Measures announced in Budget to provide lot of support to strengthen startup ecosystem: Piyush Goyal

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Union Budget 2023-24 has proposed to extend the period of incorporation of eligible startups by one more year till March 31, 2024, for providing tax incentives to encourage budding entrepreneurs.

Measures announced in Budget to provide lot of support to strengthen startup ecosystem: Piyush Goyal

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said that the measures that have been announced in the Budget will be providing a lot of support to further strengthen the country's startup ecosystem. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Union Budget 2023-24 has proposed to extend the period of incorporation of eligible startups by one more year till March 31, 2024, for providing tax incentives to encourage budding entrepreneurs.

She has also proposed to ease norms for startups by extending the benefit of carrying forward losses to 10 years. While applauding the Budget 2023, he said the government has consistently been supporting the startup ecosystem and since the launch of the startup India initiative, the country has had significant growth in the startup arena.

“So my sense is that this (Budget) will certainly give a lot of support and help to the startup ecosystem so that it flourishes in the years to come,” the minister said.

He said that "the Budget also focused on promoting startups in the agriculture sector and making ‘agri-preneurs’ and giving them a boost to come up with better ideas for cold storages, food processing, and value addition in the agri sector."

Sitharaman in her Budget speech said: “I propose to extend the date of incorporation for income tax benefits to startups from March 31, 2023, to March 31, 2024. I further propose to provide the benefit of carry forward of losses on change of shareholding of startups from seven years of incorporation to ten years”.

To encourage agri-startups by young entrepreneurs in rural areas, the finance minister has also stated that the government will set up an Agriculture Accelerator Fund (AAF).

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