Finance Minister Proposes New TV Program to Promote Startups

Jul. 5, 2019

As part of her first budget speech on Friday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed to launch a television program for promoting startups in India. The program will featurediscussions on challenges faced by startupsin terms of logistics, human resources, fund-raising, access to venture capital funds and tax planning, she said.

“We propose to start a television program within the DD bouquet of channels exclusively for start-ups”. Sitharaman said.“This shall serve as a platform for promoting start-ups, discussing issues affecting their growth, matchmaking with venture capitalists and for funding and tax planning”. She further claimed that the content“will be designed and executed by start-ups themselves”, although the specifics of her plan are yet to be revealed.

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