MeitY and Google Partner to Mentor Startups

Current Context: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Startup Hub in collaboration with Google will assist 100 Indian startups across the country.

• The primary objective of this partnership is to support startups to scale up their application business with the second edition of the Appscale Academy Programme.
• This will be a 6-month training programme in which the early and mid-startups of India will be trained for building successful apps for the global market.
• The training will be provided in fields such as:

1. UX Design
2. Data Safety and Security
3. Business Model and Monetization Strategies
4. International Expansion

• The 100 startups will also get an opportunity to reach leading venture capitalists.
• The Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology is Ashwini Vaishnaw and the Minister of State is Rajeev Chandrasekhar.

Question:

Q.1 The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Startup Hub recently collaborated with _______ to assist 100 Indian startups across the country.
a. Meta
b. Google
c. Microsoft
d. IBM