Startup Funding Programs in India

A micro-finance scheme by NMDFC providing concessional credit to members of Self Help Groups (SHGs) from minority communities for income-generating activities.

The Haryana Micro Finance Scheme (Credit Line 2) offers small loans of up to ₹1.5 lakh to members of Self-Help Groups from minority communities in Haryana for entrepreneurial activities.

A Haryana-based scheme offering loans and a 50% subsidy (up to ₹10,000) to Scheduled Caste individuals from Below Poverty Line (BPL) families for purchasing animal-driven carts.

A scheme by HSFDC in Haryana providing composite loans and subsidies up to ₹1.5 lakh for self-employment activities to eligible Scheduled Caste individuals from BPL families.

The Haryana Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (HSFDC) offers composite loans, subsidies, and margin money to Scheduled Caste individuals from BPL families for various self-employment activities in Haryana.

This scheme by HSFDC offers composite loans, including subsidies and margin money, up to ₹1.5 lakh for Scheduled Caste individuals from BPL families in Haryana to start self-employment ventures.

A microfinance scheme providing financial assistance and training to women entrepreneurs from backward or poor backgrounds to foster financial independence.

This Karnataka state scheme provides a free steel kiosk (Paduke Kuteera) and a tool kit to roadside cobblers for self-employment and micro-enterprise development.

A micro-finance loan scheme by GBCDC offering low-interest financial assistance up to ₹1.25 lakh to men from socially and educationally backward classes in Gujarat for self-employment.

The scheme provides microcredit loans up to ₹1.25 lakh at a subsidized 5% interest rate to small entrepreneurs from Rabari and Bharwad castes in Gujarat.

This scheme provides loans up to ₹1,25,000 to women entrepreneurs from Backward Classes in Haryana to start or expand their businesses.

This microfinance scheme provides affordable loans up to ₹1.25 lakh at 5% interest to small entrepreneurs from Rabari and Bharwad castes in Gujarat.

Microfinance loan scheme by the Government of Gujarat for individual women entrepreneurs from Rabari and Bharwad castes to foster self-employment and establish businesses.

The Micro Finance Scheme by GNDTDC offers concessional loans up to ₹1.25 lakh to individuals from Nomadic and Denotified Tribes in Gujarat for self-employment and small-scale business ventures.

A low-interest loan scheme by the Gujarat Backward Class Development Corporation to empower women from socially and educationally backward classes by facilitating self-employment opportunities.

This scheme by DAADC, Gujarat, offers loans up to ₹1.25 lakh at 4% interest to Scheduled Caste individuals from Antyodaya families for self-employment or small businesses.

The Mahila Samriddhi Yojana by the Government of Gujarat provides microfinance loans up to ₹1.25 lakh at 4% interest to women from Nomadic and Denotified Castes for self-employment.

Monthly sustenance allowance of ₹10,000 for DPIIT-recognized startups in Madhya Pradesh.

A Bihar government initiative providing sustainable livelihood opportunities through asset transfers, capacity-building, and mentoring to 100,000 ultra-poor households.

Financial support in the form of Viability Gap Funding (VGF) is provided to eligible companies to establish and operate BPO/ITeS units in smaller cities and towns across India.

A scheme by Karnataka Leather Industries Development Corporation Ltd to empower SC leather artisans by procuring their products and marketing them through Lidkar Leather Emporia, providing financial assistance of ₹50,000 to ₹1,00,000 per artisan.

Provides short-term loans up to ₹1 lakh at 2% interest to individuals from the Scheduled Tribe (ST) Community in Goa for business, education, or medical purposes.