Startup Funding Programs in India

Small loans of ₹1,00,000 are provided to members of Self-Help Groups (SHGs) from minority communities who are permanent residents of Haryana for micro-enterprise needs.

A loan and subsidy scheme by HSFDC and NSKFDC for women Safai Karamcharis or their dependents in Haryana to establish self-employment initiatives.

Financial assistance with 50% subsidy and 50% loan up to ₹1,00,000 for unemployed Scheduled Caste leather artisans in Karnataka to start or expand small businesses.

A loan scheme by PIPDIC, Puducherry, offering up to ₹1 lakh to Launderers and Barbers for purchasing essential worktables and furniture for their micro-enterprises.

A self-employment loan scheme by GTKVN for women from Thakor and Koli communities in Gujarat, providing up to ₹1 lakh at 5% interest for starting a business.

A financial assistance scheme by the Gujarat Government providing ₹1 lakh loans at 4% interest to female Safai Kamdars and their dependents to start small businesses.

A loan scheme by the Tamil Nadu government to support farmers engaged in sericulture within irrigated areas, offering credit from ₹49,000 to ₹79,000 per acre at competitive interest rates.

A scheme by the Social Welfare Department, Government of Uttarakhand, offering grants, subsidized loans, and margin money to persons with disabilities for self-employment and livelihood generation.

This scheme offers financial assistance as a loan to farmers in Tamil Nadu for acquiring fishing boats (catamarans), with amounts ranging from 15,000 to 60,000.

A no-interest medium-term loan up to ₹60,000 provided by the Tamil Nadu government to tribal members through Large Sized Multi Purpose Cooperative Societies for livelihood support.

This scheme by GTKVN provides low-interest loans up to ₹60,000 to women from Thakor and Koli castes who are members of Self Help Groups (SHGs) in Gujarat, to foster self-employment.

Loan and subsidy scheme for Safai Karamcharis and their dependents in Haryana to establish small businesses or income-generating activities, with project costs up to ₹1 lakh.

Low-interest micro-loan scheme by GTKVN to empower women entrepreneurs from Thakor and Koli communities in Gujarat for self-employment.

Collateral-free micro loan up to ₹50,000 for businesses in their earliest stage

A central scheme by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs providing collateral-free working capital loans, interest subsidy, and digital transaction incentives to street vendors across India.

A Maharashtra government scheme offering financial support up to ₹50,000 (loan + subsidy) to economically disadvantaged Charmakars for income-generating activities in footwear and leather production.

The Shilpi Samridhi Yojana offers loans up to ₹50,000, margin money, and a subsidy up to ₹10,000 to Scheduled Caste artisans in Haryana for economic development.

An economic empowerment scheme by Haryana's Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation, providing loans, margin money, and subsidies to eligible Scheduled Caste women for self-employment in agriculture and allied sectors.

A Madhya Pradesh government scheme providing low-cost equipment, working capital, margin money assistance, and interest subsidy to Scheduled Caste beneficiaries below the poverty line for establishing new micro-enterprises.

The Mahila Samruddhi Yojana, implemented by DAADC under the Government of Gujarat, offers concessional loans of ₹50,000 to Scheduled Caste women for establishing micro or small self-employment ventures.

An interest-free loan scheme from the Government of Tamil Nadu, offering up to "u20b945,000 to members of Large Sized Multi Purpose Cooperative Societies for economic empowerment.

The Delhi Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board offers a loan up to ₹20,000 for registered construction workers to purchase work-related tools, repayable in up to 60 installments.