Chandigarh, April 30 -- After seven years of being stuck in the pipeline, the much-anticipated Chandigarh Startup Policy 2025 was finally launched by the UT administration on Tuesday, promising a bunch of incentives-from idea to seed stage grants and further financial support to give wings to local entrepreneurial initiatives.

The city-specific policy was launched by Punjab governor and UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria in the presence of chief secretary Rajeev Verma, mayor Harpreet Kaur Babla, deputy commissioner Nishant Yadav, principal secretary to Punjab governor Vivek Pratap Singh.

The ceremony, held at Punjab Raj Bhawan, also saw members of eminent institutions such as Panjab University, Punjab Engineering College, PGIMER, STPI...