UP Plant & Machinery Subsidy — ₹25L for Design Graduates — Frequently Asked Questions

An individual entrepreneur can receive up to ₹25 lakh. The amount is capped at that figure, and it is calculated as 75% of the verified cost of the plant, machinery and infrastructure your venture needs, so it may work out to less than ₹25 lakh depending on your actual expenditure.

It covers the verifiable cost of plant and machinery along with the cost of infrastructure required to establish the new venture. Both categories must be genuinely relevant to the unit you are setting up, and the spend has to be verified before anything is released.

No. This is a subsidy, which is non-repayable financial assistance. It is not a loan, so there is no repayment involved. The payment works as a reimbursement of eligible capital expenditure rather than credit you draw and return.

You need to be a graduate in Textile, Textile Design or Fashion Design, and you must be starting a new venture or employment in the Garmenting and Apparel or Home Furnishing sectors. The venture itself has to be established within Uttar Pradesh.

No. A core condition is that the new venture must be established within Uttar Pradesh, since this is an incentive offered by the Government of Uttar Pradesh under its own textile and garmenting policy.

No fixed deadline applies — applications run on a rolling basis and stay open. Since approvals depend on the policy guidelines in force, it is still worth checking the current terms before you build your project proposal.

The scheme's stated eligibility rests on your design graduation, the sector of the venture and its location in Uttar Pradesh, and does not list DPIIT or MSME registration as a condition. Business registration documents are, however, mentioned among the papers to keep ready where applicable, so confirm the current requirements against the policy guidelines.

Prepare proof of your Textile, Textile Design or Fashion Design graduation, identity proofs, business registration documents if applicable, and detailed cost estimates or quotations for the plant, machinery and infrastructure you plan to buy. A written project proposal covering the venture, your business plan and the projected costs is also part of the application.

A committee that includes representatives from the Uttar Pradesh Department of Textiles and other relevant ministries reviews the applications. It looks at your eligibility, the viability of the proposed venture, the relevance of the machinery and infrastructure costs, and compliance with the UP Textile and Garmenting Policy 2022. Documents are scrutinised in detail, and site visits or interviews may be conducted for verification.

Applications are submitted to the authority specified in the policy document, which may be an online portal or a physical submission. The Government of Uttar Pradesh's Nivesh Mitra portal at https://niveshmitra.up.gov.in/ is the stated application link, and the exact steps are laid out in the UP Textile and Garmenting Policy 2022.

No. UP Plant & Machinery Subsidy — ₹25L for Design Graduates is subsidy and is non-dilutive — the provider does not take an equity stake in your startup.

UP Plant & Machinery Subsidy — ₹25L for Design Graduates is offered by Government of Uttar Pradesh, a government body. It is provided as non-dilutive funding.

Apply directly through the official application link on this page. Review the eligibility criteria and prepare your startup documents before you begin.