States’ Startup Ranking Exercise by DPIIT Nitin Yadav 4 years ago The second edition of the States’ Startup Ranking Exercise was conducted by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT).Gujarat has been categorised as the best performer among all States and one Union Territory (UT), Delhi.Karnataka and Kerala have been ranked as ‘top performers’Bihar, Odisha and Rajasthan have been ranked as the ‘leaders’.