Startup Grants & Funding for Agri, Food & Rural Startups

A centrally sponsored subsidy scheme under PMMSY to support the establishment of ice plants or cold storage facilities with a minimum 10-ton capacity in Haryana, improving fish preservation and cold chain infrastructure.

SC/ST entrepreneurs get back 50% of water or energy audit costs, up to ₹5 lakh.

Extra 20% investment subsidy on fixed capital, up to Rs. 20 lakh, for micro and small enterprises set up by women entrepreneurs in Telangana.

A one-time reimbursement of 75% of energy audit costs, up to INR 5 lakhs, for new enterprises in Odisha investing in energy conservation.

15%–35% margin-money subsidy for new micro-enterprises via KVIC

Punjab adds a 5% interest subsidy, up to INR 5 lakh a year for 5 years, on top of the central CLCSS — including for units that have exhausted their CLCSS limit.

60% of inland transport cost to the international port reimbursed, up to Rs. 5 lakh per year for five years, for registered Ladakh export units.

Assam reimburses 30% of public issue expenses for MSMEs listing on BSE or NSE, up to Rs 5 lakh.

Mizoram reimburses 50% of what a new MSME spends drawing a power line and installing transformers, capped at Rs 5 lakh per unit.

Medium units in Meghalaya get 50% of the cost of a wastewater recycling facility back, up to Rs 5 lakhs.

Arunachal Pradesh reimburses 35% of the cost of in-house testing equipment or quality certification, up to Rs 5 lakh.

Arunachal Pradesh reimburses 50% of air freight on finished goods shipped within India, up to Rs 5 lakh a year for five years.

Udyam-registered MSMEs get 100% of foreign patent registration costs reimbursed, up to Rs 5 lakh.

Exporting units in Arunachal Pradesh get 60% of inland transport cost to the international port reimbursed, up to Rs 5 lakh a year for five years.

100% subsidy on a DG set, capped at Rs 4.5 lakh, for commercial poultry farms rearing more than 10,000 birds.

A scheme by the Government of Uttarakhand providing financial assistance to Mangal Dals (youth groups) to start employment-oriented projects in 18 identified business sectors across the state.

Odisha reimburses 50% of the cost of studies, surveys and feasibility reports in food processing, up to ₹4 lakh.

Week 3 of Locus' four-week online Paygentic Hackathon series, focused on CheckoutWithLocus, with a share of the series prize pool.

This centrally sponsored scheme provides input cost subsidies for saline/alkaline water aquaculture in newly created water bodies for fish and shrimp culture in Haryana.

PMMSY input support of ₹2.40–3.60 lakh per hectare for the first crop in new brackish-water ponds.

PMMSY input support of ₹2.40–3.60 lakh per hectare for the first crop in new saline/alkaline water ponds.

This scheme provides financial assistance up to ₹3.30 lakh per hectare as a loan to farmers in Tamil Nadu for establishing or expanding inland fishing operations.