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DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce & Industry
- Stage:
- Seed / early
- Amount:
- Up to ₹20 lakh grant (PoC); up to ₹50 lakh convertible debt
- Who can apply:
- DPIIT-recognised startups incorporated for less than 2 years, working on an innovative product/service/process with a viable, scalable business model.
Read the record →EQUITY#2
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DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce & Industry (SIDBI is the operating agency)
- Stage:
- Growth / scaling
- Amount:
- ₹10,000 cr corpus; invested via SEBI-registered AIFs
- Who can apply:
- You cannot apply to FFS directly. Growth-stage, DPIIT-recognised startups access this indirectly via a SEBI-registered AIF backed by FFS.
How to apply →EQUITY#3
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DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce & Industry
- Stage:
- Growth / scaling
- Amount:
- ₹10,000 cr corpus (new window)
- Who can apply:
- You cannot apply directly. Startups access this indirectly via a SEBI-registered AIF backed under this ₹10,000 crore window.
How to apply →LOAN/CREDIT#4
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DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce & Industry
- Stage:
- Seed to growth
- Amount:
- Guarantee cover up to ₹20 cr per borrower
- Who can apply:
- DPIIT-recognised startups seeking a collateral-free loan from a lending institution that participates in CGSS.
How to apply →IP#5
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DPIIT / CGPDTM, Ministry of Commerce & Industry
- Stage:
- Any stage
- Amount:
- Facilitator fees borne by govt; rebates on filing
- Who can apply:
- No longer accepting new applications.
Read the record →MARKET ACCESS#6
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Government e-Marketplace (GeM), Department of Commerce
- Stage:
- Any stage
- Amount:
- Access to public procurement (no direct grant)
- Who can apply:
- DPIIT-recognised startups with a genuinely new-to-market product or service.
How to apply →MIXED#7
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Department of Science & Technology (DST)
- Stage:
- Seed / post-incubation
- Amount:
- Seed support via incubators
- Who can apply:
- Technology startups incubated at least 3 months in an eligible NIDHI/DST-supported TBI.
How to apply →GRANT#8
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Department of Science & Technology (DST)
- Stage:
- Ideation to prototype
- Amount:
- Up to ₹20 lakh/innovator; up to ₹4 cr/yr per APC
- Who can apply:
- Individual innovators and early-stage startups with a technology-based or deep-tech idea, applying through a PRAYAS Centre (PC) or Advance PRAYAS Centre (APC).
How to apply →GRANT#9
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Department of Science & Technology (DST), via Technology Development Board (TDB)
- Stage:
- Growth / deep-tech
- Amount:
- ₹1 lakh cr total outlay (private-sector R&D)
- Who can apply:
- Startups, companies, and innovation-led enterprises in strategic/deep-tech sectors — TDB evaluates and approves projects.
How to apply →GRANT#10
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Department of Science & Technology (DST)
- Stage:
- Deep-tech R&D
- Amount:
- Mission grants (project-based)
- Who can apply:
- Startups in quantum computing, communication, sensing/metrology, or materials/devices — apply to one of 4 Thematic Hubs.
How to apply →GRANT#11
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Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR)
- Stage:
- Ideation to prototype
- Amount:
- ₹2 lakh–₹50 lakh across phases
- Who can apply:
- Any Indian citizen with an innovative idea (Phase I), or innovators with proof of concept plus public-funded R&D institutions (Phase II).
How to apply →GRANT#12
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Department of Biotechnology (DBT) / BIRAC
- Stage:
- Ideation to PoC
- Amount:
- Up to ₹50 lakh grant
- Who can apply:
- Individual innovators and early biotech startups/companies, physically incubated or with a functional R&D lab.
How to apply →EQUITY#13
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Department of Biotechnology (DBT) / BIRAC
- Stage:
- Growth / scaling
- Amount:
- Via daughter funds (2x BIRAC commitment)
- Who can apply:
- High-potential biotech startups/SMEs seeking institutional VC, accessed indirectly through SEBI-registered AcE daughter funds.
How to apply →EQUITY#14
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Department of Biotechnology (DBT) / BIRAC
- Stage:
- Seed
- Amount:
- Up to ₹30 lakh per startup
- Who can apply:
- Biotech startups incubated at a BioNEST centre that is also a designated SEED Fund partner (3+ years operational).
How to apply →EQUITY#15
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Department of Biotechnology (DBT) / BIRAC
- Stage:
- Commercialisation
- Amount:
- ₹30 lakh–₹5 cr range
- Who can apply:
- Biotech startups incubated at a BioNEST centre that is also a designated LEAP Fund partner.
How to apply →GRANT#16
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Department of Biotechnology (DBT) / BIRAC
- Stage:
- Ideation to validation
- Amount:
- Up to ₹50 lakh
- Who can apply:
- Startups and innovators developing affordable products for priority public-health and social needs.
How to apply →EQUITY#17
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Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare / NABARD
- Stage:
- Growth / scaling
- Amount:
- ₹750 cr blended fund (₹250+₹250+₹250)
- Who can apply:
- Agri-tech startups, rural enterprises, FPO-linked innovations, and value-chain ventures in agriculture.
How to apply →GRANT#18
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Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
- Stage:
- Ideation to seed
- Amount:
- ₹5 lakh (idea) to ₹25 lakh (seed)
- Who can apply:
- Agri and allied-sector startups/agripreneurs, applying through a specific R-ABI.
How to apply →EQUITY#19
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Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY)
- Stage:
- Seed / scaling
- Amount:
- Up to ₹40 lakh matched investment per startup
- Who can apply:
- Existing IT/software product startups selected into a cohort by a SAMRIDH-supported accelerator.
How to apply →GRANT#20
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Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY)
- Stage:
- Ideation to scaling
- Amount:
- ₹10 lakh–₹1 cr support
- Who can apply:
- Technology startups in Tier-II/III towns, applying through a designated Implementing Agency.
How to apply →INCUBATION#21
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Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) / STPI
- Stage:
- Seed / early
- Amount:
- Up to ₹25 lakh per startup
- Who can apply:
- Tech/software product startups based in an identified NGIS city.
How to apply →INCUBATION#22
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Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY)
- Stage:
- R&D to prototype
- Amount:
- Manpower training + tool/IP support
- Who can apply:
- Academic institutions, startups/MSMEs, and R&D organisations in semiconductor design.
How to apply →GRANT#23
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Ministry of Defence / Defence Innovation Organisation (DIO)
- Stage:
- Prototype to procurement
- Amount:
- ₹1.5 cr (SPARK) up to ₹10 cr
- Who can apply:
- DPIIT-recognised startups, MSMEs, and individual innovators with a proof-of-concept relevant to a currently open Defence India Startup Challenge (DISC) or Open Challenge.
How to apply →GRANT#24
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Ministry of Defence / Defence Innovation Organisation (DIO)
- Stage:
- Advanced prototype
- Amount:
- Up to ₹25 cr (critical & deep-tech)
- Who can apply:
- Startups, MSMEs, and innovators developing advanced, deep-tech defence technologies against a specific ADITI challenge.
How to apply →GRANT#25
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DRDO, Ministry of Defence
- Stage:
- Prototype to product
- Amount:
- Up to ₹10 cr per project
- Who can apply:
- Indian industries, MSMEs, and startups developing technologies against DRDO/Services' needs — for projects under ₹1 crore, startups only.
How to apply →GRANT#26
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IN-SPACe, Department of Space
- Stage:
- Seed
- Amount:
- ₹50 lakh–₹1 cr
- Who can apply:
- Early-stage Indian space-tech startups and MSEs with innovative ideas across the space value chain.
How to apply →GRANT#27
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Department of Telecommunications (DoT), via TCOE India
- Stage:
- Prototyping to pilot
- Amount:
- ₹50 lakh–₹10 cr
- Who can apply:
- DPIIT-recognised startups, MSMEs, consortiums, and individual innovators/academic institutions in telecom solutions.
How to apply →GRANT#28
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Ministry of Textiles (National Technical Textiles Mission)
- Stage:
- Prototype to commercialisation
- Amount:
- Up to ₹50 lakh grant (₹100 cr scheme)
- Who can apply:
- Individual innovators and startups in technical textiles, through an NTTM-approved incubator.
How to apply →MARKET ACCESS#29
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APEDA, Ministry of Commerce & Industry
- Stage:
- Growth / market access
- Amount:
- Market linkage & export support
- Who can apply:
- Agri-food and agritech startups, high-value producers, and tech solution providers targeting export markets.
How to apply →GRANT#30
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Ministry of Mines (implemented by JNARDDC, Nagpur)
- Stage:
- Prototype to pilot
- Amount:
- ₹2 cr–₹10 cr
- Who can apply:
- Startups, MSMEs, individual innovators with a project at least at PoC stage, relevant to mining/mineral processing/metallurgy/recycling.
How to apply →GRANT#31
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Department of Science & Technology (DST)
- Stage:
- Ideation
- Amount:
- ₹10,000–₹30,000/month; up to ₹39.6 lakh per host
- Who can apply:
- Graduate students and individual innovators with a tech-based idea — sector-agnostic — selected by a TBI.
How to apply →INCUBATION#32
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Department of Science & Technology (DST)
- Stage:
- Prototype to scaling
- Amount:
- Hub-routed grants
- Who can apply:
- Deep-tech startups, researchers, and innovators in AI, IoT, robotics, cybersecurity, or autonomous systems, via a specific TIH.
How to apply →INCUBATION#33
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Department of Science & Technology (DST)
- Stage:
- Incubation
- Amount:
- Setup grant to host institutions
- Who can apply:
- Host institutions apply to DST; startups benefit indirectly by being incubated there.
How to apply →INCUBATION#34
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Department of Science & Technology (DST)
- Stage:
- Incubation (underserved)
- Amount:
- Up to ₹5 cr per i-TBI
- Who can apply:
- Host institutions (largely Tier-2/3 cities) run i-TBIs; innovators access the Startup Ignition Grant once incubated.
How to apply →INCUBATION#35
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Department of Science & Technology (DST)
- Stage:
- Acceleration
- Amount:
- ₹10–₹40 lakh support to accelerators
- Who can apply:
- Existing TBIs (3+ years, 20+ startups) run cohorts; startups join through the TBI relationship.
How to apply →INCUBATION#36
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Department of Science & Technology (DST)
- Stage:
- Scaling
- Amount:
- Up to ₹50 cr per CoE
- Who can apply:
- Mature, high-track-record incubators apply to DST; startups benefit via periodic CoE enrollment calls.
How to apply →EQUITY#37
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Department of Biotechnology (DBT) / BIRAC
- Stage:
- Early stage
- Amount:
- Angel-style co-investment
- Who can apply:
- Biotech, medtech, healthtech, and life-sciences startups (typically already BIRAC-supported).
How to apply →INCUBATION#38
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Department of Biotechnology (DBT) / BIRAC
- Stage:
- Incubation
- Amount:
- Bio-incubator setup & operations support
- Who can apply:
- Incubators/institutions apply to become BioNEST centres; startups access it indirectly by being incubated at one.
How to apply →MIXED#39
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Department of Biotechnology (DBT) / BIRAC
- Stage:
- Validation to commercialisation
- Amount:
- Up to ₹50 lakh (cost-share)
- Who can apply:
- Biotech companies/startups and academia-industry consortia with high-risk, high-impact R&D proposals.
How to apply →GRANT#40
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Department of Biotechnology (DBT) / BIRAC
- Stage:
- Ideation (students)
- Amount:
- ₹30,000–₹50,000 fellowship; up to ₹3 lakh
- Who can apply:
- Undergraduate, postgraduate, and postdoctoral students, applying through an E-YUVA Centre.
How to apply →GRANT#41
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Department of Biotechnology (DBT) / BIRAC
- Stage:
- Ideation to translation
- Amount:
- Up to ₹15 lakh; ₹1 lakh awards
- Who can apply:
- Students and young innovators with a biotech/life-science innovation ready for early translational support.
How to apply →GRANT#42
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Department of Biotechnology (DBT) / BIRAC
- Stage:
- Research translation
- Amount:
- Cost-share to enterprises
- Who can apply:
- Academic researchers, institutions, and industry partners translating biotech research into commercial application.
How to apply →GRANT#43
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Department of Biotechnology (DBT) / BIRAC
- Stage:
- Prototype to validation
- Amount:
- Up to ₹50 lakh (Ph-I); more in Ph-II
- Who can apply:
- Biotech startups, SMEs, and industry-led consortia undertaking innovative biotech R&D.
How to apply →INCUBATION#44
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Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY)
- Stage:
- Early stage
- Amount:
- ₹4–₹7 lakh EiR; up to ₹40 lakh grant
- Who can apply:
- Aspiring or early-stage tech entrepreneurs, applying through a designated TIDE 2.0 incubation centre.
How to apply →MIXED#45
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Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), implemented by C-DAC
- Stage:
- Prototype to commercialisation
- Amount:
- Up to ₹15 cr (product); incentives to ₹30 cr
- Who can apply:
- Domestic companies, startups, and MSMEs in semiconductor/semiconductor-linked design — must retain majority Indian ownership for 3 years after claiming incentives.
How to apply →EQUITY#46
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IN-SPACe, Department of Space (managed by SIDBI Venture Capital Limited)
- Stage:
- Growth / scaling
- Amount:
- ₹1,005 cr fund (initial close)
- Who can apply:
- Indian space-sector companies with a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of 4 or above.
How to apply →GRANT#47
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IN-SPACe, Department of Space
- Stage:
- TRL advancement
- Amount:
- ₹500 cr fund; up to ₹25 cr per project
- Who can apply:
- Space-sector startups, MSMEs, and industry with a project past early research — Indian management/control required.
How to apply →LOAN/CREDIT#48
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Ministry of MSME (jointly with SIDBI)
- Stage:
- Any stage
- Amount:
- Guarantee up to ₹10 cr per unit
- Who can apply:
- Any micro or small enterprise (including startup MSMEs) with Udyam Registration, borrowing from a bank, NBFC, or financial institution registered as a CGTMSE Member Lending Institution.
How to apply →EQUITY#49
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Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
- Stage:
- Growth / scaling
- Amount:
- ₹10,000 cr govt + ₹40,000 cr leverage
- Who can apply:
- Viable MSMEs with a definite growth plan, accessed indirectly through SEBI-registered Daughter Funds.
How to apply →MIXED#50
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Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
- Stage:
- Competitiveness
- Amount:
- Tech-upgradation subsidy support
- Who can apply:
- Manufacturing MSMEs registered on the Udyam portal, typically grouped into clusters of ~10 units.
How to apply →MIXED#51
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Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
- Who can apply:
- Individual innovators and MSMEs, generally applying through a registered Host Institute (IITs, IIMs, NITs, dedicated MSME incubators).
How to apply →MIXED#52
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Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
- Who can apply:
- Any manufacturing MSME registered on the Udyam portal.
How to apply →MARKET ACCESS#53
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Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
- Stage:
- Growth / market access
- Amount:
- Reimbursement for global expos/exhibitions
- Who can apply:
- MSMEs, industry associations, and startup MSMEs seeking export/international market linkages.
How to apply →MARKET ACCESS#54
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Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
- Stage:
- Capacity building / market access
- Amount:
- 25% subsidy or ₹25 lakh on plant & machinery
- Who can apply:
- SC/ST-owned MSMEs and entrepreneurs, including startup MSMEs.
How to apply →GRANT#55
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Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog
- Stage:
- Ideation (school-level)
- Amount:
- ₹20 lakh grant per ATL school
- Who can apply:
- Schools (Grades 6–12) recognised by a State/Central education board.
How to apply →INCUBATION#56
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Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog
- Stage:
- Incubation
- Amount:
- Up to ₹10 cr per AIC
- Who can apply:
- Host institutions apply to establish an AIC; startups benefit by being incubated at one.
How to apply →INCUBATION#57
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Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog
- Stage:
- Ideation to incubation
- Amount:
- Up to ₹2.5 cr per ACIC
- Who can apply:
- Institutions in underserved regions apply to host an ACIC (needs matching partner funding); local innovators access support.
How to apply →INCUBATION#58
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Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog
- Stage:
- Incubation
- Amount:
- Up to ₹10 cr scale-up support
- Who can apply:
- Existing, established incubators applying for scale-up funding.
How to apply →LOAN/CREDIT#59
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Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
- Stage:
- Growth / scaling
- Amount:
- Interest subvention on loans up to ₹2 cr
- Who can apply:
- Farmers, agri-entrepreneurs, startups, FPOs, cooperatives, SHGs building eligible agri-infrastructure projects.
How to apply →LOAN/CREDIT#60
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Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance
- Stage:
- Seed to growth
- Amount:
- Loans up to ₹20 lakh (Shishu/Kishor/Tarun)
- Who can apply:
- Any non-corporate, non-farm micro or small enterprise engaged in manufacturing, trading, services, or allied agricultural activity.
How to apply →LOAN/CREDIT#61
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Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance
- Stage:
- Seed to growth
- Amount:
- Loans ₹10 lakh–₹1 cr
- Who can apply:
- Not currently applicable — original eligibility was at least one SC/ST or woman borrower per bank branch, aged 18+, starting a genuinely new enterprise.
Read the record →MIXED#62
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Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI)
- Stage:
- Formalisation / scaling
- Amount:
- 35% credit-linked subsidy up to ₹10 lakh; ₹40k seed/SHG member
- Who can apply:
- Individual micro food-processing units, SHGs, FPOs, cooperatives, and food startups/micro-enterprises.
How to apply →GRANT#63
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International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA)
- Stage:
- Prototype to market
- Amount:
- ₹15 lakh–₹50 lakh across grant types
- Who can apply:
- Indian and foreign fintech entities/accelerators in IFSCA's Sandbox, a bridge arrangement, or an acknowledged accelerator programme.
How to apply →GRANT#64
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Ministry of Rural Development (DAY-NRLM)
- Stage:
- Ideation to enterprise
- Amount:
- Community Enterprise Fund capital + CRP-EP support
- Who can apply:
- Rural entrepreneurs from the SHG/NRLM ecosystem — first-generation entrepreneurs, largely women.
How to apply →EQUITY#65
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Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
- Stage:
- Growth / scaling
- Amount:
- ₹750 cr fund; ₹50 lakh–₹10 cr per unit
- Who can apply:
- Companies with at least 51% shareholding by Scheduled Caste entrepreneurs (held 6–12 months depending on amount).
How to apply →GRANT#66
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Department of Science & Technology (DST)
- Stage:
- Incubation / livelihood
- Amount:
- Hub-routed incubation & livelihood support
- Who can apply:
- Institutions and NGOs proposing S&T interventions for SC/ST communities, via DST's e-PMS portal.
How to apply →LOAN/CREDIT#67
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Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying
- Stage:
- Growth / scaling
- Amount:
- Credit-linked capital subsidy
- Who can apply:
- Individuals, FPOs, SHGs, JLGs, Section 8 companies, and other entrepreneurs setting up livestock enterprises.
How to apply →GRANT#68
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Ministry of Power & Ministry of New & Renewable Energy
- Stage:
- R&D to pilot
- Amount:
- Project grants for power-sector tech
- Who can apply:
- Startups, industry, and research institutions working on power-sector technologies, often via CPSE partnership.
How to apply →LOAN/CREDIT#69
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National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC), Ministry of Cooperation
- Stage:
- Seed to growth
- Amount:
- Concessional loans via co-op route
- Who can apply:
- Newly formed cooperative societies (operational at least 3 months) with new or innovative ideas.
How to apply →INCUBATION#70
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Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
- Stage:
- Capacity building
- Amount:
- Free training (no direct cost to trainee)
- Who can apply:
- Prospective and existing entrepreneurs, MSMEs, youth, and startups needing foundational business skills.
How to apply →