Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Runs India's digital public infrastructure strategy by setting policy, digital standards, and national software and cyber innovation frameworks.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is India's federal ministry for IT policy, electronics, and digital transformation. It works through MeitY Startup Hub, which acts as the national coordination, facilitation, and monitoring centre for the ministry's innovation work. The record ties the ministry to more than 3,600 supported tech startups and more than INR 212 crore in cumulative disbursals through its startup schemes.

Its main routes are grant-based. SAMRIDH offers matching investment of up to INR 40 lakh per startup through empanelled accelerators, while TIDE 2.0 supports ICT startups in areas such as IoT, AI, blockchain, robotics, and related hardware. GENESIS is aimed at startups from tier II and tier III cities, NGIS backs software-product ventures, and the DLI line extends into semiconductors.

MeitY's delivery model is built around incubators, accelerators, Centres of Excellence, mentors, and startup-facing hubs rather than a single open call. The strongest applicants are product-oriented Indian startups that can show technical depth, a commercialization path, and a fit with national priorities in digital public infrastructure and emerging technologies. In SAMRIDH, the capital is paired with accelerator support and an equity-linked structure, which makes the programme closer to a scaling platform than a conventional subsidy.