Banglashree Interest Subsidy Scheme — Up to ₹1.8 Cr for West Bengal MSMEs — Eligibility Criteria

An enterprise has to satisfy every one of the conditions below to be considered:

• Size: it must be a Micro, Small or Medium Enterprise.
• Sector: it must be engaged in manufacturing. Service-sector businesses fall outside the scheme.
• Start of production: production must have begun on or after 1 April 2019.
• DOCCP window: the Date of Commencement of Commercial Production (DOCCP) must fall between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2025.
• Ownership type: the unit must belong to the private sector, the cooperative sector, a joint sector undertaking, or be a company/undertaking owned and managed by the State Government or by Industrial SHGs.

The published criteria do not include separate founder-level requirements — eligibility turns on the enterprise itself, its sector, the entity type and the date production began.

Banglashree Interest Subsidy Scheme — Up to ₹1.8 Cr for West Bengal MSMEs is open to startups at any stage working in industrial goods and textiles leather. The programme is targeted at startups registered in West Bengal. Applicants should be registered as private limited, llp and opc. Applicants must hold MSME (Udyam) registration.