New Delhi, Jan. 16 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday highlighted the remarkable transformation of India's startup ecosystem over the past decade, calling it a revolution driven by confidence, innovation, and a changing societal mindset toward risk-taking.

Addressing entrepreneurs and stakeholders of India's startups ecosystem, the Prime Minister on the occassion of on National Startup Day said that for him, the confidence and impression of startups matter more than numbers alone.

Recalling the early days of the Startup India initiative, launched ten years ago, he shared an anecdote from an event at Vigyan Bhavan where a woman entrepreneur had spoken about the resistance she faced at home.

When she decided to quit her job to sta...