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78,533 new companies registered in 2021 so far; Maharashtra leads: Covid-19 second wave fails to dampen new founders

It seems like Covid-19 didn't hamper India's entrepreneurial spirit—78,522 new companies were registered in India in the Jan-Jun period this year, higher than the same period in 2020 and 2019; Maharashtra saw the most number of new companies registered

By Samidha Jain Forbes India Staff

Infographics By Kapil Kashyap

Published: Jul 20, 2021 06:51:29 PM IST

Updated: Jul 20, 2021 07:28:56 PM IST

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Samidha graduated with a bachelor’s in mass media from Sophia College, Mumbai, right before joining Forbes India, where she writes about various startups across industries, and also works on News by Numbers–a way of news story-telling through infographics. She is also part of the web team which oversees social media and organizes various annual events for the publication. Samidha is a film buff and enjoys all kinds of cinema–all the way from cringy bollywood films to those of Tarkovsky.

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