Startup Grants & Funding for Energy & Climate Startups

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

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.

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.

Biennial national recognition and mentorship programme for Indian startups and non-profits solving real-world problems, with strategic mentorship, investor introductions and media visibility.

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

Social Alpha's ISRO-backed lab-to-market platform for SpaceTech startups, with R&D, testing, mentorship, market access and possible seed investment.

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

Success fee for Bihar-registered startups that secured external funding.

100% reimbursement of domestic and international patent filing costs for startups certified under the Bihar Startup Policy 2022 and registered in Bihar.

2% interest subvention on MSME loans for GST-registered businesses

Full reimbursement of patent filing costs for eligible Jharkhand startups with under ₹25 Cr turnover, fostering innovation and intellectual property protection.

50%–80% subsidy on LEAN manufacturing implementation for MSMEs

Central subsidy and net-metering for rooftop solar on residential and MSME premises