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Gujarat at forefront of startup surge, Shah hails GST reforms
The Morning Standard
|September 24, 2025
UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday kicked off the Startup Conclave 2025 with a fiery pitch, declaring that India's innovation engine has roared to life under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision.
"From Mind to Market this conclave is a platform to turn PM Modi's dream into reality," Shah said, crediting the country's youth for driving a 380% growth in startups over the past decade.
Before 2014, India's startup landscape was a barren field with just 500 startups and four unicorns. Today, Shah revealed that the nation has 1.92 lakh startups, over 120 unicorns valued at $350 billion, and a youth workforce shifting "from job seekers to job givers."
This story is from the September 24, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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