The Delhi Cabinet has approved the setting up of the Go-Delhi Foundation with an initial outlay of Rs 50 crore. The foundation will operate as a not-for-profit company under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013, and will work under the Delhi government’s Department of Industries to support startups, students and small businesses.
The approval came at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, and the Chief Minister’s Office shared the decision on Sunday. The government said the foundation will bring scattered support resources onto one platform.
What The Go-Delhi Foundation Will Offer
The foundation will provide product engineering, prototyping, laboratories and testing facilities. Startups and MSMEs will get technical guidance, mentorship, incubation and business support, and founders will be helped to meet investors and prepare for certification and market access.
Students and researchers are also covered. They will get support for prototyping, intellectual property, incubation and industry connections, so that founders depend less on scattered facilities for every small need.
A Bridge Between Government And Innovators
The foundation will also link the Delhi government with innovators. Government departments can bring real-world problems to startups, and products built to solve them can be tested through pilot projects. Solutions that work will be taken up for wider adoption, the government said.
It will follow a hub-and-spoke model, using existing facilities and partner institutions across the city rather than building everything from scratch. The government expects that to keep costs low and the rollout faster.
The Bigger Startup Picture In Delhi
Delhi is home to nearly 21,000 startups recognised by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade. The Go-Delhi Foundation comes three months after the Delhi Start-up and Incubation Policy 2026, which was cleared on 14 July with an outlay of Rs 400 crore over five years and aims to support more than 10,000 startups.
The foundation will need to show results quickly. The earlier policy does not name priority sectors and carries no venture capital fund, so the new body will be judged on what it delivers for founders.
