Startup Grants & Funding for Agri, Food & Rural Startups

Loan and subsidy scheme for Safai Karamcharis and their dependents in Haryana to establish small businesses or income-generating activities, with project costs up to ₹1 lakh.

A loan scheme by PIPDIC, Puducherry, offering up to ₹1 lakh to Launderers and Barbers for purchasing essential worktables and furniture for their micro-enterprises.

A self-employment loan scheme by GTKVN for women from Thakor and Koli communities in Gujarat, providing up to ₹1 lakh at 5% interest for starting a business.

A financial assistance scheme by the Gujarat Government providing ₹1 lakh loans at 4% interest to female Safai Kamdars and their dependents to start small businesses.

HACKWAVE 2.0 is a 36-hour offline hackathon organized by GDG GTBIT, challenging developers, designers, and innovators to build impactful solutions with a ₹1 lakh+ prize pool.

A solo coding hackathon with a ₹1,00,000 prize pool — for individual builders who love to code and experiment.

India's first consumer growth competition where students get a real budget to execute their ideas and win ₹2,00,000 in total prizes.

Reimbursement of 80% of bank loan processing charges, up to ₹1,00,000, for Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) owned by SC/ST entrepreneurs.

Reimbursement of up to ₹1,00,000 (or 80%) on Performance Bank Guarantee charges for SC/ST-owned MSEs participating in government tenders.

Reimbursement of 80% of testing fees, up to ₹1,00,000, for SC/ST-owned MSEs to avail services from NABL/BIS accredited labs.

This scheme, under the Ministry of MSME's National SC-ST Hub programme, reimburses up to 80% of bank loan processing fees (capped at ₹1,00,000) for SC/ST-owned Micro and Small Enterprises.

This scheme by the Haryana Government reimburses MSMEs up to ₹1 lakh for obtaining nationally and internationally recognized quality certifications to enhance productivity and market reach.

This Gujarat state scheme offers financial reimbursement for up to 50% of the cost of preparing a rehabilitation scheme for eligible sick MSMEs, with a maximum of ₹1 lakh.

A Gujarat state scheme offering reimbursement for diagnostic reports and financial assistance of up to ₹1 lakh to sick Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) for rehabilitation.

A Government of Gujarat scheme offering financial assistance up to ₹1 lakh for machinery or working capital, along with margin money and a 7% interest subsidy, to registered artisans.

The SEED Scheme, under Chief Minister’s ELEVATE Program, provides financial support for setting up or expanding small business ventures in Meghalaya, targeting unorganized and underserved sectors.

A loan scheme by the Tamil Nadu government to support farmers engaged in sericulture within irrigated areas, offering credit from ₹49,000 to ₹79,000 per acre at competitive interest rates.

A scheme by the Social Welfare Department, Government of Uttarakhand, offering grants, subsidized loans, and margin money to persons with disabilities for self-employment and livelihood generation.

This scheme offers financial assistance as a loan to farmers in Tamil Nadu for acquiring fishing boats (catamarans), with amounts ranging from 15,000 to 60,000.

A no-interest medium-term loan up to ₹60,000 provided by the Tamil Nadu government to tribal members through Large Sized Multi Purpose Cooperative Societies for livelihood support.

This scheme by GTKVN provides low-interest loans up to ₹60,000 to women from Thakor and Koli castes who are members of Self Help Groups (SHGs) in Gujarat, to foster self-employment.

Low-interest micro-loan scheme by GTKVN to empower women entrepreneurs from Thakor and Koli communities in Gujarat for self-employment.