PANAJI
The State government has adopted the Centre’s revised definition of a startup while it has also notified four new schemes under the Goa Startup Policy, 2025, through two separate notifications.
In the first notification of the Department of Information Technology, Electronics and Communications, the government has adopted the revised definition of “Startup” issued by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Government of India.
The State government has amended the Goa Startup Policy, 2025, to incorporate the revised definition for its implementation.
In a separate notification, the department adopted four new schemes under the policy, along with eight existing schemes that were earlier notified under the Goa Startup Policy, 2020.
The four new schemes include the Campus Innovation Scheme, Promotion and Marketing Assistance Scheme, Skill Enhancement Scheme and Women Entrepreneur Vitality Scheme.
The eight existing schemes adopted under the 2025 policy are the R&D Reimbursement Scheme, Intellectual Property Rights Scheme, Grant for Incubation Centres within Educational Institutes Scheme, Co-working Space/Incubators Subsidy Scheme, Seed Capital Scheme, Reimbursement of Expenses for Startups Operating from Leased/Privately Owned Premises Scheme, Salary Reimbursement Scheme and Trademark Reimbursement Scheme. The notification stated that the existing schemes are adopted without any modification to their respective provisions.
