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In a modest office in Varanasi, 24-year-old Priya Mishra turns temple flower waste into incense and leather alternatives, employing 8,000 rural women and raising $10 million. In Patna, Shweta Singh scales DeHaat to serve 1.5 million farmers with AI-driven agritech, securing $222 million in funding. In Pune, Dipalie Bajaj and Nidhi Panchmal launch Arva Health,…
India’s manufacturing renaissance ignites in 2025, with the sector valued at $450 billion and targeting 25% GDP contribution by 2025 under Make in India’s blueprint. Industry 4.0—fusing AI, IoT, and robotics—promises $1 trillion in value by 2035, slashing inefficiencies by 30% amid global supply chain shifts. Yet, with only 17% current GDP slice and 63…
In a dusty lane of Varanasi, 24-year-old Priya Mishra sketches flower-waste upcycling designs on her phone, dreaming of Phool.co’s next million tons. In a Bengaluru co-working space, 22-year-old Aryan Gupta codes AI diagnostics for Qure.AI, saving lives in 10,000 rural clinics. Across India’s 763 districts, 195,065 DPIIT-recognized startups pulse with the energy of a generation…
India’s climate battlefield rages in 2025, with extreme weather—floods, droughts, heatwaves—striking 255 days of the year, costing â‚ą10.5 lakh crore and displacing 18 million. As the third-largest emitter, the nation eyes net-zero by 2070, but adaptation demands $679 billion annually by 2030, per World Bank. The $500 million climate resilience funds, including Green Climate Fund’s…
India’s startup ecosystem, the world’s third-largest with 195,065 DPIIT-recognized ventures powering a $450 billion digital economy, is witnessing a seismic shift in capital dynamics: Impact investment, blending financial returns with measurable social and environmental good, has surged to $4.96 billion across 438 enterprises in 2024, up from $2.9 billion in 2023, reflecting a 71% year-on-year…
India’s immersive tech frontier blazes in 2025, with the AR/VR market exploding to $2 billion, up 38% YoY, propelled by 900 million smartphone users and 5G’s low-latency magic. Gaming commands 40% share, education and workforce training snag 30%, as startups fuse holograms with real-world grit. Yet, hardware costs—$500+ headsets—deter 70% Tier-2/3 adoption, where 60% of…
India’s startup ecosystem, the world’s third-largest with 195,065 DPIIT-recognized ventures powering a $450 billion digital economy, is a data desert masquerading as an innovation oasis: Self-reported metrics like 17.6 lakh direct jobs and 82,811 FY23 patents dazzle, but a 90% five-year failure rate, 55% unawareness of incentives, and fragmented insights into diversity (46% women-led) and…
India’s creator economy is exploding, projected to influence $1 trillion in consumer spending by 2030, up from $350 billion today, with over 10 million active creators—those with 1,000+ followers—driving this surge. Valued at $1.5 billion in 2025 and growing at 22% CAGR, the sector empowers Gen Z and millennials in Tier-2/3 cities, where 70% of…
Launched on January 16, 2016, Startup India set out to transform India into a global innovation hub by simplifying regulations, unlocking funding, and igniting entrepreneurship, promising a $1 trillion economy by 2030. A decade on, the metrics dazzle: 195,065 DPIIT-recognized startups (557x growth from 450 in 2016), 112 unicorns valued at $350 billion, 17.6 lakh…
India’s FoodTech arena is sizzling, with the online food delivery market hitting $16.56 billion in 2025, surging at 11% CAGR through 2027, while quick commerce (Q-commerce) races to $5 billion on ultra-fast deliveries. Cloud kitchens, numbering over 20,000 and doubling by 2026, slash overheads by 40% via delivery-only ops, powering 30% of orders. Yet, amid…