The state cabinet on Wednesday granted approval to amend theGoa Startup Policy 2022 and IT Policy 2018to reinstate the Seed Capital Scheme.<\/p>\n
The amendment also provides for creating a Startup IT Promotion Cell (SITPC) to cater to the Startup Policy 2021 and IT Policy 2018.<\/p>\n
The promotion cell will be the nodal agency to register, recognise, certify the startups. The IT secretary will be its convener, while the director (IT) and CEO (SITPC) will certify the ventures.
The cell will have to report to the empowered committee (EC). The committee will oversee policy implementation and grant approvals for the disbursement of incentives. Applications received under this policy and the IT Policy 2018 will be processed by the cell.<\/p>\n
The approval was granted to make necessary amendments to the IT Policy 2018 for reconstitution of the empowered committee and to broaden its purview to oversee the implementation of the Startup Policy 2021.<\/p>\n
The cabinet also granted ex post facto approval to extend the nine schemes that were defined under the Startup Policy 2017 to the Startup Policy 2021 with enhanced benefits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"