NEW DELHI
Goa has been ranked as a leader in developing start-up ecosystem for budding entrepreneurs among smaller States having population of less than one crore, according to the ranking of States and Union territories by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT).
Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Arunachal are also in the leaders category.
Gujarat and Karnataka have been ranked as the best performers while Meghalaya has been adjudged as the best performer among smaller States.
Goa, however, could not find a place in the leaders across 7 reform areas list where States were judged on 26 action points ranging from institutional support, fostering innovation and entrepreneurship, access to market, incubation support, funding support, mentorship support to capacity building of enablers.
The exercise is aimed at supporting States and Union territories (UTs) in developing their start-up ecosystem and learning from each other's best practices.
A total of 24 states and 7 UTs participated in the exercise, which ranked them under five categories -- best performers, top performers, leaders, aspiring leaders and emerging start-up ecosystems.
Four States of West Bengal, Sikkim, Haryana and Jharkhand and UT Lakshadweep did not participate in the exercise.
The States and UTs were also ranked under these five categories based on the population of less than one crore.
Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Telangana and Jammu and Kashmir were categorised as the top performers.
