Whenever I come to such a conclave, I am expected to leave you with a lot of headlines. However, I am someone who works not for headlines but deadlines. And this is why today I would like to talk of things that the media doesn’t find attractive. The media may not like to touch them but these are issues that touch the common man. Start-ups, for instance. Ten years ago, there were very few start-ups, hardly 100. Today, there are around 1.25 lakh registered start-ups. But India’s startup revolution is not recognised only by numbers, the real strength lies in the fact that these start-ups are in more than 600 districts of India—in a way, 90 per cent of the country’s area. This is a big achievement in itself. Otherwise, people think start-up means Bengaluru. But the youth in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities are leading the start-up revolution. And those [Opposition parties] that never discussed start-ups are now forced to talk about start-ups.
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