Startup Grants & Funding in Puducherry

Up to 50% capital subsidy, maximum Rs. 50 lakh, for entrepreneurs setting up sheep or goat breeding units under the National Livestock Mission.

A scheme by the National Jute Board, Ministry of Textiles, offering financial incentives to Indian Jute Mill Companies and MSMEs for exporting Jute Diversified Products, reimbursing up to ₹12 lakh annually.

One-time 50% capital subsidy up to Rs. 50 lakh for entrepreneurs setting up indigenous horse, donkey or camel breeder farms.

A scheme by the Puducherry Industries and Commerce Department offering a 50% grant up to ₹10 lakh for new and existing industrial units to acquire technology for product or process improvement.

This scheme offers a 5% additional capital investment subsidy to industrial units in the Karaikal Region of Puducherry, with enhanced benefits for SC/ST/Women entrepreneurs and thrust area enterprises.

PMFME gives an individual SHG member running a food processing unit a 35% credit-linked grant, up to Rs 10 lakh.

Collateral-free business loan ₹5–₹10 lakh for established micro-enterprises scaling up

Concessional term loan scheme offering up to ₹10 lakh to artisans and craftspersons from notified minority communities to meet working capital and fixed capital requirements.

Up to ₹10 lakh reimbursed for successfully securing (granted) an international patent, for StartinUP-registered UP startups

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

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.

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

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

The NIEPA Grant-in-Aid Scheme provides non-dilutive funding to educational institutions, universities, research organizations, and NGOs for studies, evaluations, and conferences in educational planning and administration.

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

This scheme offers reimbursement for intellectual property (IP) filing fees, including patents, trademarks, GIs, and designs, to eligible Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises.

The Puducherry Generator Subsidy offers a 50% grant, capped at ₹5 lakh, to micro, small, and medium industrial units for investment in generator sets.

Udyam-registered MSMEs get 100% of foreign patent registration costs reimbursed, up to Rs 5 lakh.

₹35,000/month stipend for up to 12 months for Indian innovators building CPS prototypes pre-incorporation at IIT Madras Pravartak.

Week 3 of Locus' four-week online Paygentic Hackathon series, focused on CheckoutWithLocus, with a share of the series prize pool.

PMMSY input support of ₹2.40–3.60 lakh per hectare for the first crop in new brackish-water ponds.

PMMSY input support of ₹2.40–3.60 lakh per hectare for the first crop in new saline/alkaline water ponds.