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SanRachna Platform

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)'s startup engagement initiative, connecting startups with pilot opportunities, mentorship, or regulatory pathways relevant to their sector. See the official page for current focus areas and how to get involved.

📍 IndiaMedium

#government#india#psu

Apply → sanrachna.bhel.in

STPI – Next Generation Incubation Scheme (NGIS)

Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) / STPI

NGIS is a government scheme that helps nurture early-stage tech startups by providing incubation support, funding, and mentorship so they can develop strong, scalable business ideas. It is a startup incubation scheme by Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) under MeitY, aimed at strengthening India’s software product startup ecosystem, especially in Tier-II/III cities. It aims to handhold 300 tech startups across 12 STPI incubation locations in Tier-II/III cities.

📍 IndiaGrantMedium

#government#india#startup

Apply → startup.stpi.in

SPARSH – Social Innovation Programme for Products Affordable & Relevant to Social Health

Department of Biotechnology (DBT) / BIRAC

The SPARSH programme supports innovators in developing affordable health-related solutions so that essential healthcare products can reach and benefit underserved communities. SPARSH, the social innovation initiative designed biotechnological interventions to address critical societal issues. • SPARSH revolves around nurturing "Social Innovators" within the biotech domain, equipped to identify community needs and gaps, and formulate innovative product developments or services to bridge these disparities.

📍 IndiaGrantMedium

#government#india#startup

Apply → birac.nic.in

SAMRIDH – Startup Accelerators of MeitY for Product Innovation, Development & Growth

Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY)

SAMRIDH is a government program that supports startups by funding and accelerating innovative tech products so they can grow faster and succeed in the market. The SAMRIDH scheme supports existing and upcoming Accelerators to select and accelerate potential IT-based startups to scale. • The programme focuses on accelerating the startup by providing customer connect, investor connect, and internationalisation connect services. • The Scheme supports selected Accelerators for extending Accelerator services to startup and provide funding.

📍 IndiaMedium

#government#india#startup

Apply → msh.meity.gov.in

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Regulatory Sandbox

Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

Reserve Bank of India (RBI)'s startup engagement initiative, connecting startups with pilot opportunities, mentorship, or regulatory pathways relevant to their sector. See the official page for current focus areas and how to get involved.

📍 IndiaMedium

#government#india#regulator

Apply → fintech.rbi.org.in

Research, Development & Innovation (RDI) Scheme

Department of Science & Technology (DST)

The Research, Development & Innovation (RDI) Scheme provides funding and support to help organizations create and improve new technologies or ideas so they can boost innovation, economic growth, and global competitiveness. DST has launched the Research, Development, and Innovation (RDI) Scheme, approved by the Cabinet on 1st July 2025, with a total outlay of ₹1 lakh crore. • The initiative aims to catalyze private sector participation in high-impact R&D and strengthen India’s capabilities in strategic technologies and promote technological self-reliance, aligning with the nation’s long-term innovation and Atmanirbhar Bharat vision.

📍 IndiaEquityMedium

#government#india#startup

Apply → rdifund.anrf.gov.in

Rajasthan Startup Policy & Support Initiatives

Government of Rajasthan

The state government's official startup policy and support portal for Rajasthan — incentives, registration, incubation, and funding support for startups vary by state; see the official page for current details.

📍 Rajasthan, IndiaMedium

#government#india#state-scheme

Apply → istart.rajasthan.gov.in

Punjab Startup Policy & Support Initiatives

Government of Punjab

The state government's official startup policy and support portal for Punjab — incentives, registration, incubation, and funding support for startups vary by state; see the official page for current details.

📍 Punjab, IndiaMedium

#government#india#state-scheme

Apply → pbindustries.gov.in

Puducherry Startup Policy & Support Initiatives

Government of Puducherry

The state government's official startup policy and support portal for Puducherry — incentives, registration, incubation, and funding support for startups vary by state; see the official page for current details.

📍 Puducherry, IndiaMedium

#government#india#state-scheme

Apply → industry.py.gov.in

Promoting Innovations in Individuals, Start-ups and MSMEs (PRISM)

Department of Science & Technology (DST)

The PRISM scheme provides funding and support to individual innovators, startups, and small businesses so they can turn new ideas into useful products and grow their businesses. PRISM (Promoting Innovations in Individuals, Start-ups and MSMEs) Scheme supports individual innovators with financial assistance that helps them build prototypes, develop technologies, and move toward patenting & commercialisation. • DSIR has established a robust mechanism to implement this scheme across the country through TePP Outreach cum Cluster Innovation Centres (TOCICs) in Universities and National research laboratories and PRISM Advisory and Screening Committee PASC at Delhi to receive and evaluate the proposals from innovators for funding.

📍 IndiaGrantMedium

#government#india#startup

Apply → dsir.gov.in

Promoting Academic Research Conversion to Enterprise (PACE)

Department of Biotechnology (DBT)

PACE helps academic institutions turn important research into early-stage products and then supports industry partnerships to validate and take those innovations closer to real-world use. The PACE (Promoting Academic Research Conversion to Enterprise) encourages academia to develop technology/product (up to PoC stage) of societal/national importance (under Academic Innovation Research or AIR), and its subsequent validation by an industrial partner (under Contract Research Scheme or CRS.

📍 IndiaGrantMedium

#government#india#startup

Apply → birac.nic.in

Project Ankur / Ankur Fund

Bharat Petroleum (BPCL)

Bharat Petroleum (BPCL)'s startup engagement initiative, connecting startups with pilot opportunities, mentorship, or regulatory pathways relevant to their sector. See the official page for current focus areas and how to get involved.

📍 IndiaMedium

#government#india#psu

Apply → ebiz.bpc.co.in

Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY)

Ministry of Finance

PMMY helps small businesses and entrepreneurs get collateral-free loans so they can start, run, or expand income-generating activities. MUDRA is a refinancing Institution. It provides loans of up to ₹20 lakh to income generating micro/small business entities engaged in trading, manufacturing, service, activities allied to agriculture, poultry, farming etc.

📍 IndiaGrantMedium

#government#india#startup

Apply → mudra.org.in

Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme

Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI)

PMFME helps small food processing businesses become formal, improve their products, and grow by giving them financial support, training, and access to incubation facilities. The Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) Scheme promotes the formalisation of the unorganized microenterprises in the food processing sector through the establishment of Incubation Center based on One District One Product (ODOP). • To support establishment and utilization of Incubation Centers for ODOP and other products to be used on commercial basis • To provide training and capacity building support micro entrepreneurs/ SHGs/FPOs/Cooperatives and groups through Incubation Centers at the training rates prescribed under PMFME Scheme based on National Skill Framework.

📍 IndiaGrantMedium

#government#india#startup

Apply → static.pib.gov.in

Pankh

GAIL (India) Limited

GAIL (India) Limited's startup engagement initiative, connecting startups with pilot opportunities, mentorship, or regulatory pathways relevant to their sector. See the official page for current focus areas and how to get involved.

📍 IndiaMedium

#government#india#psu

Apply → gailebank.gail.co.in

Odisha Startup Policy & Support Initiatives

Government of Odisha

The state government's official startup policy and support portal for Odisha — incentives, registration, incubation, and funding support for startups vary by state; see the official page for current details.

📍 Odisha, IndiaMedium

#government#india#state-scheme

Apply → startupodisha.gov.in

ONGC Startup Fund

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)'s startup engagement initiative, connecting startups with pilot opportunities, mentorship, or regulatory pathways relevant to their sector. See the official page for current focus areas and how to get involved.

📍 IndiaMedium

#government#india#psu

Apply → startup.ongc.co.in

National SC-ST Hub Scheme

Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises

The National SC-ST Hub Scheme helps SC/ST entrepreneurs start and grow businesses by providing support with funding, training, technology, marketing, and access to government procurement opportunities. The objective of the Scheme is to provide professional support to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe entrepreneurs to fulfill the obligations under the Central Government Public Procurement Policy for Micro and Small Enterprises Order 2012, adopt applicable business practices and leverage the Stand-Up India initiatives. The National SC-ST Hub works leverages various sub-schemes of the Government for the benefit of the SC/ST entrepreneurs.

📍 IndiaLoan/CreditMedium

#government#india#startup

Apply → scsthub.in

National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber- Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) – Technology Innovation Hubs

Department of Science & Technology (DST)

NM-ICPS Technology Innovation Hubs support people and startups working on advanced technologies by giving them funding and non-financial support to turn ideas into real products and businesses. The Department of Science & Technology (DST) is implementing multi- stakeholder National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber Physical System (NM-ICPS). The Mission works with all the concerned Ministries/ Departments to identify their technology needs, develop solutions and technical support. It aims at development of technology platforms to carry out R&D, Translational Research, Product Development, Incubating & Supporting Startups as well as Commercialization. Under NM-ICPS, 25 Technology Innovation Hubs (TIH) have been set up across the country.

📍 IndiaMedium

#government#india#startup

Apply → nmicps.in

National Livestock Mission

Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying

The National Livestock Mission helps startups and institutions in animal husbandry build businesses, improve innovation, and strengthen the livestock value chain from production to market. The National Livestock Mission (NLM) Scheme aims to develop entrepreneurs in the sector of animal husbandry in order to create the forward and backward linkages for the produce available at the unorganized sector with the organized sector.

📍 IndiaMedium

#government#india#startup

Apply → nlm.udyamimitra.in

National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations - Technology Business Incubator (NIDHI-TBI)

Department of Science and Technology

NIDHI-TBI supports institutions in setting up incubators so they can help technology-based ideas grow into startups. The initiative aims to convert technology-based innovations into startups by supporting institutions in setting up Technology Business Incubators (TBIs). The initiative provides support for non-recurring and recurring expenses of TBIs.

📍 IndiaMedium

#government#india#startup

Apply → nidhi.dst.gov.in

Nagaland Startup Policy & Support Initiatives

Government of Nagaland

The state government's official startup policy and support portal for Nagaland — incentives, registration, incubation, and funding support for startups vary by state; see the official page for current details.

📍 Nagaland, IndiaMedium

#government#india#state-scheme

Apply → startupnagaland.in

NIDHI – Seed Support Program (SSP)

Department of Science & Technology (DST)

The NIDHI – Seed Support Program (SSP) provides early-stage funding and support to innovators to help them develop and validate their ideas, encouraging the creation of viable startups. NIDHI-Seed Support Program (SSP) aims to provide seed support to deserving incubatee startups, through NIDHI Science & Technology Entrepreneurs Parks (STEPs) and NIDHI Technology Business Incubators (TBIs).

📍 IndiaMedium

#government#india#startup

Apply → nidhi.dst.gov.in

NIDHI – Promotion and Acceleration of Young and Aspiring Technology Entrepreneurs (PRAYAS) 2.0

Department of Science & Technology (DST)

The NIDHI PRAYAS 2.0 scheme provides early-stage funding and prototyping support to young innovators, helping them turn their technology ideas into working products and viable startups. The scheme aims to bridge the gap funding in the very early-stage idea/ proof of concept. Building on the outcomes of NIDHI PRAYAS 1.0, the programme has evolved into NIDHI PRAYAS 2.0, with enhanced support for both technology-based and deep-tech innovations. It is a pre- incubation initiative that is implemented through incubators known as the PRAYAS Centres (PCs) and Advance PRAYAS Centres (APCs) (specialized centres to support DeepTech innovations).

📍 IndiaGrantMedium

#government#india#startup

Apply → nidhi-prayas.org

NIDHI – Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR)

Department of Science and Technology (DST)

NIDHI–EIR is a fellowship scheme that gives young people with startup ideas monthly financial support, workspace, and mentoring so they can turn their idea into a business The initiative NIDHI – Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) is executed at selected NIDHI-Technology Business Incubator (TBI) known as Programme Executing Partner (PEP). These approved TBIs then select entrepreneurs under the programme pursuing a promising technology business idea. The objective is to encourage graduating students to take to entrepreneurship by providing support as a fellowship.

📍 IndiaGrantMedium

#government#india#startup

Apply → nidhi.dst.gov.in

NIDHI - Inclusive-Technology Business Incubator (i-TBI)

Department of Science and Technology (DST)

NIDHI i-TBI supports institutions in underserved regions to set up incubators so local innovators and startups can get the space, funding, and support needed to build new ventures. The NIDHI i-TBI initiative aims to support institutions in regions where innovation and startup incubation ecosystem is at nascent stages and ‘Inclusive TBI’ can play a vital role in normalizing resources and value creation across the country. The i-TBI would create a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in the Host Institute (HI) and nearby geographies.

📍 IndiaGrantMedium

#government#india#startup

Apply → nidhi.dst.gov.in

Mizoram Startup Policy & Support Initiatives

Government of Mizoram

The state government's official startup policy and support portal for Mizoram — incentives, registration, incubation, and funding support for startups vary by state; see the official page for current details.

📍 Mizoram, IndiaMedium

#government#india#state-scheme

Apply → startupmizoram.com

Mission on Advanced and High-Impact Research (MAHIR)

Ministry of Power and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

MAHIR supports startups, industry, and research institutions in developing and testing advanced power and clean-energy technologies. The Ministry of Power and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy have launched a National Mission, titled “Mission on Advanced and High-Impact Research (MAHIR)”, to identify emerging technologies in the power sector, to facilitate indigenous research, development, and demonstration of said latest and emerging technologies, at scale, for deployment within and outside India.

📍 IndiaMedium

#government#india#startup

Apply → cpri.res.in

Meghalaya Startup Policy & Support Initiatives

Government of Meghalaya

The state government's official startup policy and support portal for Meghalaya — incentives, registration, incubation, and funding support for startups vary by state; see the official page for current details.

📍 Meghalaya, IndiaMedium

#government#india#state-scheme

Apply → primemeghalaya.com

Manipur Startup Policy & Support Initiatives

Government of Manipur

The state government's official startup policy and support portal for Manipur — incentives, registration, incubation, and funding support for startups vary by state; see the official page for current details.

📍 Manipur, IndiaMedium

#government#india#state-scheme

Apply → startupmanipur.in

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