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Piyush Goyal: Commerce minister’s dig at Indian start-ups sparks debate

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Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal 's recent comments about India 's start-up ecosystem have sparked a massive debate on social media.

At Startup Mahakumbh , Goyal seemed to take a hard look at India 's consumer start-ups.

He compared them with innovations being made by the "other side", which many took to mean China .

Goyal also urged Indian investors to do more to support Indian creators.

In 2024 , China slashed $ 361bn in taxes and fees for high-tech firms, including $ 80.7bn in research and development deductions.

India currently has 4,000 deep-tech start-ups and this number is expected to jump to 10,000 by 2030 .

Nasscom report said that India 's deep tech-start-ups attracted $ 1.6bn in funding in 2024 .

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