PM Modi wants BRICS to help 100 startups scale yearly; Shuddh Swad turns Bihari thekua into a Rs 1 Cr D2C business

Hello, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called on BRICS countries to help 100 startups every year expand into other member markets. The startup push is also finding its way into formal BRICS policy, with the New Delhi Declaration backing a startup incubator network and weighing an innovation fund. It also proposes deeper cooperation on DPI, AI, cross-border payments and MSME financing.