Startup Grants & Funding for Agri, Food & Rural Startups

35% capital subsidy up to ₹10 lakh for micro food processing units under ODOP

This Tamil Nadu government scheme provides financial support to farmers through loans ranging from ₹25,000 to ₹2,00,000 for various horticultural activities.

Women entrepreneurs in Nagaland get a 10% capital investment subsidy on plant and machinery, capped at Rs 10 lakh.

Offers financial support as a loan up to ₹2 lakh for farmers in Tamil Nadu to engage in handloom and other non-farm sector activities, with interest rates from 11% to 12.5%.

Differently abled entrepreneurs in Nagaland get a 10% capital investment subsidy on plant and machinery, capped at Rs 10 lakh.

A financial empowerment initiative by Gujarat Gopalak Vikas Nigam offering 100% loan support to women from Rabari and Bharwad communities for self-employment.

A Uttarakhand government scheme providing financial assistance, including bank loans and grants, to Scheduled Tribe individuals for establishing self-employment units.

The New Swarnima Scheme provides women entrepreneurs from backward classes with a loan of up to ₹2 lakh at 5% interest for self-employment ventures.

A Karnataka government scheme offering financial assistance, including a loan and a 50% subsidy, to eligible minority sericulture reelers and spinning workers.

A scheme providing loans and subsidies up to ₹2 lakh to Scheduled Caste residents of Haryana for eco-friendly, income-generating activities like e-rickshaws, solar gadgets, and polyhouses.

PIPDIC offers financial assistance up to ₹2 lakh as a loan to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe entrepreneurs for establishing new micro-enterprises or expanding existing units in Puducherry.

A loan and subsidy scheme from HSFDC and NSKFDC for women Safai Karamcharis and their dependent daughters in Haryana, supporting small businesses and income-generating activities up to ₹2 lakh.

A scheme by the Puducherry District Industries Centre providing loans and subsidies to unemployed youth for starting self-employed enterprises in manufacturing and service sectors.

Provides financial assistance including loans and a 50% subsidy up to ₹50,000 for Scheduled Caste individuals in Gujarat to start or expand various self-employment ventures.

A financial assistance scheme by the Government of Gujarat providing low-interest loans up to ₹2 lakh to Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) individuals for starting small businesses and promoting self-employment.

A debt scheme by the Government of Gujarat providing up to ₹2 lakh at 5% interest for self-employment to women from nomadic and denotified castes.

An annual cash prize competition by the Government of Goa, through GSInC, to recognize and reward Goan Innovators/Scientists for impactful product or process innovations.

Up to ₹2 lakh reimbursed for successfully filing (granted) an Indian patent, for StartinUP-registered UP startups

A scheme by the Puducherry government offering up to ₹2 lakh subsidy to industrial units, covering 50% of the cost for up to three quality certifications.

This scheme provides MSMEs in Himachal Pradesh with a reimbursement of 25% on the expenditure incurred for purchasing Plant & Machinery to set up Effluent Treatment Plants and Rainwater Harvesting Systems, up to a maximum of INR 2 lakhs.

Reimbursement of 50% of the cost for startups attending national conferences/events (up to ₹50,000) and international conferences/events (up to ₹2 Lakhs) under the UP Startup Policy.

Provides a subsidy of 50% of the cost of an energy audit, up to ₹2 lakhs, for eligible MSMEs in Maharashtra.