India has over 100,000 start-ups, 108 with unicorn status: Indian Ambassador to US

Nov 21, 2022

Washington DC (US), Nov 21 (ANI): Ambassador of India to the United States Taranjit Singh Sandhu organised a lunch reception to celebrate the festive season on November 21. While addressing, Taranjit Singh Sandhu shared the digital statistics of India. He said, “In 2009, 17 per cent of people in India had bank accounts, 15 per cent used digital payments, 4 per cent had a unique ID document. Today, around 80 per cent have bank accounts, 80 per cent use digital payments, 99 per cent have unique IDs. All these in a country of 1.4 Bn people.”