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Central Government Schemes

Access a wide range of central government subsidy schemes designed to fuel business growth, support micro-enterprises, and promote innovation across all sectors.

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AHIDF

Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund — a ₹15,000 crore credit-linked fund offering bank loans up to 90% of project cost with 3% interest subvention for dairy, meat, and animal feed processing infrastructure.

AIF Scheme

Agriculture Infrastructure Fund provides medium-to-long term credit facility with interest subvention of 3% and CGTMSE support for viable agri-infrastructure projects.

APC

Scheme for Creation of Infrastructure for Agro Processing Clusters offers up to ₹10 crore grants-in-aid for Project Implementing Agencies to build common agricultural cluster infrastructure.

CGSS

Credit Guarantee Scheme for Startups offers collateral-free loans up to ₹20 crore with NCGTC guarantee backing for DPIIT-recognised startups.

CGTMSE

Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises enables collateral-free lending of up to ₹5 crore to MSMEs with government-backed credit guarantee coverage.

CLCS-TUS

Credit Linked Capital Subsidy scheme offers a 15% capital subsidy (up to ₹15 lakh) on institutional term loans for technology up-gradation and modern machinery.

ECLGS

Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme provides additional working capital term loans (up to 20% of peak outstanding in Q4 FY 2025-26) with 100% guarantee cover for MSMEs to manage liquidity pressure.

Innovation Scheme

Government-backed innovation scheme providing grants and subsidies to promote research, development, and commercialisation of innovative business ideas.

MIDH

Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture covers the entire horticulture value chain — planting material, protected cultivation, post-harvest & cold chain, and marketing — with credit-linked back-ended subsidies of 35%-50%.

MSE-CDP

Micro & Small Enterprises Cluster Development Programme funds Common Facility Centres and Infrastructure Development for MSE clusters, with GoI grants of up to 80% under the special category.

NPDD

Revised National Programme for Dairy Development channels grant and JICA-backed loan assistance through dairy cooperatives to strengthen milk procurement, chilling, and processing infrastructure.

National Livestock Mission

Supports livestock development through breed improvement, entrepreneurship development, and sustainable farming practices with capital subsidies up to 50%.

PLI Specialty Steel

Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI 1.2) pays 4%-15% on incremental sales-verified production across 22 specialty steel sub-categories, capped at ₹200 crore per company annually.

PMEGP

Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme provides financial support of up to ₹25 lakh for manufacturing and ₹10 lakh for service units to set up new micro-enterprises.

PMFME

Pradhan Mantri Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises supports food processing units with credit-linked subsidies of up to 35% for upgradation and formalization.

PMKSY

Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana is an umbrella irrigation programme linking water sources, distribution network, and efficient farm application (Har Khet Ko Pani / Per Drop More Crop).

RAMP

Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance — a World Bank supported programme funding Centre-State institutions, TReDS receivables financing, CGTMSE greening & gender guarantees, and ODR for delayed payments via State Strategic Investment Plans.

SISFS

Startup India Seed Fund Scheme provides up to ₹20 lakh as a grant for proof of concept and up to ₹50 lakh as convertible debentures for scaling — filling the seed-stage gap before angel investors and banks will fund a DPIIT-recognised startup.