6940 Entries Received for Aatma Nirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge

[MeitY Press Release/27.07.2020]

AatmaNirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge, launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 4^th of July has seen a very enthusiastic response from tech entrepreneurs and Startups from across the country. The last date of receipt of entries was 26^th July, and a total of 6940 entries have been received across the 8 categories identified. These include 3939 from individuals and about 3001 from organizations and companies. Amongst those received from Individuals, around 1757 applications are ready to use and the remaining 2182 are under development. For the Apps submitted by organizations, 1742 Apps have already been deployed and the remaining 1259 are under development. The Category wise breakup of the Apps submitted include 1142 under Business, 901 under Health & Wellness, 1062 under E Learning, 1155 under Social Networking,326 under Games, 662 under Office & Work from Home, 237 under News and 320 under Entertainment. Around 1135 Apps have been submitted under the others category. Around 271 of these Apps have more than 100,000 downloads with 89 of the Apps having million plus downloads. The applicants are from all over the country including remote and small towns.