GAME to catch funding of 1 billion over three years with the initial commitment from numerous Indian and Global donors.

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As announced by Indian and International partners yesterday that there aim is to create 10 million new entrepreneurs and 50 million new jobs by 2030 in India.

Indian and global donors funded a sum of Rs 100 Crore as their initial funding  to Global Alliance Mass Entrepreneurship (GAME).  Announced by The Rockefeller Foundation.

“Job creation is a challenge and given the size of India, the problem is of higher magnitude. He added that the alliance aims to create a mass entrepreneurship movement in India, with at least half of the 10 Mn entrepreneurs being women” Stated by Ravi Venkastesan, former Microsoft India Chairman and founder of Game.

“Helping more Indian families rise out of poverty remains a challenge we're committed to tackling; creating thousands of new companies and millions of new jobs is key to that. This alliance can make that goal a reality.” Stated by Christine Heenan, Vice President for Policy, Partnerships and Communications, The Rockefeller Foundation .

K.P. Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship quoted , “My ministry fully welcomes and supports this initiative and hopes to benefit by these ideas. One of the foundational ideas in the creation of a Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship was the notion that skilling should lead to livelihoods generation. The missing link is the ecosystem for creation of mass entrepreneurship. GAME, with potential solutions to this problem, is most timely."

With the favor and support from many over 50 organization like Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Rural Development, Tata Trusts, state governments of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, World Bank, Omidyar Network, and Facebook India among others created another workshop and participated.