Cost-cutting subsidies, reimbursements and fee waiversfor Indian startups — patent and certification refunds, interest and power rebates, marketing and stall support. Non-dilutive benefits you claim against real expenses. Compare what each covers and who's eligible.
A Government of Goa subsidy scheme (2008–2011) that gave manufacturing units up to 40% subsidy and an interest subsidy capped at ₹8,00,000 in return for employing 80% local manpower.
A historic Goa government subsidy that reimbursed up to 90% of Sales Tax and paid 25% of power and water bills for MSMEs buying at least half their raw material inside the state.
A Department of Industries subsidy that reimburses 50% of quality certification fees and 50% of testing equipment costs for MSMEs in Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, capped at ₹10 lakh.
A one-time subsidy from the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu UT Administration that reimburses 25% of what an eligible MSME spent on raising capital through an SME Exchange, capped at ₹5 lakh.
A Uttarakhand MSME Department incentive package, implemented by CAP, for aromatic industries set up in Aroma Park at SIIDCUL, Kashipur — offering up to ₹40 lakh in capital assistance plus five years of operating relief.
Madhya Pradesh offers a 15% capital investment subsidy, capped at ₹5 crore, to private investors who take government heritage assets on lease from the Tourism Department and run them as certified heritage hotels.
A Punjab BOCW Welfare Board scheme that reimburses enrolled construction workers up to ₹5,000 for tools of their trade, claimable once every three years.
A centrally sponsored PMMSY subsidy for Haryana entrepreneurs building ice plants or cold storage units of at least 20 tons, covering 40% to 60% of an ₹80,00,000 project.
An interest subsidy on term loans for newly set up service-sector MSMEs in Gujarat, offering 6–8% relief with an extra 1% for startups registered under Udyam/MSME.
Gujarat's power tariff subsidy pays ₹1 per unit of electricity, capped at ₹15 crore a year for five years, to labour-intensive textile units in the state.
A Gujarat government payroll subsidy that reimburses part of the monthly wages of workers in labour-intensive garment, apparel and technical textile units for up to 10 years.
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 Puducherry government subsidy that returns 35% to 45% of your investment in land, building, plant and machinery — up to ₹75 lakh for Women, SC and ST entrepreneurs.
A Puducherry government subsidy that pays industrial units 25% of what they spend on specified pollution control equipment, up to ₹5,00,000, with applications open on a rolling basis.
A subsidy from the Puducherry government that covers 25% of the yearly interest an industrial unit pays on fixed-asset and working-capital loans, capped at ₹5 lakh a year and paid for 5 to 7 years, depending on where the unit is located.
A Tamil Nadu Government subsidy that reimburses 25% of the cost of a generator purchased by a manufacturing MSME, capped at ₹5 lakh.
Tamil Nadu's PEACE scheme reimburses 50% of the cost of energy conservation upgrades at manufacturing MSMEs, up to ₹10 lakh, once a verified 10% energy saving is achieved.
Tamil Nadu's PEACE scheme pays 75% of a detailed energy audit cost — up to ₹1 lakh per audit — for existing manufacturing MSMEs in the state.
A subsidy from the Department of Information Technology, Government of Goa that covers the interest paid on working capital loans, worth up to ₹5,00,000 per annum for three years, for IT units operating in the state.
A Government of Goa subsidy that reimburses 25% of an eligible IT Unit's high-speed internet bandwidth cost, capped at ₹5 lakh a year for up to three years.
A RAMP intervention from the Department of Industries, DNH&DD that reimburses SMEs up to ₹15 lakh of the cost of listing on an SME Exchange and raising equity capital.
A sub-scheme of the Investment Promotion Scheme that gives furniture manufacturers and service units in Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu subsidies and reimbursements worth up to ₹2.5 crore.
A subsidy from the Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu administration that covers half the cost of an MSME's Zero Defect Zero Effect certification, up to ₹1 lakh.
Madhya Pradesh offers a 15% capital investment subsidy, capped at ₹10 crore, to promoters building a 500-plus seater convention centre cum hotel under the state's MICE tourism push.