Skills Development Minister Nawab Malik pointed out that the state was ranked second in the India Innovation Index released by the NITI AYOG recently.
In a bid to boost the startup ecosystem in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday launched a scheme aimed at providing financial assistance to innovative startups to file for IT patents.
As per a statement, around 125-150 startups will be supported in the first phase of the scheme with the financial help of ₹2 lakh to ₹10 lakh, along with financial assistance up to ₹2 lakh for quality testing and certification for the startup’s ideas.
Source: livemint
