Startup Grants & Funding for Pre-incorporation Founders

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

A sub-scheme of the West Bengal Textile Incentive Scheme offering 100% waiver of land conversion and mutation fees for eligible textile manufacturing and processing units in West Bengal.

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

Gujarat's 'Scheme for Assistance for Start Ups/ Innovation' offers an additional 1% interest subsidy (up to 9% total) on term loans for MSMEs to eligible startups with innovative ideas.

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

This scheme by the Gujarat Tribal Development Department offers a 6% interest subsidy on bank loans up to ₹5 lakh for Scheduled Tribe individuals pursuing self-employment, promoting economic empowerment.

A financial rebate scheme by the Government of Gujarat to boost sales of handloom products, offering 10-20% rebates for festival sales and 5-15% permanent rebates, with special provisions for women-led cooperatives and SC/ST/BPL artisans.

Reimbursement grant covering 90% of exhibition participation costs for weavers, master weavers, and micro textile units in Uttar Pradesh to enhance market access.

Receive a 50% subsidy on flatted factory rent for 5 years if you are a Textile/Fashion Design graduate starting a business in Uttar Pradesh's garmenting or home furnishing sector.

Chhattisgarh offers 100% exemption on land premium for Scheduled Caste/Tribe entrepreneurs seeking land allotment in industrial areas under its Industrial Development Policy 2024-30.

Farmers in Uttar Pradesh selling agricultural produce directly to processing units are exempt from Mandi fees and cess under the Food Processing Industry Policy.

Provides highly concessional lease rent of ₹1 per acre per year for Scheduled Caste/Tribe entrepreneurs allotting land in industrial areas in Chhattisgarh.

SC/ST entrepreneurs in Chhattisgarh can claim a 50% exemption on land diversion fees for industrial purposes, up to a maximum of 15 acres.

Individuals participating in skill development programs related to MSMEs can claim reimbursement for their tuition fees under this Maharashtra government scheme.

SC/ST entrepreneurs starting new enterprises get project report costs back, up to ₹10 lakh, with an extra 10% subsidy.

This scheme offers 100% exemption from Electricity Duty for a period of 7 years to eligible startups in Rajasthan, reducing operational costs.

Punjab Industrial Policy 2022 property tax incentive on the additional covered area created by an existing manufacturing unit's expansion, up to 100% of FCI.

Provides 100% exemption from transmission and wheeling charges for grid-connected Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) in Rajasthan for 7 years.

J&K reimburses IT/ITeS units Rs 26,000 per new professional hired each year, for up to five years from start of operations.

Punjab reimburses 100% of net SGST for 15 years from commercial production, capped at 200% of fixed capital investment.

RIPS 2024 gives enterprises a 100% electricity duty exemption for seven years on power they generate captively from renewable sources in Rajasthan.

6% per annum interest subvention for up to 7 years on term loans taken by new or expanding units in Jammu & Kashmir.