<p style=”margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: center;”><span style=”font-size:15pt”><span style=”line-height:107%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”color:#595959″><b><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:107%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>Source – PIB</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style=”margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: center;”><span style=”font-size:15pt”><span style=”line-height:107%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”color:#595959″><b><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:107%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>GS Paper – 2</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style=”margin-bottom:8px”><span style=”font-size:15pt”><span style=”line-height:107%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”color:#595959″><b><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:107%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>Context</span></span></span></b><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:107%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>- </span></span></span><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”line-height:107%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:#565656″>Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has launched the Ambedkar Social Innovation and Incubation Mission (ASIIM).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style=”margin-bottom:8px”><span style=”font-size:15pt”><span style=”line-height:107%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”color:#595959″><b><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”line-height:107%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:#565656″>About the Mission</span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></p>
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<li style=”margin-bottom:8px; margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:15pt”><span style=”line-height:107%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”color:#595959″><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:107%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>It is launched </span></span></span><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”line-height:107%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:#565656″>under Venture Capital Fund for SCs with a view to promoting innovation and enterprise among SC students studying in higher educational institutions</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-bottom:8px”><span style=”font-size:15pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”color:#565656″><span style=”line-height:normal”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>To promote entrepreneurship among the SC Youth with special preference to Divyangs;</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-bottom:8px”><span style=”font-size:15pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”color:#565656″><span style=”line-height:normal”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>To support (1,000) innovative ideas till 2024 through a synergetic work with the Technology Business Incubators (TBIs) set up by Department of Science and Technology; </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-bottom:8px”><span style=”font-size:15pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”color:#565656″><span style=”line-height:normal”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>To support, promote, hand-hold the start-up ideas till they reach commercial stage by providing liberal equity support; and</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-bottom:8px”><span style=”font-size:15pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”color:#565656″><span style=”line-height:normal”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>To incentivise students with innovative mind-set to take to entrepreneurship with confidence</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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