Startup grants in West Bengal are coordinated through Startup Bengal, the Government of West Bengal's startup initiative, which runs a State Startup Resource Centre in Kolkata and 23 district Acceleration Centres. The state's 2016–2021 startup policy has lapsed, so no current seed-grant figure is listed here until an official one is published. Innovation Park in Kolkata and the Ekta Incubation Centre at MAKAUT are among the incubators the Government of India's incubator directory lists for the state.
A West Bengal subsidy that exempts eligible textile, apparel and technical textile units from electricity duty for five years, capped at ₹1 crore a year.
A West Bengal government grant that helps individual artisans and industrial cooperative societies pay for digital marketing and e-commerce access. Individual artisans receive ₹2,000; cooperative societies receive ₹10,000. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
A sub-scheme of the West Bengal Textile Incentive Scheme that gives eligible textile, apparel and technical textile units a 100% waiver on land conversion and mutation fees.
A West Bengal subsidy that reimburses 25% of a textile unit's spending on captive effluent water treatment plants and pollution control devices, capped at ₹1.5 crore.
A West Bengal government subsidy that reimburses textile and apparel MSMEs for a certified energy audit and for the energy-saving installations that audit recommends, with support of up to ₹12 lakh.
A West Bengal tourism sub-scheme that reimburses eligible units for 60% of their employer-side ESI and EPF contributions for 5 to 10 years, with applications accepted on a rolling basis.
A West Bengal government sub-scheme that pays individual handloom weavers a one-time grant of up to ₹15,000 — ₹5,000 for loom and work shed repair and ₹10,000 for yarn bought through Tantuja.
A one-time reimbursement of up to ₹2,000 from the West Bengal BOCW Welfare Board for registered construction workers who buy tools needed for their trade.
West Bengal's Gatidhara Scheme gives registered unemployed youth a subsidy of up to ₹1 lakh towards buying a commercial vehicle, helping them build a transport business.
A sub-scheme of Banglashree that softens the electricity bill for approved manufacturing MSMEs in West Bengal, paying up to ₹30 lakh a year for five years.
Textile, apparel and technical textile units in West Bengal can claim a power subsidy of ₹50 lakh to ₹2 crore per year for five years on electricity consumed, reimbursed from the day production begins.
A West Bengal government sub-scheme that settles Non-Performing Asset (NPA) accounts of handloom and khadi weavers, Primary Weavers' Cooperative Societies and Khadi societies.
A West Bengal sub-scheme that supplies yarn to handloom societies at a 10% discount through TANTUJA and roving or high-count cotton fibre to khadi societies at a 10% discount through WBKVIB, running for five years from March 2024.
A non-repayable capital subsidy of 7.5% to 25% of fixed capital investment for micro and small tourism enterprises in West Bengal, capped at ₹1.75 crore in Special Areas.
A West Bengal government subsidy that waives electricity duty for five years on eligible tourism projects and hotel units approved under the state's 2021 incentive scheme.
A West Bengal sub-scheme that pays back powerloom MSMEs for their ESI and EPF contributions — 100% in the first year and 75% afterwards — provided at least half the workforce is hired from the state Employment Bank.
A West Bengal government subsidy covering 10%–20% of approved project cost, up to ₹500 crore, for textile, apparel and technical textile manufacturing units set up in the state.
A West Bengal subsidy that refunds 100% of the stamp duty and registration fee paid by eligible textile, apparel and technical textile units that began production on or after 1 April 2022.
A rolling, non-repayable grant of ₹1,00,000 to ₹10,00,000 from the Government of West Bengal for handloom and Khadi weavers, Primary Weavers' Cooperative Societies and Khadi societies that meet the scheme's viability criteria.
West Bengal's State Capital Investment Subsidy pays micro and small manufacturers 15% to 60% of their fixed capital investment, with a maximum payout of ₹75 lakh. Applications run online through the Shilpasathi Portal.
Grant up to ₹5 lakh for idea or prototype-stage agripreneurs based in West Bengal, offered by AFBIC, IIT Kharagpur.
Grant up to ₹25L for West Bengal-based agri-startups at MVP/expansion stage.
Grant up to ₹4L for West Bengal-based student innovators with agri-ideas.
A West Bengal subsidy that refunds 30–50% of the net State GST a powerloom MSME has paid, for eight years, to units that began commercial production between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2024.
A Department of Tourism, West Bengal subsidy that refunds 50-70% of the stamp duty and registration fee on land and buildings acquired for approved tourism projects. Applications close 31 December 2025.
A West Bengal subsidy that refunds the net State Goods and Services Tax paid by eligible manufacturing MSMEs for eight years, at 30% or 50% depending on the unit's zone.
West Bengal's Banglashree PRS scheme reimburses 50% of patent registration expenses for eligible manufacturing MSMEs, capped at ₹5 lakh per approved project.
A West Bengal government sub-scheme that refunds 75% to 100% of the stamp duty and registration fees paid by powerloom-sector MSMEs, with claims open until 31 December 2024.
A Department of Tourism, West Bengal subsidy that reimburses 50%–75% of the interest on term loans for eligible tourism units, capped at ₹25 lakh–₹30 lakh a year and worth up to ₹2.1 crore overall. Apply online through the Shilpasathi portal by 31 December 2025.
A West Bengal subsidy that reimburses ESI and EPF contributions for eligible manufacturing MSMEs — 100% in the first year and 75% afterwards, for up to nine years.
A West Bengal government subsidy that covers 25% to 70% of the annual interest paid on term loans by eligible manufacturing MSMEs, for five years, with an annual ceiling of ₹1.75 crore for medium enterprises.
A West Bengal subsidy that refunds 50% of the cost of ISO and quality certification, up to ₹5,00,000, for micro and small powerloom enterprises in the state.
A Banglashree sub-scheme that reimburses West Bengal's manufacturing micro and small enterprises for 50% of what they spend on captive effluent water treatment plants and pollution control devices, capped at ₹2 lakh, until March 31, 2025.
A reimbursement subsidy from West Bengal's Department of Tourism that returns 50% of fixed capital investment, up to ₹7,50,000, to tourism units spending on quality upgrades, modernisation, pollution control and certification. Applications close on 31 December 2025.
A West Bengal Department of Tourism subsidy that pays eligible tourism and hotel units 75% of their SGST for five years, in place of an interest subsidy. Applications close 31 December 2025.
A Department of Tourism, West Bengal sub-scheme that reimburses 60-100% of the cost of tents, dinghies and adventure equipment for tour operators who meet tourist footfall targets.
West Bengal reimburses the electricity duty paid by powerloom MSMEs — up to ₹50 lakh a year for 5 to 10 years, with applications due by 31 December 2025.
A West Bengal government sub-scheme that pays part of the interest a powerloom MSME owes on its term loan for five years — 55% or 70% for micro and small units, and 25% for medium units up to ₹1.75 crore a year.
A West Bengal sub-scheme under Banglashree that reimburses 25% to 100% of the stamp duty and registration fees paid by manufacturing MSMEs on land and building purchases or long-term leases.
A West Bengal government subsidy that reimburses manufacturing MSMEs for energy audits and energy conservation installations — 50% of audit cost and 25% of installation cost, capped at ₹2,00,000.
A 20% capital investment subsidy on new-age shuttleless powerloom plant and machinery, offered to MSMEs in West Bengal's powerloom sector until 31 December 2024.
A West Bengal government subsidy that reimburses 50% of the cost of captive sound pollution control devices for powerloom MSMEs, up to a maximum of ₹2 lakh.
A West Bengal government subsidy that reimburses micro and small manufacturers 50% of what they spend on ISI, BIS, ISO and HACCP certification, capped at ₹5 lakh.
Grant of up to ₹7.5 lakh for new and expanding tourism units in West Bengal, plus extra Floor Area Ratio for approved mega projects.
A West Bengal subsidy that reimburses powerloom MSMEs for a certified energy audit and covers part of the cost of energy-saving installations, capped at ₹2,00,000.
A West Bengal government subsidy that reimburses powerloom MSMEs for 50% of their patent registration costs, capped at ₹5,00,000.
XCITE Cohort 1 by XLRI and NABARD offers incubation, mentorship, and seed grants up to ₹5L for early-stage rural, women-led, and tribal-led enterprises in Eastern/North-Eastern India.
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