Startup Grants & Funding for Space, Drone & Defense Startups

Goa-based startups can receive reimbursement of 10-30% of interest paid on commercial/bank loans, up to ₹10 lakh over two years, from the Government of Goa.

This Puducherry scheme offers subsidies and reimbursements to sick MSME units for diagnostic studies, expert advice, and interest on rehabilitation finance.

This scheme offers up to 50% reimbursement for quality certification fees and testing equipment costs, capped at ₹10 lakh, to eligible manufacturing and service MSMEs in Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu.

Scheme by the Government of Tamil Nadu providing reimbursement to MSMEs for acquiring national and international quality certifications.

This scheme by the Department of Tribal Welfare, Government of Goa, offers up to 40% subsidy on business loans and entrepreneurship training to educated unemployed tribal youth in Goa for micro and small enterprises.

The Mahila Udyam Nidhi (MUN) scheme by PIPDIC provides term loans and seed capital up to ₹9 lakh for women entrepreneurs establishing new Small Scale Industrial units or service activities in Puducherry.

Grant by KSUM for technology startups converting MVP to market-ready product, up to ₹7 lakhs.

A Uttarakhand government scheme offering project loans from ₹20,000 to ₹7 lakh and a 50% subsidy (up to ₹10,000) for self-employment ventures by Scheduled Caste and Tribe entrepreneurs below the poverty line.

This scheme provides a 25% capital investment subsidy, up to ₹6.25 lakhs, to local entrepreneurs for establishing Micro and Small Enterprises in Lakshadweep.

A Goa government scheme offering reimbursement to startups for co-working space, incubator, or accelerator seat costs up to ₹6000 per seat.

A 3-day offline hackathon in Bengaluru for experienced developers to build production-grade AI solutions on edge devices — $6,000 prize pool.

Grant for women/transgender-led startups in Kerala to productize MVP, up to ₹5 lakhs.

Pre-seed incubation for deep-tech startups in cobotics, AI, drones, autonomous systems at IIT Delhi.

Incubation for student entrepreneurs and recent graduates with prototype or early traction.

Collateral-free business loan ₹50,001–₹5 lakh for growing micro-enterprises

Swarnima provides low-interest loans up to ₹5 lakh to female beneficiaries from Other Backward Classes (OBC) in Maharashtra to support self-employment ventures and foster financial independence.

A margin money loan scheme by LIDCOM for the Scheduled Caste Charmakar community in Maharashtra, offering seed capital and subsidy for business projects.

A Bihar state-sponsored loan scheme providing up to ₹5 lakh at 5% interest to minority youth for employment and income-generation activities.

A loan scheme by the Tamil Nadu government providing up to ₹5 lakh at 12% interest to women entrepreneurs for their businesses.

A scheme by Mission Youth J&K to provide financial assistance up to ₹5 lakh to young women (18-35 years) for setting up or expanding self-employment ventures.

The Big Loan Scheme by DSFDC offers term loans up to ₹5 lakh to marginalized residents of Delhi for establishing non-polluting income-generating businesses.

A self-employment scheme by the Government of Rajasthan providing specially-abled individuals with a loan up to ₹5 lakh and a subsidy up to ₹50,000 to start their own businesses.