
MeitY with T-Hub disburses nearly ₹1 cr. grant to start-ups
The Hindu
13 start-ups receive ₹7.5 lakh grant each
Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in partnership with innovation ecosystem enabler T-Hub has selected 13 start-ups in the hardware and IoT space for a ₹7.5 lakh grant each to help accelerate development of their solutions.
The start-ups from across the country were selected for the grant under the Digital India’s Scale Up programme, T-Hub said in a release on Thursday.
The ₹7.5 lakh is a partial grant that has been disbursed to the selected start-ups, who demonstrated proof of concept and showcased a potential to scale up across the country. The rest of the grant, which was not specified, will be disbursed post the completion of the programme.

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