Startup Grants & Funding for Textiles & Leather Startups

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Below-market soft loans from ₹10 lakh for MSMEs in manufacturing and services

Subordinate debt with 90% CGTMSE guarantee for stressed/NPA-classified MSMEs

Unemployed people in urban and rural Gujarat, including disabled and blind persons, can get financial support to start a self-employment venture.

PIPDIC and MNRE offer financial assistance and an ₹80,000 subsidy for residents, companies, and societies in Puducherry to purchase battery-operated vehicles.

A long-term loan covering 50% of project cost for Scheduled Caste cooperative spinning mills in Maharashtra, from the Department of Social Justice.

Assam Government support for small traders, farmers and artisans in rural Assam: aid for market infrastructure, working capital credit, skill training and market linkages.

Subsidised loans at 6% interest, a 40% subsidy up to ₹5,00,000 and entrepreneurship training for ST, SC, Minority, Backward Class and disabled applicants in Jharkhand.

A credit-linked scheme by the Government of Meghalaya offering up to 75% financial assistance on project cost for entrepreneurs and collectives to establish sericulture and weaving units.

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.

Refinance scheme by PIPDIC, Puducherry, giving loans to existing Small Scale Industrial (SSI) units to cover the cost of 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.

PIPDIC term loans of at least ₹5 lakh for Puducherry units with 2+ years in operation to buy existing land, buildings and machinery.

Unemployed Scheduled Caste residents of Gujarat can get loans at 1-5% interest to start self-employment ventures, under the NSFDC direct finance scheme run through GSCDC.

Maharashtra government offers enhanced credit guarantee coverage up to 85% for Micro & Small Enterprises, including women and SC/ST entrepreneurs, to facilitate easier access to debt.

A non-dilutive matching grant for Deep Tech startups in Uttar Pradesh, covering up to 40% of R&D expenditure, repayable as a revenue royalty.

Working capital for MSMEs in Maharashtra's Thrust Sectors that need to retool and modernize their production assembly lines, from the Productivity & Modernisation Enhancement Fund.

Mizoram's AMEn scheme backs micro-unit loans with 100% credit guarantee coverage, opening institutional credit to BANTU businesses.

5% soft loans for up to 70% of project cost, or equity, from DST's Technology Development Board to commercialise Indian technology.

Annual Maharashtra state hackathon for student innovators, with awards and recognition for the top ten ideas or startups.

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