Rural Innovation Startup Grants & Funding in India 2026

Startup Grants and Funding programs for Rural Innovation startups in India

Rural innovation startups are prioritised under the ASPIRE scheme, NABARD’s Rural Innovation Fund, and state rural development grants. Solutions for rural livelihoods, cottage industries, and village-level economies attract dedicated quotas and concessional seed funding.

Showing 332+ programs for Indian startups

Startup Grants and Funding programs for Rural Innovation startups in India

TIDE 2.0 EIR and Grant at GUSEC

MeitY TIDE 2.0 EiR at IIM Calcutta Innovation Park

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) Scheme at IIMV FIELD

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Grant Scheme at IIMV FIELD

Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) at SANDIP TBI

Proof-of-Concept (PoC) Grant at Sandip TBI

India Accelerator Program for Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Startups

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Grant at SINE IIT Bombay

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) at SINE IIT Bombay

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) at iTIC Incubator

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Grant at iTIC Incubator

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) at IIITB-IC

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Startup Grant at IIITB-IC

MediSarthi CSR Grant by FITT, IIT Delhi

NIDHI Accelerator Program for Agri Startups at AIC ISB

NIDHI PRAYAS Program at DERBI Foundation

HP Udgam Cohort 2025 (Round-1) by HPCL

Karnataka Grassroot Innovation Programme

Envalior CSR Grant at Venture Center

6th Open Challenge Program (OCP) of Electropreneur Park, Bhubaneswar

Nidhi PRAYAS Grant at IIEC IIT Gandhinagar

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Grant at PSG-STEP