Startup Funding Programs in India

UREDA's self-employment scheme gives permanent residents of Uttarakhand loans at 8% to set up solar power plants costing from ₹10 lakh (20 kW) to ₹1 crore (200 kW).

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

This scheme provides self-employment loans up to ₹50 lakhs for persons with disabilities in Haryana, covering various income-generating activities in agriculture, small business, transport, and service sectors.

Provides soft loans at 6% interest for tiny, micro, and small units/enterprises in Nagaland towards technology upgradation and expansion.

A loan scheme by PIPDIC, Puducherry, offering financial assistance of up to ₹1.5 crore with an interest concession for existing 'B' category good borrowers to acquire assets, set up new units, or expand.

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

This scheme provides term loans and subsidies to Scheduled Caste entrepreneurs for viable income-generating projects up to ₹50 lakh, implemented through State Channelising Agencies and banks.

A financial assistance scheme by PIPDIC, Puducherry, offering loans up to ₹90 lakh to well-performing Small Scale Industrial (SSI) units for purchasing equipment, modernization, or expansion.

PIPDIC offers short-term financial assistance as loans ranging from ₹5 lakh to ₹50 lakh to existing Medium and Small Scale Industry units in Puducherry.

A Madhya Pradesh government scheme offering loans up to ₹42 lakh to unemployed youth and livestock farmers for establishing modern dairy units and boosting milk production.

A loan scheme by NMDFC providing up to ₹30 lakh at concessional interest rates for economically viable income generation ventures by beneficiaries from India's minority communities.

Concessional term loans of up to ₹30 lakh from the Haryana government for permanent Haryana residents from minority communities, to support self-employment and employability.

NSFDC loans for Safai Karamcharis, Scavengers and their dependents to start or expand green income-generating businesses, up to ₹27 lakh.

Funding for Kerala-registered revenue-stage tech startups with collateral-free debt.

Persons with disabilities in Haryana can get a loan of up to ₹25 lakhs (₹25,00,000) to set up a small manufacturing, fabrication or production unit.

Himachal Pradesh loans of up to ₹25 lakh at 5% to 8% interest for unemployed Persons with Disabilities who want to start a business.

Loans up to ₹25 lakh at 4.5% to 8% interest for professionally educated unemployed disabled youth in Haryana, to start or expand a professional practice or business.

Collateral-free loans up to ₹20 lakh for micro and small non-farm businesses

Collateral-free business loan ₹10–₹20 lakh for micro-enterprises with strong repayment track record

Karnataka Minorities Development Corporation loans of up to ₹20 lakhs for religious minority residents of Karnataka to start or expand a business, at 4% or 6% interest.

Term loans at concessional interest from GMFDC for minority community residents of Gujarat who want to start or expand self-employment or a small business.

A scheme by Mission Youth, J&K, offering financial assistance as a startup loan up to ₹20 lakh with interest subsidy for youth to establish or expand business units.