Startup Grants & Funding for Agri, Food & Rural Startups

A subsidy scheme from the Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board offering 40% capital investment subsidy up to ₹5 crore for private investors establishing ropeway infrastructure in tourist or forest areas.

Provides increased financial assistance limits for manufacturing and service projects under the Chief Minister Employment Generation Program (CMEGP) in Maharashtra.

A financial rebate of 50%, with a maximum of ₹5 crore, for entities establishing cold chain infrastructure for non-horticulture products in Himachal Pradesh.

Provides a top-up grant of 15% of eligible project cost, capped at ₹1 crore, for irradiation facilities sanctioned under PMKSY.

For new food processing units: 35% capital subsidy on plant, machinery and technical civil work, up to ₹5 crore.

A top-up grant of 15% of eligible project cost, capped at ₹1 Crore, for food processing projects sanctioned under PMKSY Operation Greens in Andhra Pradesh.

Receive equity-based seed funding of up to ₹1 Crore, along with mentorship and incubation support from PDEU IIC to accelerate your technology startup's growth and commercialization.

A central government scheme providing concessional credit, margin money assistance, and interest subvention to individual handloom weavers and organizations across India.

A Goa government scheme offering up to ₹1 crore in repayable capital contribution for local entrepreneurs and existing industrial units focusing on locally developed technology.

A refinance scheme by PIPDIC, Puducherry, providing loans up to ₹1 crore to businesses for technology development, modernization, and capital equipment acquisition.

Soft loan for tiny, micro, and small units establishing new enterprises in thrust areas in Nagaland, offering up to ₹1 crore at 6% interest.

Uttar Pradesh's biggest startup reality show is back for Season 2 — UP-based founders pitch to a panel of investors for funding of up to ₹1 Cr per startup, mentorship and on-screen visibility.

Eligible MSME units in Maharashtra can claim up to 5% per annum interest subsidy, capped at ₹1 crore annually, under the Maharashtra Industries Investment and Services Policy 2025.

Provides eligible new MSME units in Maharashtra's Group D, D+ and below areas with a power tariff subsidy of ₹1 per unit for three years, capped at ₹1 crore.

A scheme by the Government of Uttar Pradesh offering 50% reimbursement on expenses for patent, copyright, trademark, and GI registrations, up to ₹1 Crore, for in-house R&D.

This incentive scheme offers 1-1.5% of incremental turnover to Export Oriented Units for 5 years, capped at 10% of Fixed Capital Investment, with MSMEs receiving up to ₹1 crore annually.

A scheme under the IT and ITeS Policy of Uttar Pradesh 2022 offering 100% reimbursement of EPF contributions for eligible employees in IT/ITeS units.

This scheme offers a 2% interest subvention on term loans for agriculture infrastructure projects sanctioned under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF), capped at ₹1 crore annually for five years under the FPP 4.0 policy.

Provides reimbursement of 75% of EPF contribution for skilled and semi-skilled employees to eligible employers in Chhattisgarh for up to five years.

Textile, agro-food, dairy, forest produce, biogas and green hydrogen units get 25% off R&D plant and machinery, up to ₹1 crore.

This scheme from the Government of Odisha provides new enterprises with a 50% interest subsidy on term loans up to a maximum of ₹1 crore over a period of 5 years.

Reimbursement of 50% of land purchase or lease cost up to INR 1 crore for R&D centres, GCCs, and Test labs in Rajasthan.