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Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman Presented union budget for 2020-21 on 1st Feb 2020. Here are the key announcements made By the Finance minister for Medium, Small and Micro Enterprise (MSME) sector, and startups.

The Union Budget 2020 is centred around three themes - aspirational India, economic development and caring society. From tax axe to infra boost, here are the key high highlights of the Budget presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
 

It's official. Bengaluru is the world's most traffic congested city. Believe it or not, the time spent by Bengalureans on the road in 2019 is equivalent to the time taken in planting 244 trees, watching 215 episode of Game of Thrones or watching 139 football matches! According to a report by TomTom, the Netherlands-based global provider of navigation, traffic and map products, India’s startup hub beat 415 other cities across 57 countries to earn the title in 2019. The report said: Bengaluru takes the top spot this year with drivers in the southern Indian city expecting to spend an average of 71% extra travel time stuck in traffic.

The Central Government has notified the structure of the National Startup Advisory Council to advise the Government on measures needed to build a strong ecosystem for nurturing innovation and startups in the country to drive sustainable economic growth and generate large scale employment opportunities.

Shah Rukh Khan made the Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos deliver a dialogue from the film Don. No points for guessing, the dialogue was, "Don ko pakadna mushkil hi nahi namumkin hai."
 

In this episode of Not For Women Only with Sunita Iyer , we enlist some of the many reasons why India needs more Women Entrepreneurs and how it can strengthen our country economically, socially and culturally.

According to the Panipat actor, Arjun Kapoor, setting up a food startup can be an important stepping stone towards finding self-reliance and self-empowerment

Bengaluru-based Ultraviolette Automotive designed all-electric sports motorcycle, the Ultraviolette F77 is all set to go for sales in Bengaluru after September 2020

 

Unicorn Ventures is looking to explore opportunities in funding the B2B sector and has allocated Rs 400 crore for it. The firm aims at prioritising startups that engage in problem solving 

Nearly 50% of the companies on this year's 'Top Startups List for India' turned out to be Bengaluru-based as OYO, Cure.Fit and TapChief topped the chart of start-ups to work for in 2019

'Learn at your nearest OYO' model will organise after-school education across the country with 400 learning centers across all the 7 Indian metros currently with the help of PlanetSpark

In her maiden budget, the finance minister noted that start-ups in India are taking firm roots and their growth needs to be encouraged.
 

Ola, one of the most-used cab services in Bengaluru, was issued a notice on Friday suspending its license for violating Karnataka government's safety rules  

Access to global markets for funding the entrepreneurs, corporate connect and technology exchange between startups and premier institutions in the city will be the highlights of the T-Hub, an initiative by Telangana government