Seize start-up sector opportunities instead of govt jobs: Jitendra Singh

Union Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday urged youngsters to seize opportunities in the start-up sector and give wings to their ideas instead of looking for government jobs.

Interacting with students and young start-up entrepreneurs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had accorded priority to start-ups and said he was taking personal interest in encouraging the youngsters in the emerging sector.

"All these young minds must realise the huge potential in the start-up sector and instead of settling down to government jobs, they must seize the opportunity to launch start-ups and also create jobs," Singh said during his visit to the National Technology Week exhibition at Pragati Maidan here.

He said before 2014, there were just 350-400 start-ups but after the launch of Start-Up India initiative by Modi in 2016, their number has exceeded one lakh.

The MoS interacted with a large number of school children visiting the exhibition and urged them to take cue from the various