Startup Grants & Funding for Pre-incorporation Founders

UP: 10%–25% capital subsidy + interest subsidy + stamp duty exemption for new MSMEs

SC/ST entrepreneurs in Chhattisgarh can claim a 50% exemption on land diversion fees for industrial purposes, up to a maximum of 15 acres.

MP: 15%–40% capital subsidy + interest subsidy + electricity duty exemption for MSMEs in backward areas

Startups can claim full exemption from stamp duty for the purchase or lease of land for up to 5 years under the Chhattisgarh Industrial Development Policy 2024-30.

A Government of India initiative offering substantial financial incentives, capital subsidies, and interest subventions to boost industrial growth and employment in the North-Eastern Region states.

J&K Healthcare & Ayush care Investment Policy 2020 allots 4 acres of land to Ayush drug manufacturing units set up outside municipal corporation limits.

50% exemption from transmission and wheeling charges for 7 years on renewable energy supplied to a green hydrogen plant in Rajasthan.

Punjab waives mandi fees, RDF and other taxes on the incremental raw material an expanding manufacturing unit buys, up to 100% of its fixed capital investment.

Industries rated under the Rajasthan Green Rating System get a 50% waiver on the consent fee payable to the pollution control board under RIPS 2024.

Punjab pays units Rs 36,000 per Punjab-domiciled employee per year for up to 5 years under the Industrial and Business Development Policy 2022.

M-Sand units in Rajasthan get back 75% of the State tax they pay, for ten years, under RIPS 2024.

Punjab pays units Rs 48,000 per year for each Punjab-domiciled woman or SC/BC/OBC employee, for up to 5 years from commercial production.

Reimbursement of 100% of gross GST paid for up to 10 years, capped at 300% of the unit's investment in plant & machinery.

RIPS 2024 pays a 6% interest subvention on loans taken by Rajasthan enterprises for activities covered under SIDBI's Green Finance Scheme.

New and expanding Punjab units get 100% electricity duty exemption for 15 years, capped at 100% of fixed capital investment.

50% subsidy on green and environment protection initiatives for units in Jammu & Kashmir.

Export subsidy of 10% of the total volume of handicraft product exported, for J&K handicraft units.

Nagaland pays a 5% interest subvention on loans of up to Rs 1 crore taken by thrust-sector units for plant, machinery or buildings.

Differently abled entrepreneurs in Nagaland get a 50% rental subsidy on units set up in Government industrial parks and estates.

Jharkhand MSME Policy 2023 reimburses 100% of electricity duty for five years from the start of commercial production.

Nagaland reimburses 100% of intellectual property, GI tag and patent filing costs for new enterprises set up in the State.

Himachal Pradesh pays ₹10 per sq ft per month toward co-working rent, capped at 25% of actual rent for 3 years.