मच सर!

प्रधानमंत्री जी : साथियों, आजकल देश में ड्रोन का अलग-अलग सेक्‍टर्स में बहुत इस्तेमाल हो रहा है। आपने नमो ड्रोन दीदी योजना के बारे में जरूर सुना होगा। ड्रोन आजकल रिमोट एरिया में दवाएं और जरूरी सामान पहुंचाने में इस्तेमाल किया जा रहा है लेकिन देश के दुश्मन भारत में हथियारों और ड्रग्स की तस्करी में ड्रोन का भरपूर उपयोग कर रहे हैं। ऐसे में मेरे लिए खुशी की बात है कि आप सभी ऐसी चुनौतियों से निपटने के लिए पूरी गंभीरता से काम कर रहे हैं। आपका प्रयास डिफेंस टेक्नोलॉजी के एक्सपोर्ट को भी नया आयाम दे सकता है और इसलिए मैं आपको बधाई देता हूं और आपका एक साथी तो स्वयं बॉर्डर पर रहने वालों में से हैं तो वो इस समस्या को भली भांति समझ भी सकता है और उसके सोल्‍यूशन की जरूरत भी समझ सकता है। लेकिन इसके कई पहलू होंगे आगे चलकर के और मैं समझता हूं कि बहुत बड़ी मात्रा में काम करना पड़ेगा क्योंकि जो ड्रोन की दुनिया वाले लोग हैं जो इस प्रकार के लोग ड्रोंस को लेकर के दुनिया में बर्बादी का काम कर रहे हैं। वो हर बार नई टेक्नोलॉजी लाएंगे, नए एंट्री प्‍वाइंट्स ढूंढेंगे तो हमारे लिए भी चुनौतियां नित्य नई बनती रहेंगी लेकिन आपके प्रयास को मैं बहुत बधाई देता हूं, शुभकामनाएं देता हूं। आइए देखते हैं देश के किस भाग से हम जुड़ने वाले हैं अब!

धर्मेंद्र प्रधान जी : अब हम बात करेंगे र्निवाना वन से जो New Horizon College of Engineering, Bangalore मैं बैठे हैं, Bangalore से हम जुड़ें, over to Bangalore.

प्रधानमंत्री जी : आवाज नहीं आ रही आपकी, आवाज नहीं आ रही है।

पार्टिसिपेंट : सर अब आ रही है क्या?

प्रधानमंत्री जी : हां अब आया है।

पार्टिसिपेंट : नमस्ते माननीय प्रधानमंत्री जी!

पार्टिसिपेंट : मेरा नाम Dev Poorney है और मैं टीम र्निवाना वन का नेतृत्व कर रहा हूं। मेरी टीम है आदित्य चौधरी, अशर एजाज़, तनवी बंसल, नमन जैन और सानिध्‍य मंलूमिया। सर हम जयपुर ग्रामीण से बेंगलुरु आए हैं मिनिस्‍ट्री ऑफ जल शक्ति द्वारा दी गई एक बेहद ही जरूरी प्रॉब्लम स्टेटमेंट पर काम करने, इसके रिसर्च में हमें पता चला कि भारत सरकार ने पिछले कुछ सालों में कई एडवांस्‍ड एफर्ट्स करें हैं रिवर पॉल्यूशन को कम करने के लिए और रिवर रिजुविनेशन को इंप्रूव करने के लिए तो हमने सोचा कि हम एक कंप्रेहेंसिव सिस्‍टम बनाएं जो रिवर पॉल्यूशन मॉनिटरिंग को इंप्रूव करे उसको और एफिशिएंट बनाए और ऑवर ऑल रिवर इकोसिस्टम की हेल्थ को इंप्रूव करने के लिए सजेशन दे तो हम एक बहुत ही मीनिंगफुल कॉंट्रिब्यूशन कर सकते हैं।

पार्टिसिपेंट : नमस्ते सर।

प्रधानमंत्री : नमस्ते।

पार्टिसिपेंट : हमने आईडेंटिफाई किया कि हमारे देश में बहुत से लोगों की आमदनी और जिंदगी नदियों से जुड़ी है, और इसलिए हम उन लोगों को जिंदगी को बेहतर बनाना चाहते हैं, और एक पॉजिटिव बदलाव लाना चाहते हैं। हमने इस प्रोजेक्ट के लिए गंगा को चुना, क्योंकि वो हमारे इतिहास का एक बहुत ही अहम सांस्कृतिक भूमिका निभाती हैं, और हमारे प्रधानमंत्री जी के दिल के भी बहुत करीब है। हमारे इस प्रोजेक्ट की शुरुआत नमामि गंगे प्रोग्राम और नेशनल मिशन फॉर क्लीन गंगा, NMCG के बारे में पढ़कर और रिसर्च करके शुरू हुई। हमने इससे ये आईडेंटिफाई किया कि NMCG के दो बहुत क्लियर ऑब्जेक्टिव्स हैं। पहला- Abatement of Pollution i.e गंगा में पॉल्यूशन की कमी, और दूसरा Conservation and Rejuvenation of River Ganga i.e गंगा की क्वालिटी को वापस पहले जैसा बनना।

साथ ही हमने ये भी जाना कि गंगा से रिलेटेड बहुत सारा क्वालिटी डाटा पब्लिकली अवेलेबल किया गया है। इस डेटा से हम काफी प्रभावित हुए और हम बहुत इंस्पायर हुए। हमने सोचा कि अगर हम इस डेटा के बेसिस पर एक डिसीजन सपोर्ट सिस्टम बना सके, जिससे की गंगा के आसपास रहने वाले लोगों को निर्णय लेने में सहायता मिलेगी, तो उससे उनकी जिंदगी में काफी प्रभाव आ सकता है, और उनकी में एक बहुत पॉजिटिव बदलाव आ सकते है।

पार्टिसिपेंट : अब सर गंगा एक बहुत ही विशाल नदी है तो ये necessary हो जाता है कि जो भी सिस्टम बनाया जाए वो truly scalable हो। इसके लिए हमने एक एडवांस टेक्नोलॉजी का यूज करा है जिसका नाम है- Federated Learning. तो हमने डेटा को एनालाइज करा और 38 key locations आईडेंटिफाई करी। और Federated Learning के यूज से हमने वहां लोकल मॉडल्स बनाएं, जो उस localised data पर ट्रेंड है। अभी ये सारे लोकल मॉडल्स एक मदर मॉडल से कम्युनिकेट करते हैं, जहां ये अपना डेटा शेयर करते हैं। इसके थ्रू addition of new models और removal of pre-existing models और जो currently present models हैं, उनकी accuracy, efficiency, significantly इंप्रूव हो जाती है। और अगर हम ये टेक्निकल एस्पेक्ट्स साइड में रखें, तो हमें पता चलता है नमामि गंगे के थ्रू कि Ganga Preservation Rejuvenation और कंट्रोल में मेन कंट्रीब्यूटर्स तो लोग ही हैं। तो हमने इन स्टेकहोल्डर्स के लिए ये जो डेटा और यूजर के बीच की दूरी है उसको कम करने के लिए एक advance dashboard बनाया। जहां पर हमने हर टाइप ऑफ स्टेकहोल्डर्स….।

प्रधानमंत्री : ये बहुत बड़ा कुंभ मेला हो रहा है, गंगा के तट पर 40-45 करोड़ लोग इकट्ठे होने वाले हैं। इस योजना का कैसे लाभ ले सकते हैं, आप इस इनोवोशन का क्या लाभ ले सकते हैं वहां?

पार्टिसिपेंट : सर तो जैसे कि हमें पता है अगर पानी की क्वालिटी पैरामीटर्स को हम एनालाइज कर लें, तो हम लोगों को बता सकते हैं कि वो अपने लेवल पर कैसे डिसइन्फेक्शन कर सकते हैं और अपने लेवल पर क्या-क्या ensure कर सकते हैं, कि उनकी हेल्थ तो सही रहे ही और लोगों की भी हेल्थ सही रहे। इसके लिए हम लोग उनको एक पोर्टल देंगे, जैसे हम Industrial effluent monitoring के लिए देंगे sewage treatment infrastructure के लिए देंगे, हम लोग बायोडायवर्सिटी मैनेजमेंट के लिए देंगे। हम लोग farmers, fishermen और ईवन टूरिस्ट को बताएंगे कि वो क्या itineraries बना सकते हैं, और वो क्या-क्या मेन चीजें विजिट कर सकते हैं, उनको कहां जाना चाहिए और कहां करेंटली नहीं जाना चाहिए, और वहां पर कैसे काम चल रहा है।

प्रधानमंत्री : तो शहरों में जो ड्रिंकिंग वाटर की सप्लाई चैन होती है, उसके ऊपर भी आपका तो काम बड़ा आसानी से ऑर्गेनाइज हो सकता है।

पार्टिसिपेंट : Yes Sir. तो हमने क्या करा शहरों में जो…है, जो गंगा में कनेक्ट हो रहे हैं या बाकी नदियों में कनेक्ट हो रहे हैं। हमने उनके latitudes और longitudes आईडेंटिफाई कर लिए हैं। और हमने ये भी आईडेंटिफाई कर लिया है हमारे स्टेशंस के थ्रू, कि उनके आसपास की इंडस्ट्रीज कौन सी है। अब क्योंकि हमें पता है कि कुछ सेक्टर्स ऑफ इंडस्ट्री जैसे, केमिकल, पेपर, टेक्सटाइल, tanneries, slaughter house ये कौन से टाइप का effluent निकालते हैं। तो हम हमारे एल्गोरिदम से बैकट्रेक कर सकते हैं कि अगर हमारे वाटर में कुछ स्पेसिफिक पॉल्यूशंस के स्पाइक्स है तो हम ढूंढ सकते हैं कि कौन से सेक्टर ने ये cause करा है। और यही चीज हम ऑर्गेनाइजेशन, जो अथॉरिटीज मैनेज कर रही है Rivers को, उनको बता सकते हैं और उनको instantly रिपोर्ट का बटन दे सकते हैं, जिससे GPIs जो Grossly Polluting Industries है, उनपे instantly inspection लॉन्च की जा सके।

प्रधानमंत्री : हमारी इस मीटिंग के बाद और कितने घंटे अभी आपको काम करना पड़ेगा?

पार्टिसिपेंट : सर, कम से कम 20 घंटे और।

प्रधानमंत्री : अच्छा! देखिए मां गंगा हो या देश की अन्य नदियां। देश की आध्यात्मिक, सांस्कृतिक विरासत के साथ ही पर्यावरण के लिहाज से भी बहुत महत्वपूर्ण है। मुझे खुशी है कि आप लोग इस विषय पर काम कर रहे हैं। मेरी आपको शुभकामनाएं हैं। और जयपुर के लोग हैं तो पानी का मूल्य क्या होता है, महात्म्य में क्या होता है, वो बहुत अच्छी तरह समझते हैं। बहुत-बहुत शुभकामनाएं मेरी आपको।

पार्टिसिपेंट : Thank You So Much Sir.

प्रधानमंत्री :

आप सभी से बात कर करके बहुत अच्छा लगा और मैं तो देख रहा था कि आप लोगों का समूह जब देखता था वो समूह जिस प्रकार से combination बना हुआ है। तो ये एक भारत श्रेष्ठ भारत उसके दर्शन भी हो रहे थे। North Students South में, South के Students North में, East के West में, West के East में, मैं समझता हूं कि बहुत ही अच्छा अनुभव रहा होगा आप लोगों के लिए भी और देश की विशालता और विविधता के लिए भी आप लोग अनुभव करते होंगे। तो आपके हैकाथॉन में विषय के उपरांत भी आपको साइड लाइन में भी बहुत सी चीजें सीखने को मिलती होती हैं।

आप तो जानते ही हैं कि भविष्य की दुनिया, नॉलेज और इनोवेशन से ही ड्राइव होने वाली है। और ऐसे में आप भारत की Hope हैं, Aspiration हैं। आपके Perspective अलग हैं, सोच अलग है और Energy का लेवल तो बहुत ही अलग है। लेकिन सबका Aim एक ही है। भारत दुनिया का सबसे Innovative, Progressive और Prosperous देश बने। आज दुनिया कह रही है कि भारत की ताकत, ये हमारी युवा शक्ति है, हमारा इनोवेटिव यूथ है, हमारी टेक पावर है। भारत की ये ताकत आप सभी में स्मार्ट इंडिया हैकाथॉन में साफ-साफ नजर आती है। मुझे खुशी है कि Smart India Hackathon भारत के युवाओं को ग्लोबली बेस्ट बनाने का एक बेहतरीन प्लेटफार्म बना है। जब से स्मार्ट इंडिया हैकाथॉन शुरू हुआ है। करीब 14 लाख Students ने स्मार्ट इंडिया हैकाथॉन में हिस्सा लिया है। इन छात्रों ने 2 लाख टीमें बनाकर करीब 3 हजार प्रॉब्लम पर काम किया है। 6400 से ज्यादा Institutions, करीब करीब छह हजार Institutions इससे जुड़े हैं। इस हैकाथॉन की वजह से सैकड़ों नए स्टार्ट अप्स का जन्म हुआ है। और मैंने एक बात और नोट की है, 2017 में Students की तरफ से 7 हजार से ज्यादा Ideas, Submit किए गए थे। इस बार इन Ideas की संख्या 57 हजार से भी ज्यादा हो गई है। From 7 thousand to 57 thousand. ये दिखाता है कि भारत का युवा, किस तरह अपने देश की चुनौतियों के समाधान के लिए कमर कसके आगे बढ़ आया है।

बीते 7 सालों में जितने भी हैकाथॉन हुए हैं, उनके बहुत सारे Solutions आज देश के लोगों के लिए बहुत उपयोगी सिद्ध हो रहे हैं। कई बड़ी समस्याओं का समाधान इन हैकॉथान्स ने दिया है। जैसे, 2022 के हैकाथॉन में आप जैसे युवाओं की एक टीम ने साइक्लोन की इंटेसिंटी मापने के एक सिस्टम पर काम किया था। हैकॉथान में जो सिस्टम डेवलप किया गया, उसे अब ISRO द्वारा डवलप की गई टेक्नोल़ॉजी के साथ Integrate किया गया है। ये सुनकर आपको भी गर्व होता होगा। 4-5 साल पहले हैकाथॉन में एक और टीम ने एक ऐसा Video Geotagging App बनाया, जिसने Data Collection को बहुत आसान बना दिया है। इसका भी उपयोग अब स्पेस से जुड़ी रिसर्च में किया जा रहा है। हैकाथॉन की एक और टीम ने Real time blood managing system पर काम किया था। ये ऐसा सिस्टम था, जो किसी Natural Disaster के समय वहां मौजूद ब्लड बैंक्स की डिटेल्स दे सकता है। इससे भी आज NDRF जैसी एजेंसियों को बहुत मदद मिल रही है। कुछ साल पहले एक और टीम ने दिव्यांग जनों के लिए एक ऐसा Product बनाया जो उनके जीवन से मुश्किलों को कम करने में मददगार साबित हो रहा है। आज भी हैकाथॉन में हिस्सा ले रहे आप सभी युवाओं के लिए ऐसी सैकड़ों सफल केस स्टडीज प्रेरणा हैं। ये दिखाती हैं कि कैसे आज देश के युवा, सरकार के साथ मिलकर देश के विकास के लिए, देश के सामने मौजूद चुनौतियों से निपटने के लिए काम कर रहे हैं। इससे उनमें देश की समस्याओं के समाधान को लेकर, देश के विकास को लेकर एक ओनरशिप की भावना आ रही है। आज भी आप सब से बात करने के बाद, मेरा Confidence और बढ़ गया है कि देश विकसित भारत होने के सही Track पर है । आप जिस तत्परता से, जिस कमिटमेंट के साथ, भारत की समस्याओं के इनोवेटिव सोल्यूशन ढूंढ रहे हैं,वो अद्भुत है।

आज देश की जो Aspirations हैं, उसमें हमें हर चुनौती के लिए Out of the Box सोचना ही होगा। हमें हर सेक्टर में Out of the box thinking की ये अप्रोच, हमारी आदतों में शामिल करनी होगी। इस Hackathon की विशेषता भी रही है। इसका Process भी Important है और Product भी Important है। एक समय था जब सरकार ही देश की समस्याओं के समाधान का दावा करती थीं। लेकिन अब ऐसा नहीं है। आज ऐसे Hackathons के जरिए Students, Teachers और Mentors को भी इन समाधानों से जोड़ा जा रहा है। ये भारत का नया गवर्नेंस मॉडल है, और ‘सबका प्रयास’ इस मॉडल की प्राणशक्ति है।

देश के अगले 25 सालों की पीढ़ी, भारत की अमृत पीढ़ी है। आप सब पर विकसित भारत के निर्माण की जिम्मेदारी है। और हमारी सरकार आज की इस पीढ़ी को हर साधन-संसाधन सही समय पर देने के लिए कमिटेड है। और हम अलग-अलग Age Group में अलग-अलग लेयर्स पर काम कर रहे हैं। Students में Scientific Mindset को Nurture करने के लिए हमने नई नेशनल एजुकेशन पॉलिसी लागू की है। देश की अगली पीढ़ी को स्कूलों में इनोवेशन के संसाधन मिलें। इसके लिए हमने 10 हजार से ज्यादा अटल टिंकरिंग लैब्स खोले हैं। आज एक करोड़ से ज्यादा बच्चों के लिए ये लैब्स नए नए प्रयोगों और अनुसंधानों का केंद्र बन रही हैं। देश के 14 हजार से ज्यादा पीएम श्री स्कूल्स भी 21St Century की Skills पर काम कर रही हैं। Students की इनोवेटिव सोच और बेहतर हो, इसके लिए हमने कॉलेज लेवल पर Incubation Centers की स्थापना की है। Practical Learnings के लिए Advanced Robotics और AI Labs का इस्तेमाल भी हो रहा है। युवाओं की क्वैरीज़ का समाधान हों, इसके लिए जिज्ञासा प्लेटफॉर्म बनाया गया है। इसमें युवाओं को साइंटिस्ट से सीधे जुड़ने और बातें करने का अवसर दिया जा रहा है।

आज ट्रेनिंग के अलावा नौजवानों को स्टार्टअप्स इंडिया अभियान के जरिए आर्थिक मदद भी दी जा रही है। उन्हें टैक्स में भी छूट दी जा रही है। नौजवानों को अपने बिजनेस के लिए 20 लाख रुपए तक के मुद्रा लोन की भी व्यवस्था की गई है। नई कंपनियों के लिए देश भर में टेक्नॉलजी पार्क और नए आईटी हब बनाए जा रहे हैं। सरकार ने एक लाख करोड़ रुपए का रिसर्च फंड भी बनाया है। यानी करियर के हर स्टेज पर सरकार आप सब नौजवानों के साथ खड़ी है, उनकी जरूरतों के हिसाब से काम कर रही है। ऐसे Hackathon भी हमारे नौजवानों को नए नए अवसर दे रहे हैं। और ये सिर्फ कोई औपचारिक सा Event नहीं है। ये एक स्थाई Institution को Evolve करने की प्रक्रिया है। ये हमारे Pro People Governance Model का हिस्सा है।

अगर हमें दुनिया की Economic Superpower बनना है, तो हमें Economy के नए सेक्टर्स पर खूब काम करना होगा। आज भारत Digital Content Creation से Gaming तक कई ऐसे सेक्टर्स में आगे बढ़ रहा है, जो 10 साल पहले तक बहुत Evolve नहीं हुए थे। आज भारत, करियर के नए रास्ते भी बना रहा है। युवाओं को नए रास्ते तलाशने और उन पर प्रयोग करने के अवसर भी दे रहा है। युवाओं की Curiosity और Conviction को समझते हुए, सरकार उनके Interest को बढ़ावा दे रही है। सरकार Reforms करके उनके रास्ते से रोड़े हटा रही है। अभी कुछ समय पहले ही, पहले National Creators Award का आयोजन किया था। इसका उद्देश्य Content Creators की मेहनत और Creativity को Recognise करने का था। हमने स्पोर्ट्स को Career Choice बनाने के लिए काम किया है। गांव में विलेज लेवल टूर्नामेंट्स से लेकर ओलंपिक की तैयारी के लिए Khelo India और TOPS स्कीम को आगे बढ़ाया गया है। National Centre of Excellence for Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, Comics, and Extended Reality का असर भी दिखने लगा है। इसके कारण Gaming भी एक Promising Career Choice बन रही है।

अभी हाल में एक बहुत बड़ा फैसला सरकार ने किया है। इसकी पूरी दुनिया में प्रशंसा हो रही है। ये फैसला इंटरनेशनल जर्नल्स को लेकर भारत के नौजवानों, भारत के रिसर्चर्स, भारत के इनोवेटर्स को एक्सेस देने का है। One Nation-One Subscription ये स्कीम अपने आप में दुनिया की अनूठी स्कीम्स में से एक है। जिसके तहत सरकार, प्रतिष्ठित जर्नल्स की सब्स्क्रिप्शन ले रही है, ताकि किसी भी जानकारी से भारत का कोई भी युवा वंचित ना रहे। हैकाथॉन में हिस्सा ले रहे आप सभी युवाओं को भी इससे बहुत लाभ होगा। अब सरकार के हर प्रयास का लक्ष्य यही है कि हमारे युवा दुनिया के Best Minds के साथ Compete कर पाएं। कभी भी युवा शक्ति को ये ना लगे कि उनके पास किसी सपोर्ट या इंफ्रास्ट्रक्चर का अभाव है। मेरे लिए युवा का विजन ही, सरकार का मिशन है। और इसलिए सारे मेरे नौजवानों को जो भी चाहिए, सरकार के रूप में हम उस दिशा में हर काम कर रहे हैं।

आज इस हैकाथॉन से हजारों युवा जुड़े हुए हैं। इसलिए, मैं आप सभी को एक और जरूरी मैसेज देना चाहता हूं। आप जानते हैं कि मैंने लाल किले से कहा है। कि देश की राजनीति में, मैं एक लाख ऐसे युवाओं को लाऊंगा जिनकी फैमिली से पहले कोई भी राजनीति में ना रहा हो। बिल्कुल फ्रेश ब्लड। ये देश के भविष्य के लिए बहुत जरूरी है। इस काम को करने के लिए अलग-अलग तरीके से काम हो रहा है। ऐसा ही एक आयोजन अगले महीने होने जा रहा है। विकसित भारत, Young Leaders Dialogue इसमें देशभर के करोड़ों नौजवान हिस्सा लेंगे, विकसित भारत के लिए अपने Ideas देंगे। जो Ideas सेलेक्ट होंगे, जो नौजवान सेलेक्ट होंगे, उनके साथ 11 और 12 जनवरी को स्वामी विवेकानंद जी की जयंती पर दिल्ली में Young Leaders Dialogue का आयोजन होगा। इसमें देश-विदेश के दिग्गज लोगों के साथ मैं भी आप सबको देखने सुनने के लिए आने वाला हूं। आज इस हैकाथॉन से जुड़े सभी युवाओं से भी मेरा आग्रह है। विकसित भारत, Young Leaders Dialogue से भी जरूर जुड़ें। Nation Building से जुड़ने का ये एक और बेहतरीन मौका आपको मिलने जा रहा है।

आपके लिए आने वाला समय एक Opportunity भी है, साथ साथ एक Responsibility भी है।

मैं तो चाहूंगा Smart India Hackathon की टीमें, सिर्फ भारत ही नहीं, ग्लोबल प्रॉब्लम्स पर भी और बेहतर तरीके से काम करे। अगले साल जब हम इस हैकॉथान में आएं, तो कोई ऐसा उदाहरण भी हो जो किसी ग्लोबल क्राइसिस का समाधान करने का माध्यम बने। देश को आप सभी इनोवेटर्स, आप सभी ट्रबलशूटर्स के सामर्थ्य पर विश्वास भी है, गर्व भी है। आप के सफल भविष्य की मंगलकामना के साथ आप सभी को बहुत-बहुत शुभकामनाएं।।

धन्यवाद…All the best…

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• With a cultural mindset shift towards entrepreneurship, India is now the world's third-largest startup ecosystem.
• The gap between male and female entrepreneurs has almost closed in recent years.
• Levels of startup activity remain heavily concentrated in certain regions.

In the last 10 years, over 120,000 startups have been registered in India, making it the third-largest startup ecosystem in the world . Alongside this, the country is home to the third-highest number of startup unicorns (privately held ventures with greater than $1 billion in valuation), rising from just one unicorn in 2011. Here are four emerging trends from this rapidly evolving entrepreneurial ecosystem in India:

1. Rising gender parity

In terms of broader business conditions beyond tech, the gender gaps between male and female entrepreneurship are narrowing in India. According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2023/24 report , in 2001 there was a 3:1 gender ratio of male to female entrepreneurship, but in 2022 there was near gender parity – though that has since regressed slightly in favour of male entrepreneurship.

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In recent years, two government schemes have played a major part in narrowing this gap. First, women entrepreneurs lacked credit due to limited access to collateral; the MUDRA scheme helped bridge this by offering collateral-free loans of up to INR1 million for small businesses. Over 69% of beneficiaries of this scheme have been women. Second, the Jan Dhan scheme enabled financial inclusion for women by making it easier to open bank accounts and offering an overdraft facility of INR 10,000. This has brought gender parity in bank account ownership in India, as outlined in the Global Findex database 2021 .

2. Mindset shift towards entrepreneurship

A confluence of government efforts and press coverage has provoked an Indian cultural mindset change from people being job seekers to job creators. Starting with the school education phase, efforts have been made in recent years to focus on creativity and innovation. In 2020’s New Education Policy , there was an explicit focus on critical thinking and multidisciplinary thinking to develop innovation. Alongside it, there has been a drive towards the creation of spaces for experimentation with required support infrastructure, such as the Atal Tinkering Labs in schools in 2016, Atal Incubation Centres in universities in 2017, and Atal Community Innovation Centres in rural areas in 2021.

From personal experience, startup equity dilution is now a dinner-table conversation even among grandmothers, thanks to popular television reality shows like Shark Tank India. The stats are beginning to mirror this story of mindset change across generations. For instance, being part of a young population with a median age of 28 years , Indian youth are more engaged in entrepreneurial activity. However, the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2023/24 report finds that older people (35-64 years) are only a couple of percentage points behind.

3. Digital public infrastructure is formalizing informal entrepreneurship

In 2022, on one of our visits to a remote rural community in Andhra Pradesh, we stopped to buy a cup of tea from a streetside vendor (i.e. an informal entrepreneur). After producing a hot cup of masala chai, she said it would cost INR10 (~10p). We were about to pay in cash when she surprised us by showing us a QR code. This seamless digital transaction conveyed multiple messages. First, this woman in a rural remote location had a digital bank account that allowed her to receive digital payments. Second, for her to have the account she had to have some proof of identity, which in her case was a unique 12-digit number linked to her biometrics: her Aadhaar. Third, it showed that she trusted using digital payments through the United Payments Interface (UPI); indeed, it was so easy for her to use it that she preferred it to cash. Aadhaar and UPI are part of India’s Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), called India Stack , which is helping formalize the informal sector entrepreneurs, like the streetside vendor, through financial inclusion and digital payments.

More recently, the creation of a DPI-supported commerce effort, Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) , is digitizing the informal sector and enhancing market visibility. For instance, startups such as eSamudaay are building applications on top of ONDC and creating platforms to digitize informal entrepreneurs in small towns, empowering digital market access.

4. Despite an improved ecosystem, startups are concentrated in a few regions

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2023/24 report placed India second on ecosystem quality. This marked improvement is partly attributable to the enhancements in physical and digital infrastructure. On the physical infrastructure side, India’s road network has grown by over 59% in the last 10 years , making it the second largest in the world. The number of operational airports has also doubled over the same period from 74 to 157. These physical infrastructure improvements are making logistics and transport easier for entrepreneurs.

On the digital front, internet subscribers in the country have risen from 251.9 million in 2014 to 954.40 million in March 2024, with average monthly data consumption rising from 0.27 GB to 20.27 GB in the same duration. Private sector providers such as Reliance Jio have played a crucial role in this by offering very low-cost data rates. This has made digital access to markets possible for entrepreneurs irrespective of the location. Such improvements in ecosystem quality have made India the third largest startup ecosystem and created unicorns across sectors like e-commerce, logistics, software services, and fintech.

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While the improved startup numbers and ecosystem conditions are encouraging, nearly 60% of startups are concentrated in about five states of the country, and certain select cities within those states. In other countries too, we observe a similar concentration of entrepreneurship in a few regions of the country. For India to realize its ambition of a $55 trillion economy by 2047 , it needs to democratize entrepreneurship to reach more regions of the country. This is also crucial for stemming the large migration of youth away from rural areas, which has led to overcrowding in certain cities, and disruption in the social and family structures within rural areas.

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Startup India: Key announcements in the action plan unveiled by PM Modi

Pm narendra modi spelt out the salient features of the action plan for startups.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the ambitious ‘Startup India’ Movement to boost digital entrepreneurship at the grassroots level. He spelt out the various salient features of the action plan that was unveiled today.

In a major announcement, he said there will be income tax exemption to startups for the first three years. He also promised faster patent registrations and quicker exits for companies.

Norms will be relaxed for public procurement of startups, he added.

Shamit Khemka, Regional Director, Entrepreneurs Organisation, South Asia reacted to the unveiling of the startup policy.

“This is the first government to recognise the startup space in India in such a big and official manner. We thank and congratulate the government and the prime minister on this initiative. What Mr Modi rightly pointed was that entrepreneurs are scared of government interference, which will Change as there will be less interference and more support,” he said.

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Event has ended.

8:00 pm : Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal tweets:

With today’s startup policy reform, @narendramodi has given wings to our startups of tomorrow. #StartupIndia (1/2) — Deepinder Goyal (@deepigoyal) January 16, 2016

Sean Blagsvedt, co-founder & CEO, Babajob.com, one of the invitees at the event said, “We are incredibly excited about the Startup India Action Plan announcement, which literally has dozens of policy innovations to foster more creative startups. At Babajob, we can’t wait to help connect India’s aspiring millions with jobs at the next generation of startups. I only wish the plan was in place when we started.”

7:38 pm : All of you have a vital role to play in the future of India, says PM Modi as he concludes his speech.

The following are some of the key announcements the PM made at the event:

7:36 pm: There will be national and int’l startup festivals to provide visibility: PM Modi

7:35 pm : Innovation core programs for students in 5 lakh schools. There will also be an annual incubator grand challenge to create world class incubators: PM Modi

7:35 pm: PPP model being considered for 35 new incubators; 31 innovation centres at national institutes and 7 research parks, 5 new bio-clusters: PM Modi

7:34 pm : No inspection for 3 years of start-up businesses in respect of labour, environment law compliance post self-certification: PM Modi

7:30 pm:  We are starting the Atal Innovation Mission to give an impetus to innovation and encourage the talent among our people: PM Modi

7:27 pm : BIG NEWS! PM Modi announces income tax exemption to startups for three years.

7: 25 pm:  There will be a tax exemption on capital gains for startups: PM Modi

7:25 pm : There will be credit guarantee fund for startups: PM Modi

7: 24 pm: A Fund of Funds will be created with an initial corpus of Rs 2,500 crore and later to Rs 10,000 crores: PM Modi

7: 22 pm:  There will be an 80 per cent rebate in patent costs. We will also work for faster exits for startups: PM Modi

7: 21 pm:  Norms will be relaxed for public procurement of startups. No requirement of turnover or experience but no relaxation of quality: PM Modi

7: 20 pm: There will be faster patent registration and protection for Intellectual Property rights. We are also introducing self-certification compliance by startups: PM Modi

7: 18 pm:  A mobile app will be launched on April 1 through which startups can be registered in a day. There will also be a portal for clearances, approvals and registrations: PM Modi

7:15 pm: We want to focus on hand holding for startups, says PM Modi.

7:05 pm: Startups don’t have to be billion dollar ventures. Even if it employs five people, it is contributing to the Indian economy: PM

7:00 pm : This startup movement is not linked to money or name and fame. It is about finding solutions to the problems of common people: PM

6:57 pm : Solution to all problems are in an app. I also have an app – the Narendra Modi app: PM

6:56 pm : Startups are not just because of entrepreneurial capabilities, but also for the aspect of risk-taking: PM Modi

6:55 pm : Ideas are many, but some leave the idea halfway while others become very involved with the idea: PM Modi

6:51 pm: We are here so that you can tell us what we should not do: PM Modi tells the audience filled with entrepreneurs.

6:50 pm : Young people across the country have been watching this programme from the morning: PM Modi

6:48 pm : Today is a Saturday and considered a holiday for the government. And it’s beyond 6 pm. It’s unthinkable. But this is the change: PM Modi

6:45 pm : PM Modi has unveiled the action plan for startups in the country.

6:05 pm : The world today has changed. Startup India has marked an important changed in India’s mindset: Jaitley

6:03 pm : How many among the top 20 companies that existed before 1991 exist in the top 20 even today, asks Finance Minister Arun Jaitley .

6:01 pm : The PM will address the gathering soon. Top entrepreneurs and heads of startup companies are present at the event.

5:55 pm: I must say, it has been a fantastic day of exciting panel discussions: Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman .

5:50 pm : The PM has arrived at the venue.

5:30 pm : Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached Vigyan Bhawan, the venue of the launch of the ambitious ‘Startup India’ programme.

12.30 pm: Have already invested USD 2 billion in Indian firms; will scale up investment to USD 10 billion. India can be bigger in momentum than China in next 10 years; 21st century belongs to India: Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son.

12.00 pm: In sync with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Startup India initiative, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today assured small business men and venture investors that he will take necessary steps to make Mumbai and Maharashtra the capital for startups.

“You have given me a mission. In the coming days, we will make Maharashtra and Mumbai, capital of startups,” Fadnavis said here while inaugurating a seed investment and innovation platform.

11.30 am: Nidhi Agarwal, CEO & Founder, KAARYAH.com: Startup India Standup India is a great opportunity for brand India to showcase how Indians are now graduating from being workers to creating employment, globally. The event will signal to the world that we are fast becoming a hotbed for innovation and entrepreneurship and promote both in turn.

11.00 am: India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA), the premier trade body representing the Indian Electronic System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) industry, has acknowledged and applauded the pro-startup initiatives undertaken by the Government of India.

“The much-awaited unveiling of Startup India by Prime Minister of India has brought lots of positively among the entrepreneurs in India. We are elated by the fact that India has the 3rd largest number of start-ups globally. IESA applauds the Govt. to be a facilitator to build the startup nation. With the Government’s support, a startup can be built in a day which will definitely motivate many young entrepreneurs to turn ideas into action thereby increasing the jobs in India as well. Amongst the many action plans discussed, I would like to share my views on the Legal support for filing patents at free of cost and 80% reduction in filing patent fee. This action would bring out the confidence among the entrepreneurs to startup with hassle free process. With faster patent registration and protection for Intellectual Property rights, every entrepreneur would be confident of not losing his or her ideas to any other. The action plan of a  Corpus of 10 thousand crore made through a Fund of Funds is a major and important decision taken by the Government which would enable an entrepreneur to startup from the non-urban areas of India as well,” said  Mr. MN Vidyashankar, President, IESA.

10.22 am: The rise of the IT sector is due to less government regulation, says Jaitley.

10.20 am: The banking system and the government will make the funds necessary available for a startup fund, says Jaitley.

10. 19 am: Successful entrepreneurs have come out of the MUDRA scheme, says Jaitley.

10.18 am: We came up with the MUDRA scheme to target the bottom 25%, says Arun Jaitley.

10.16 am: The private sectors expansion has caused stress on the banking system, says Arun Jaitley.

10. 16 am: We ostensibly broke away from “license raj” in 1991, conceived with idea that Govt will decide which businesses can run, says Jaitley.

10.15 am: When PM Modi was voted to power, if I look back at the changes and the direction we have moved in, some of them are extremely significant, says Jaitley.

10.14 am: Our effort over last few years was to restrict role of States in policy domain, say Jatiley.

10.13 am: Easier availability of capital and friendly tax regime will be the key features of Startup India Movement, says Arun Jaitley.

10.12 am: The government is now merely acting as a facilitator after PM Narendra Modi assumed office, says Arun Jaitley.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley at opening session of Launch of ‘Start-up India’ movement pic.twitter.com/GMV5ph465X — ANI (@ANI_news) January 16, 2016

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