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BHASKAR platform facilitates collaboration among startups and ecosystem stakeholders

Posted On: 01 AUG 2025 4:26PM by PIB Delhi

The Bharat Startup Knowledge Access Registry (BHASKAR) enables collaboration among the entrepreneurial ecosystem including startups. 1,97,932 entities are registered under the ‘startup’ category on BHASKAR as on 30th June 2025. The State/Union Territory (UT) wise details are placed as Annexure-I.

BHASKAR currently is in pilot phase wherein key features are being tested including peer-to-peer interaction, partnerships, and collaborative engagements, generation of unique personalized identification for stakeholder categories and integration of microsites in place for implementation of various Schemes under Startup India.

The Government is undertaking various outreach and awareness measures for BHASKAR across States/UTs to understand the requirement and experience of key user stakeholders including small and micro-enterprises. Such measures, include specific outreach to States/UTs, information sessions in workshops and events, and propagation through various social media platforms. These engagements have been undertaken in collaboration with State Startup Nodal Agencies and other ecosystem partners such as incubators, accelerators, colleges, and universities amongst others.

 

ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1484 FOR ANSWER ON 01.08.2025

The State/UT-wise number of entities that have selected the ‘startup’ category during BHASKAR registration and have been issued BHASKAR IDs as on 30th June 2025 are as follows:

 

S.No.

State/UT

Total

1

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

97

2

Andhra Pradesh

3701

3

Arunachal Pradesh

92

4

Assam

2021

5

Bihar

4224

6

Chandigarh

678

7

Chhattisgarh

2116

8

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

81

9

Delhi

18972

10

Goa

718

11

Gujarat

17370

12

Haryana

10082

13

Himachal Pradesh

788

14

Jammu and Kashmir

1422

15

Jharkhand

1919

16

Karnataka

20004

17

Kerala

7634

18

Ladakh

25

19

Lakshadweep

5

20

Madhya Pradesh

6552

21

Maharashtra

33845

22

Manipur

236

23

Meghalaya

95

24

Mizoram

61

25

Nagaland

116

26

Odisha

3523

27

Puducherry

211

28

Punjab

2343

29

Rajasthan

7226

30

Sikkim

22

31

Tamil Nadu

13409

32

Telangana

10433

33

Tripura

180

34

Uttar Pradesh

19382

35

Uttarakhand

1742

36

West Bengal

6607

Total

1,97,932

 

This information was given by the Minister of State in the  Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Shri Jitin Prasada, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

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Abhishek Dayal/ Abhijith Narayanan/ Ishita Biswas

 


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