Union Minister Piyush Goyal to launch MAARG portal for Startups on Jan 16

New Delhi, Jan 14 (KNN) The MAARG (Mentorship, Advisory, Assistance, Resilience, and Growth) portal to facilitate mentorship for startups across diverse sectors to be launched on January 16 in New Delhi.

The portal will be launched by Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution & Textiles, Piyush Goyal at the third edition of National Startup Award.

The National Startup Awards will reward outstanding startups and enablers which have demonstrated exceptional capabilities not just in terms of financial gains, but also for the measurable impact for the society.

A special award category has been introduced this year to recognize startups in Hilly and North-East region of India.

As per the official statement, a Cash prize of Rs 5 lakh will be provided to each to winning startups and Rs 15 lakh cash-price will be awarded to one exceptional Incubator and one Accelerator.

The National Startup Awards 2022 invited applications across 17 sectors which were further divided into 50 sub sectors, and 7 special categories.

The sectors included Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Construction, Drinking Water, Education & Skill Development, Energy, Enterprise Technology, Environment, Fintech, Food Processing, Health & Wellness, Media and entertainment, Industry 4.0, Security, Space, Transport and Travel.  (KNN Bureau)