India, April 3 -- "I have a lot of nice things that I could talk to you about, but I have a slide that I want to show you that disturbed me a lot," commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said at the Startup Mahakumbh today.

This came after the minister heaped praises on the country's burgeoning startup ecosystem, and was his attempt to nudge investors and entrepreneurs to change their priorities and think about big innovations.

During his speech on the inaugural day of the three-day event, Goyal presented a slide, titled "India Vs China: The Startup Reality Check", which he said someone shared with him a few days ago. It compared the tech innovations in the two countries.

The slide compared blooming Indian startup sectors like foo...