India’s GDP is growing at 7.8% per annum, but growth alone is not enough as the larger test is whether it creates economic opportunity beyond urban and industrial centres. Around 9.32 crore small non-farm enterprises employing about 41.32 crore people. Yet creating enterprises is only the first step. As of January 2026, 6,789, or around 3.2% of the 2.12 lakh DPIIT-recognised startups were non-operational owing to either getting dissolved or struck off, and this figure is only rising……..read more