AHIDF Top-up Interest Subvention: 2% Loan Support up to ₹25 Cr — Frequently Asked Questions

It provides a 2% interest subvention on the term loan of an eligible project. The subvention is capped at ₹5 crore in any one year and can be claimed for five years, which puts the maximum possible benefit at ₹25 crore across the scheme's tenure.

No. This is a subsidy — an interest subvention that lowers what you pay on your term loan. No equity, stake or shareholding changes hands, and the support is treated as a cash incentive under the state's FPP 4.0 framework.

Projects that have already been sanctioned under the Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) are the core applicants. Projects approved under other Government of India schemes that the state recognises are eligible too.

Registered businesses operating in the animal husbandry sector, with the forms typically seen under this scheme being private limited companies, LLPs, OPCs, partnerships and proprietorships. What matters most is that the underlying project carries an AHIDF or recognised GoI sanction.

The published eligibility criteria do not list DPIIT recognition or MSME registration as a condition. The qualifying trigger is the sanction on your project under the AHIDF or another state-recognised Government of India scheme.

There is none — the scheme is rolling and always open. An eligible project can apply once its central sanction is in place, without waiting for an application window to open.

The application follows the general incentive process under the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Development Policy (FPP 4.0), 2024-29. Expect to submit a detailed project report along with the application to the relevant district or state authority, show that the project is sanctioned under the AHIDF or another recognised GoI scheme, and provide financial documentation covering the term loan and its interest structure. Submissions are handled by the Industries & Commerce Department of Andhra Pradesh or a designated nodal agency, and the department's incentives page at https://www.apindustries.gov.in/Incentives/Index.aspx is the starting point.

Neither. Approval depends on the prior sanction of your project under the AHIDF or another specified Government of India scheme. Once that is in place, the top-up application goes through verification by the Andhra Pradesh Industries & Commerce Department against the FPP 4.0 policy guidelines.

It is an incentive under the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Development Policy (FPP 4.0) for 2024-29, administered by the Department of Industries & Commerce, Government of Andhra Pradesh. Applications are handled by that department or a designated nodal agency.