Startup Grants & Funding for Gaming, Media & Web3 Startups

A self-employment scheme by the Government of Jharkhand offering subsidized loans at 6% interest and entrepreneurial training for Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes, Minorities, Backward Classes, and Persons with Disabilities.

PIPDIC, Puducherry offers a loan scheme for qualified professionals and industrial units to purchase new four-wheel vehicles for their own use, with attractive interest concessions.

A refinance scheme by PIPDIC, Puducherry, providing loans to existing Small Scale Industrial (SSI) units to cover expenses for acquiring ISO 9000 certification.

This scheme under DAY-NULM empowers urban poor women in Uttarakhand through Self-Help Groups by providing financial incentives, bank loans, and subsidies for income-generating activities.

A loan scheme by PIPDIC, Puducherry, providing financial assistance to existing units for purchasing land, building, and machinery with a minimum loan of ₹5 lakh.

PIPDIC's Merit Loan Scheme offers financial assistance to existing good borrowers for business expansion, modernization, diversification, and working capital needs in Puducherry.

The Single Window Scheme by PIPDIC offers term loans for fixed assets and working capital to entrepreneurs and existing units in Puducherry, with a project outlay limit of ₹2 crore.

A direct finance scheme by NSFDC and GSCDC offering concessional loans at 1-5% interest to unemployed Scheduled Caste residents of Gujarat for self-employment ventures.

Reimbursement of VAT/CST/GST for physically incubated Karnataka startups with turnover up to 50 Lakhs.

Success fee for Bihar-registered startups that secured external funding.

100% reimbursement of patent filing costs for Bihar-registered certified startups.

Full reimbursement of patent filing costs for eligible Jharkhand startups with under ₹25 Cr turnover, fostering innovation and intellectual property protection.

Reimbursement of 50% Net SGST for DPIIT-recognized Haryana startups.

2% interest subvention on MSME loans for GST-registered businesses

50%–80% subsidy on LEAN manufacturing implementation for MSMEs

Maharashtra: SGST refund, interest subsidy and stamp duty exemption for new manufacturing MSMEs

Gujarat: 25% capital assistance, 7% interest subsidy, SGST refund for new and expanding MSMEs

Tamil Nadu: 15%–35% capital subsidy + SGST refund + interest subvention for new manufacturing MSMEs

Karnataka: 10%–30% investment subsidy + stamp duty and electricity duty exemption for MSMEs

Telangana: 15%–25% investment subsidy + power cost reimbursement + SGST refund for new manufacturing units

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

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