Startup Grants & Funding for Fintech & Financial Services Startups

Eligible new or expanding industrial units in Arunachal Pradesh get a 99% sales tax (VAT) exemption for seven years.

For R&D centres, Global Capability Centres and test labs: 75% stamp duty exemption plus 25% reimbursement under RIPS 2024.

The Government of Karnataka offers a reimbursement of 50% of Net State GST (SGST) to eligible startups, capped at 100% of Fixed Capital Investment, available for 7 years.

A state incentive under RIPS 2024 providing 75% exemption and 25% reimbursement on conversion charges for R&D centres, GCCs, and Test labs in Rajasthan.

A key incentive under the Maharashtra Industries Investment and Services Policy 2025, providing a 100% subsidy on Gross SGST payable by eligible Special Large Scale Industrial (LSI) units on their first sale within Maharashtra.

100% exemption of stamp duty and court fee for industrial, commercial and institutional units in Jammu & Kashmir.

For new large enterprises: 100% electricity duty exemption for 6 to 12 years, depending on category and sector.

A 25% booster on the Asset Creation Incentive for eligible mega or ultra mega projects in Rajasthan's designated sunrise sectors, under RIPS 2024.

Regional and Sectoral Anchor Service Enterprises get a 100% waiver or reimbursement of banking, wheeling and transmission charges on captive power plants under the Rajasthan Investment Promotion Scheme 2024.

Eligible Punjab units get 100% exemption or reimbursement of CLU and EDC charges under the Industrial and Business Development Policy 2022.

Eligible large units in Punjab pay no electricity duty for 10 years, bounded by 100% of fixed capital investment or their approved DPR load.

Eligible Punjab units get 100% exemption or reimbursement of stamp duty on purchase or lease of land and building.

Punjab refunds 100% of the stamp duty a Startup Punjab-registered company pays on registering its MoA/AoA.

Stamp duty on a registered mortgage is capped at Rs. 10,000 per instrument for industrial units taking loans from financial institutions.

MSME and large units in Punjab's thrust sectors pay no stamp duty on the purchase or lease of land and building.

Punjab exempts or reimburses 100% of the stamp duty an MSME pays to buy or lease land and building.

MSME and large units in Punjab's thrust sectors get 100% exemption or reimbursement of Change of Land Use and External Development Charges.

100% exemption from stamp duty and court fee for industries, commercial and institutional units in Jammu & Kashmir.

Eligible Nagaland units get 50% of stamp duty and registration fee exempted on loan and mortgage documents for five years.

10% of plots in Ladakh's industrial estates are reserved for entrepreneurs from underprivileged sections.

100% reimbursement of stamp duty on lease, mortgage and hypothecation deeds for eligible Telangana MSMEs.

Arunachal Pradesh reimburses 100% of stamp duty and registration fees paid on land conveyance or lease deeds by new industrial units.