As many as 277 startups have got an all clear certificate from income tax department, shielding them from the what has been popularly dubbed as the angel tax, as the government gets cracking with the implementation of the new startup framework. A total of 302 entities had applied for it, said a government official privy to the development. The move comes after the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) amended the startup framework in February to ring-fence them from ‘angel tax’.