Archive · 10 Sep 2026
Chhattisgarh Cabinet Approves Rs 500 Crore Startup Mission
The Chhattisgarh government approved a large plan to help young people start businesses.
The plan will spend Rs 500 crore over five years.
It aims to create jobs and help young people become job creators.
Centres for learning about entrepreneurship will be opened in all 33 districts.
The government will also create 100 technology labs and five special industry centres.
The plan is called the Chief Minister’s Startup and NIPUN Mission.
The cabinet also approved a new export policy for 2026-30.
That policy is intended to help businesses sell more products outside the state.
The Chhattisgarh cabinet approved a Rs 500 crore Startup Mission over five years.
The Chief Minister’s Startup and NIPUN Mission targets employment, skills, entrepreneurship and innovation for youth.
Entrepreneurship development centres will be established in all 33 districts.
The plan includes 100 emerging technology labs and five industry excellence centres.
The cabinet also approved the Chhattisgarh Export Promotion Policy 2026-30 to strengthen exports and logistics.
- Who
- The Chhattisgarh cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai.
- What
- It approved the Rs 500 crore Chief Minister’s Startup and NIPUN Mission and the Chhattisgarh Export Promotion Policy 2026-30.
- When
- The approvals were made on Wednesday; the Startup Mission funding covers five years.
- Where
- The decisions were made in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, and the mission will operate across all 33 districts.
- Why
- To expand employment, skills, entrepreneurship, innovation, technology-based industries, exports and logistics infrastructure.
- Startup Mission allocation
- Rs 500 crore
- Funding period
- Five years
- District entrepreneurship centres
- 33
- Emerging technology labs
- 100
- Industry excellence centres
- Five
- Export policy
- Chhattisgarh Export Promotion Policy 2026-30
- Cabinet chairperson
- Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai