MSME innovative scheme with incubation and nurturing innovative ideas

New Delhi, 13 Feb 2023: MSME innovative scheme with incubation and nurturing innovative ideas. The number of incubation centers is increasing in the country.  As per the information provided by NITI Aayog, Atal Incubation Centres (AIC), there has been a rise in the number of AICs from 13 in 2017 to 69 in 2022. 

Shri PK Singh, CEO, of Government e-Marketplace (GeM) addressing a Press Conference, in New Delhi on February 8, 2023

Further, the Ministry of Micro, Smal,l, and Medium Enterprises is implementing MSME Innovative Scheme under MSME Champions Scheme for developing and nurturing innovative ideas which were launched in March 2022. 632 Host Institutes (HIs) have been recognized under the Incubation component to act as Business incubators since the launch of the scheme.

During the last five years, Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) has established 56 Atal Incubation Centres (AIC) and 14 Atal Community Innovation Centres across the country. The list of Atal Incubation Centres established during the last five years is attached in Annexure-I.

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               As per AIM guidelines, every incubation center (AIC) is mandated to operate with 5-6 team members to support startups with suitable physical infrastructure coupled with the availability of sectoral experts for mentoring start-ups.  Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) is an initiative established in 2016 to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in the country. 

As part of the mission, AIM has been establishing world-class incubators called Atal Incubation Centres (AICs) in universities, research institutions, corporates, etc. As per the information provided by NITI Aayog, since inception, 3052 startups have been incubated by the 69 AICs out of which 954 are women-led startups. 

  These startups have cumulatively generated 15,506 jobs across the country.

Annexure- I

 

State/UT	Year 2017	Year 2018	Year 2019	Year 2020	Year 2021	Year 2022	Total AICs
Andaman And Nicobar Island	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andhra Pradesh	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
Arunachal Pradesh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Assam	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
Bihar	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Chandigarh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chhattisgarh	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Dadra And Nagar Haveli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Delhi	1	1	1	3	0	0	6
Goa	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Gujarat	0	2	2	2	0	0	6
Haryana	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Himachal Pradesh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jammu And Kashmir	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Jharkhand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Karnataka	2	1	3	5	0	0	11
Kerala	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
Madhya Pradesh	1	2	0	0	0	0	3
Maharashtra	0	3	2	2	0	1	8
Manipur	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Meghalaya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mizoram	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nagaland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Odisha	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
Puducherry	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Punjab	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Rajasthan	1	1	1	1	0	0	4
Sikkim	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tamil Nadu	2	0	2	2	0	0	6
Telangana	2	1	1	1	0	0	5
Tripura	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Uttar Pradesh	2	2	0	0	0	0	4
Uttarakhand	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
West Bengal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ladakh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	13	18	16	22	0	0	69