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Budget 2019: Finance Minister Proposes Starting Exclusive Channel For Startups

It will serve as a platform for discussing issues affecting their growth and match-making with venture capitalists, she said.



Employees work at a startup office in New Delhi (Photographer: Sara Hylton/Bloomberg)
Employees work at a startup office in New Delhi (Photographer: Sara Hylton/Bloomberg)

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that an exclusive television channel will be set up for startups that will serve as a platform for discussing issues affecting their growth and match-making with venture capitalists.

Presenting the Budget 2019-20, she proposed to start a television programme exclusively for startups that will be executed by startups themselves.

"This shall serve as a platform for promoting startups, discussing issues affecting their growth, match-making with venture capitalists and for funding and tax planning. This channel shall be designed and executed by startups themselves," she said.

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