STATE
START-UP RANKING - REPORTS AND INDICES 
News:
Startup Ranking 2022:
Karnataka, TN, Kerala best performers
What's
in the news?
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Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu lead the
State Startup Ranking 2022 as Best Performers, the top category in the ranking.
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The ranking was released by the Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
Key
takeaways:
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Tamil
Nadu
has consistently improved its position from 2018, and Kerala also emerged as the Best Performer after being in the second
best rank for three straight years. 
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Karnataka
has been in the top spot for a second consecutive year.
Focus
Area:
State
Start-up Ranking:
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The States Start-up Ranking is a yearly
capacity-building exercise created and released
by DPIIT that evaluates all of India’s states and Union Territories on
their efforts to build an ecosystem conducive to start-up growth.
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States’ Start-up Ranking was launched in
February 2018 to achieve the vision of building
a robust startup ecosystem in the country.
Objective:  
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To recognize and reward outstanding
Startups with high potential for employment generation or wealth creation,
demonstrating measurable social impact.
Released
by - Department
for Promotion of Industry and Internal trade (DPIIT) under the Commerce
Ministry. 
Participating
States:
Total 33 states and UTs 
Category:
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Best performers
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Top performers
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Leaders
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Aspiring leaders 
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Emerging startup ecosystems. 
1.
Best Performing States: 
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Karnataka 
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Kerala
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Gujarat 
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Tamil Nadu (Best performing states in the
startup ranking for 2022 based on their initiatives taken to develop the
startup ecosystem for promoting budding entrepreneurs).
2.
Top Performers: 
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Maharashtra
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Odisha
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Punjab
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Rajasthan 
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Telangana 
3.
Leaders: 
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Andhra Pradesh
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Assam
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Madhya Pradesh
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Uttar Pradesh
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Uttarakhand
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Goa
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Manipur
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Tripura 
4.
Aspiring leaders: 
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Bihar
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Haryana
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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Nagaland
5.
Emerging startup ecosystems: 
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Chhattisgarh
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Delhi
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Jammu and Kashmir 
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Chandigarh