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Startup India: Programs and Challenges (live directory)

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This is the authoritative government listing of live Indian grand challenges and national competitions, filterable by Challenges, Incubator, and Accelerator with Active, Upcoming, and Completed tabs, so you see exactly what is open right now (Infineon Startup Challenge, Bharat Livelihood Challenge, National Startup Awards 5.0 with its 10 lakh prize across 20+ categories). It shows the actual deadline and what each winner gets (cash plus mentorship and market access), which is the honest input to the pick-two-or-three decision instead of chasing every circuit.

  • National Startup Awards 5.0 carries a 10 lakh cash prize across 20+ categories plus mentorship, a credential investors and corporates recognize
  • Sector grand challenges (Infineon, Bharat Livelihood, single-use plastics) are the high-signal ones: they come with a real corporate or ministry partner, not just a stage
  • The portal separates Active, Upcoming, and Completed so you plan applications against real deadlines rather than reacting to a WhatsApp forward
Open on startupindia.gov.in ↗

The question it answers

  1. Are startup pitch competitions and grand challenges worth entering for the prize money?

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