On the auspicious occasion of 69th Independence Day, PM Modi launches new campaign 'START UP INDIA, STAND UP INDIA'. Lets know about this campaign.
Salient Features of campaign:-
- To promote bank financing for start - ups and offer incentives to boost entrepreneurship and job creation.
- Prime Minister Narender Modi said," We are looking at systems for enabling start-ups. We must be number one in start - ups...Start up India; Stand up India."
- Encourage entrepreneurship among the youth of India.
- Each of the 1.25 Lakh bank branches should encourage at least one Dalit or Tribal entrepreneur and at least one woman entrepreneur.
- Loans would also be given to help people.
- Set up a network of start-ups in the country.
- The Prime Minister also said that new changes will be done for current practice of interview-based selections for low-skilled government jobs.
- Package of incentives will be given to manufacturing units for generating jobs.
- Union Agriculture Ministry will be renamed as the 'Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers'.
- Prime Minister said that recruitment process should be online and transparent.
- 17 Crore Bank accounts were opened through Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna. Approximately Rs. 20,000 Crore has been deposited by people in it. Reflecting the "Richness of India's Poor".
