Invest In India Before It's Too Late: Piyush Goyal
The minister also called upon the domestic industry to promote start-ups by joining hands with them in the manufacturing segment
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday urged investors, corporates and venture capital funds to get into action and start investing in India before it is too late. “India's investment ecosystem is ready, the domestic market is vast, and the government would help investors connect with market opportunities, while a supportive policy framework is already in place,” he said while speaking at the closing ceremony of Bharat Innovates 2026 in Nice, France.
“To our investors and venture funds, the time is now, get into action and start investing before it is too late. Indian family offices, Indian venture capital funds, Indian investors,
they all have to come into action. The ecosystem is ready. Our startups are doing some phenomenal work. There are tried and tested models in India. The market is large. Government will help connect you to the market. The policy framework is available. Get open to ideas on that front and invest in the future that India offers to the world,” he said.
The minister also called upon the domestic industry to promote start-ups by joining hands with them in the manufacturing segment. “So that India will become your (Indian industries) launch pad and the global market will become your destination," Goyal said, while urging researchers, academia and higher institutes to jointly carry out R&D programmes, adding that it will help India reduce the time towards scientific discovery and reduce the time to market the good work that is being done in India.
The government has announced a series of measures to promote the startup ecosystem in India. It has rolled out a startup action plan to support budding entrepreneurs. The minister said that almost the entire amount of the second tranche of the Rs 10,000 crore Fund of Funds scheme is going to be committed for deep tech innovators and entities.