MoHUA & IIT Kanpur Launch Second Cohort of 32 Clean-Tech Startups for Swachh Bharat

Key Points

1. MoHUA and IIT Kanpur launched the second cohort of clean-tech startups for Swachh Bharat on 24th November 2025.
2. The first cohort, incubated by IIT Kanpur, achieved a valuation of ₹500 crore and created over 2000 jobs.
3. Over 5,000 waste-management startups have been onboarded by DPIIT.
4. The Swachhata Startup Challenge 2022 received over 230 applications.
5. Cohort 1 startups treated 300+ lakh liters of wastewater and managed 63,000+ MT of waste.
6. 32 startups are being onboarded under Cohort 2 after receiving 400+ applications in 2024.