India Water Pitch-Pilot-Scale Start-Up Challenge by The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Govt. of India: Participate by Nov 20, 2024!

Participations are invited for the India Water Pitch-Pilot-Scale Start-Up Challenge by the Government of India. Participate by Nov 20, 2024!

New and emerging technologies resulting from the thriving start-up ecosystem in India is providing breakthrough solutions to some of most critical challenges. This ecosystem needs to be harnessed for achieving the objectives of Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 2.0 (AMRUT 2.0) i.e., ‘Water Secure Cities’ by developing innovative solutions and addressing complexities in the urban water and wastewater sector.

AMRUT 2.0 was launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister on 01 October, 2021. Besides, providing central assistance for universal coverage in water supply in all statutory towns, upscaling coverage of sewerage and septage management in 500 AMRUT cities, rejuvenation of water bodies (including urban wetland) and creation of green spaces, AMRUT 2.0 also aims to encourage innovative solutions under Technology Sub-Mission. Mission envisages identification of innovative, proven and potential environment friendly technologies in the fields of water & used water treatment, distribution and water body rejuvenation. To achieve the envisioned goal, start- ups will be encouraged in urban water sector.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Govt. of India, has initiated a one-of-a-kind startup challenge to invite applications/ proposals from interested/ eligible start-ups to provide innovative technology, business solutions to address challenges in the urban water sector in India.

The challenge will be perpetual in nature. Once sufficient number of applications are received, those will be evaluated and results will be announced. 

The challenge aims to encourage start-ups to  “Pitch, Pilot-and scale” solutions to address challenges in the urban water sector. The objectives of the challenge are as follows:

The start-ups providing innovative technological/ business solution in the following areas, are eligible to participate:

A two-step screening process will be adopted to evaluate and shortlist the submitted proposals. Screening Committee will do initial shortlisting and shortlisted proposals will be scrutinized by ‘Expert Committee’ for final selection. The following broad parameters shall be considered by committees for evaluation of the proposals:

Start Date	November 21, 2023
End Date	November 20, 2024

Any correspondence with participants will be done through an email provided by the participant at the time of filling out the application form. Organizers are not liable in case of email delivery failures.

MoHUA reserved the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, suspend this contest and modify the rules, prizes and funding related to the contest without prior notice. In no event shall MoHUA/MyGov/NIC or any other organizers be liable for any claims, losses, expenses or damages, arising out of or in connection with the foregoing.

For further information, related to the challenge, address your queries to startup[dash]amrut2[at]asci[dot]org[dot]in and  usamrut2a[at]gmail[dot]com.