Startup Grants & Funding for Agri, Food & Rural Startups

The Women Self Employment Scheme offers financial assistance of ₹5,000 to women in Himachal Pradesh to establish small businesses and income-generating activities, fostering economic self-reliance across the state.

This Tamil Nadu scheme offers micro-credit loans from ₹100 to ₹5,000 at 11% interest to women engaged in vending activities like selling flowers, vegetables, and fruits.

This welfare scheme by the Goa Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board provides a loan of ₹5,000 to registered workers for the purchase of essential tools.

Reimbursement of 50% lease rental for DPIIT-recognized startups in MP, up to 3 years.

A welfare scheme providing up to 5,000 as reimbursement for tool purchases to registered construction workers in Punjab who have completed skill upgradation training.

A Chhattisgarh government scheme providing ₹700 in financial assistance to unorganized retail vegetable, fruit, and flower vendors for essential business tools.

Grant program backing AI and technology solutions that improve income, capital access, and market linkages for women workers and micro-entrepreneurs in agriculture, informal work, the gig economy, and care services.

12-week hybrid accelerator for early-stage sector-agnostic startup

Incubation support with lab access, mentorship, and grant opportunities for early-stage startups at IIT Patna.

Pre-incubation for early-stage & student founders, limited cohort.

Market access program offering hands-on guidance within Reliance ecosystem, no equity, no charges.

Incubation for deeptech, climate-tech & biotech startups across all stages

Incubation program for early-stage founders demonstrating clarity, commitment, openness, and intent.

Research-to-market incubation for deep tech startups in climate, biotech, materials, and other emerging technologies.

Supports individuals and teams with scalable 'zero to one' ideas for social improvement.

IIM Nagpur Foundation for Entrepreneurship Development (InFED) offers equity-free incubation support, mentoring, and funding facilitation to startups, women entrepreneurs, rural youth, and aspiring entrepreneurs in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region.

Oil India Limited's Start Up Fund, under the 'SNEH' program, offers technical and financial support along with incubation to DPIIT-recognized startups across ideation, early traction, and scale-up stages.

A scheme by the Uttarakhand government to brand, market, and improve the quality of local Himalayan products, empowering women entrepreneurs and self-help groups.

Financial assistance for unorganized workers in Chhattisgarh to establish or upgrade their readymade kitchen businesses, including a ₹30,000 grant and access to a bank loan.

This scheme by the Tamil Nadu government provides free sewing machines to eligible individuals from Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes, and Denotified Communities to promote self-employment.

A Central Sector Scheme by the Ministry of Minority Affairs focusing on socio-economic empowerment of six notified minority communities through skilling, women leadership, entrepreneurship, and education.