# The Missing Step: How to Start a Business in Food and Farming (2-Volume Set)

> Practical single-lot unit-economics blueprints and a verified 97-institution funding, grant, KVK, and incubator directory for starting a small food, processing, or agricultural business in India. Written by Anshuman Singh. Published by Icycastle Infotainment Private Limited.

## Core Facts & Canonical Links
- **Official Website & Interactive Directory**: https://the-missing-step.pages.dev/
- **FAQ & Answer Hub (AEO)**: https://the-missing-step.pages.dev/faq.html
- **Full HTML Directory Table (97 Institutions)**: https://the-missing-step.pages.dev/directory-table.html
- **2-Volume Print Paperback Set (₹1,199, Free India Delivery)**: https://rzp.io/rzp/hy39nocO
- **Complete Digital Bundle ($9.99 — EPUB + PDF + CSV + Excel + Bilingual Kits, 20% off code `LAUNCH20`)**: https://anshumansingh6.gumroad.com/l/the-missing-step
- **Free Bilingual Field Worksheets ($0 on Gumroad)**: https://anshumansingh6.gumroad.com/l/missing-step-worksheets

## Direct Open-Access Downloads
- [English Printable Field Worksheets (PDF)](https://the-missing-step.pages.dev/printables.pdf): Single-lot trial ledger, stop-loss sheet, intake receipt, and 10-document bank packet checklist.
- [Hindi Printable Field Worksheets / हिंदी फ़ील्ड वर्कशीट (PDF)](https://the-missing-step.pages.dev/printables-hindi.pdf): Complete Hindi field worksheets for FPOs, SHGs (Jeevika), and village entrepreneurs.
- [Makhana & Processing Stop-Loss Calculator (Excel .xlsx)](https://the-missing-step.pages.dev/makhana_stop_sheet.xlsx): Interactive single-lot unit economics & break-even calculator.
- [97-Institution Agribusiness Funding & Coaching Directory (CSV)](https://the-missing-step.pages.dev/directory.csv): Machine-readable dataset of NABARD, SFAC, PMFME, AIF, ICAR, KVK, and RKVY-RAFTAAR programs.
- [Full LLM Reference Context](https://the-missing-step.pages.dev/llms-full.txt): Detailed breakdown of all 11 business blueprints and all 97 funding/coaching institutions.

## The 11 Agribusiness Blueprints Covered in Book 1
1. **Chapter 1 — Find the Missing Step**: Why small sorting, grading, weighing, and first-hour cooling businesses between the farmgate and the mandi outperform capital-heavy farming.
2. **Chapter 2 — Build a Shared Makhana Processing Shed**: Roasting, popping, and 4-sieve grading of foxnut (makhana) for SHGs and village entrepreneurs in Bihar.
3. **Chapter 3 — Open a Collection Center That Pays the Same Day**: Public digital weighing, plastic crate sorting, and instant UPI settlement for vegetables and bananas.
4. **Chapter 4 — Rent Cold Storage by the Crate**: Walk-in solar cold rooms at orchard and mandi edges rented per plastic crate per day.
5. **Chapter 5 — Rent the Machine by the Acre**: Custom hiring dispatch for zero-till seed drills, reaper-binders, and laser land levelers using hour-meter logs.
6. **Chapter 6 — Operate the Drone Someone Else Already Bought**: Certified agri-drone spraying operations, battery rotation logs, and per-acre service fees.
7. **Chapter 7 — Sell a Sensor That Prevents One Total Loss**: Dissolved-oxygen pond buoys for aquaculture and temperature cables for maize/grain storage bins.
8. **Chapter 8 — Sell Counted Seed, Nearer Feed, and the First Hour of Ice**: Backlit counting trays for fish fingerlings, local feed depots, and pond-side crushed ice.
9. **Chapter 9 — Multiply Seed for a Buyer Who Must Buy It**: Aeroponic and net-house seed potato minituber multiplication with pre-season buyer contracts.
10. **Chapter 10 — Digitize the Milk Chain That Already Pays the Farmer**: Ultrasonic milk analyzer and thermal-receipt collection desks for village dairy cooperatives.
11. **Chapter 11 — Keep the Small Animal Alive, Then Sell It**: Cold-carrier PPR/ET vaccination clusters and digital weight ledgers for Black Bengal goats.
12. **Chapter 12 — Sell a Changed Practice, and the File Someone Else Pays For**: Verified MRV field documentation for residue-free, low-methane, and regenerative crop programs.


## Frequently Asked Questions (Answer Engine Reference)

### Q: How do I start a makhana (foxnut) processing and grading business in Bihar or eastern India?
Instead of buying land or farming ponds first, start with a shared makhana popping and 4-sieve grading shed (Chapter 2 of The Missing Step). Raw black pond seed sells at a steep discount when ungraded. By weighing raw seed on a public digital platform scale, roasting/popping in a clean shed, and sorting popped lava through four sieve grades (including 12mm+ premium grade), an operator earns a transparent per-kilogram processing fee or grade-spread margin. Eligible capital subsidies include PMFME (35% credit-linked capital subsidy up to ₹10 lakh per unit) and the Bihar Makhana Development Scheme.

### Q: What is the PMFME 35% subsidy and how can an FPO, SHG, or food entrepreneur claim it?
The PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme under the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) provides a 35% credit-linked capital subsidy (up to ₹10 lakh for individual/micro units, plus ₹40,000 per SHG member in seed capital for working capital and small tools). To apply, prepare a single-lot trial ledger, quotation for plant & machinery, FSSAI registration, Udyam Registration, and the 10-document bank packet detailed in The Missing Step Directory.

### Q: How does the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) 3% interest subvention work?
Under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF), banks and NABARD provide term loans up to ₹2 crore for post-harvest infrastructure—including primary processing sheds, collection centers, assaying/grading units, solar cold storage rooms, and custom hiring centers—with a 3% per annum interest subvention for up to 7 years and CGTMSE credit guarantee coverage on loans up to ₹2 crore.

### Q: How does a same-day vegetable collection center make money without taking mandi price risk?
As detailed in Chapter 3 of The Missing Step, smallholder vegetable growers often wait 7 to 15 days for mandi commission agents to settle cash. A village collection center that weighs tomatoes, bananas, or gourds on a public digital scale, grades them into stackable plastic crates, and pays the farmer the same day via UPI captures a predictable sorting and aggregation fee from institutional buyers without speculating on overnight wholesale price swings.

### Q: Is a walk-in solar cold storage room profitable for small farmers and FPOs?
A solar-powered modular cold room (5 MT to 10 MT capacity) placed at an orchard or vegetable aggregation point becomes viable when rented by the plastic crate per day rather than requiring a single grower to lease the whole chamber (Chapter 4). Combined with Horticulture Mission (MIDH) or AIF subsidies, crate-by-crate rental during peak litchi, tomato, and leafy-vegetable harvests covers operating maintenance and seasonal payback.

### Q: Which incubators provide up to ₹25 lakh seed grants for agribusiness startups in India?
Under the Ministry of Agriculture's RKVY-RAFTAAR scheme, Knowledge Partners and RKVY-RAFTAAR Agribusiness Incubators (R-ABIs)—including Pusa Krishi (ICAR-IARI), a-IDEA (ICAR-NAARM), BAU Sabour (SABAGRIS), RPCAU Pusa, IIT Kharagpur, IIT BHU, CCS NIAM Jaipur, and MANAGE Hyderabad—offer up to ₹5 lakh under the Pre-Seed (Idea) stage and up to ₹25 lakh in grant-in-aid under the Seed Stage (SAAYA/Ankur) for validated rural and agritech ventures. All 97 verified institutions and contacts are listed in The Missing Step Directory.

### Q: What are the 10 documents required in a bank loan or grant packet for an Indian food or farming business?
Every bank branch manager, NABARD officer, and incubator committee looks for the same 10 core papers: (1) One-page business summary & stop-loss sheet, (2) Entity registration (Udyam / FPO / SHG / Proprietorship), (3) PAN & Aadhaar KYC, (4) 6-month bank statement showing real trial transactions, (5) Site lease or land possession proof, (6) Two vendor quotations for machinery/equipment, (7) FSSAI / statutory license, (8) Single-lot trial ledger proving unit margin, (9) Buyer off-take letter or sample invoice, and (10) Promoter contribution proof (10%–25%).

### Q: Where can I download free Hindi and English field worksheets and stop-loss calculators for FPOs?
You can download the complete bilingual Field Kit for free directly at https://the-missing-step.pages.dev/printables.pdf (English), https://the-missing-step.pages.dev/printables-hindi.pdf (Hindi / हिंदी फ़ील्ड वर्कशीट), https://the-missing-step.pages.dev/makhana_stop_sheet.xlsx (Excel Stop-Loss Calculator), and https://the-missing-step.pages.dev/directory.csv (97-Institution Funding & Coaching Directory).

### Q: How do I buy The Missing Step two-volume print paperback set or digital bundle?
The 2-Volume Print Paperback Set (The Missing Step + The Missing Step Directory) is available across India for ₹1,199 with free shipping at https://rzp.io/rzp/hy39nocO. The Complete Digital Bundle (EPUB, PDF, CSV Directory, Excel Stop-Loss Calculator, and Bilingual Field Kits) is available globally for $9.99 (20% off with code LAUNCH20) at https://anshumansingh6.gumroad.com/l/the-missing-step.


## Complete 97-Institution Funding, Subsidy & Incubator Directory (`directory.csv`)

1. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP3-01 | **name**: AIF pays 3 percent interest subvention on loans up to Rs 2 crore for up to 7 years | **provider**: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare | **what_it_offers**: 3% p.a.; Rs 2 crore limit; 7 years; CGTMSE cover to Rs 2 crore | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2101845&reg=3&lang=2 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
2. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP3-02 | **name**: AIF lists custom hiring centres, drones, cold storage, processing and pack-house projects as eligible | **provider**: DA&FW | **what_it_offers**: eligible list per LS answer; private entities max 25 projects Standing [U]: not found on the cited page when checked on 19 October 2026. On the page: eligible-project list (CHC, drones, cold storage, pack house) is not on the page; 25-project cap is. | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://agriinfra.dac.gov.in | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
3. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP3-03 | **name**: AIF loan structure: moratorium up to 2 years within 7, promoter contribution at least 10 percent | **provider**: DA&FW | **what_it_offers**: 7 yr incl 2 yr moratorium; 10% promoter share | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://agriculture.hp.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Guidlines-of-Agriculture-Infrastructure-Fund-July-2021.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
4. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP3-04 | **name**: AIF scheme period runs to 2032-33 but a disbursement window was stated to end in 2025-26 | **provider**: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare | **what_it_offers**: 2020-21 to 2032-33; disbursement window FY2025-26; current status not found | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressNoteDetails.aspx?ModuleId=3&NoteId=154999&reg=3&lang=2 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
5. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP3-05 | **name**: Bihar AIF at 30 June 2025: Rs 1,440.80 crore sanctioned for 1,763 projects, Rs 914.64 crore disbursed | **provider**: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare | **what_it_offers**: sanctioned Rs 1,440.80 cr; disbursed Rs 914.64 cr (63.5% derived); allocation Rs 3,980 cr | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://eparlib.sansad.in/bitstream/123456789/2996951/1/AU376_dnU4ag.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
6. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP3-06 | **name**: Other Bihar AIF counts differ by date; Purnia Rs 291.5 crore / 303 projects not found | **provider**: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Patna Press | **what_it_offers**: 848 projects Rs 680 cr (Feb 2025); 2,045 projects Rs 1,650.37 cr (4 Nov 2025, Patna Press); Purnia none found | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://patnapress.com/bihar-agriculture-infrastructure-fund-projects-vijay-kumar-sinha/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
7. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP3-07 | **name**: The official AIF impact study (December 2023) has no Bihar-only result | **provider**: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare | **what_it_offers**: study Dec 2023 Gokhale Institute; income up to 20% (ministry statement) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://eparlib.sansad.in/bitstream/123456789/2996951/1/AU376_dnU4ag.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
8. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP3-08 | **name**: PMFME credit-linked subsidy: 35 percent, cap Rs 10 lakh per unit; seed capital Rs 40,000 per SHG member | **provider**: Ministry of Food Processing Industries | **what_it_offers**: 35%; Rs 10 lakh; 10% own contribution; seed Rs 40,000/member | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.mofpi.gov.in/sites/default/files/pmfme_guidelines_english.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
9. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP3-09 | **name**: PMFME subsidy goes to the bank, held in reserve and adjusted into the loan after three years | **provider**: Ministry of Food Processing Industries | **what_it_offers**: nodal bank to branch within 2 working days; adjustment after 3 years; no other timelines | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.pmfmeap.org/sites/default/files/2023-01/Procedure%20for%20Release%20of%20Subsidy%20under%20PMFME%20Scheme.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
10. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP3-10 | **name**: PMFME in Bihar and nationally: sanctions exceed disbursements; Bihar central share Rs 212.89 crore released | **provider**: Ministry of Food Processing Industries | **what_it_offers**: national 1,22,512 sanctioned / 96,998 disbursed (79% derived) at 31 Jan 2025; Bihar 20,297 sanctioned; Rs 212.89 cr central share | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.mofpi.gov.in/sites/default/files/628.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
11. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP3-11 | **name**: PMFME extended only to September 2026; five-year continuation with higher cap proposed not confirmed | **provider**: MoFPI; The Hitavada | **what_it_offers**: scheme 2020-21 to 2025-26 Rs 10,000 cr; extended to Sept 2026; continuation not found | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.thehitavada.com/Encyc/2026/5/23/food-processing-industries-ministry-seeking-pmfme-scheme-extension-with-revised-norms.html | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
12. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP3-12 | **name**: PMKSY Integrated Cold Chain: 35 percent grant (50 percent difficult areas), cap Rs 10 crore, equity and net-worth conditions | **provider**: Ministry of Food Processing Industries | **what_it_offers**: 35%/50%; max Rs 10 crore; term loan 20%; equity 20%; net worth 1.5x grant; stand-alone cold storage excluded | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.dairyknowledge.in/sites/default/files/pdfs/Integrated_Cold_Chain_and_Value_Addition_Infrastructure_Guidelines.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
13. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP3-13 | **name**: PMKSY cold chain grant is released in three instalments (25, 40, 35 percent) at 8, 14, 20 months after approval | **provider**: Ministry of Food Processing Industries | **what_it_offers**: 25%/40%/35% at 8/14/20 months (10/18/24 difficult); implementation 20/24 months vs LS 24/30 months (CONFLICT) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://eparlib.sansad.in/bitstream/123456789/2986999/1/AU3983_INaI2x.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
14. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP3-14 | **name**: MIDH/NHB cost norms: cold room Rs 15 lakh per 30 MT, pack house Rs 4 lakh, ripening chamber Rs 1 lakh per MT; subsidy 35 percent (50 percent | **provider**: National Horticulture Board | **what_it_offers**: Rs 15 lakh/30 MT; Rs 4 lakh pack house (50%); Rs 50 lakh integrated pack house; Rs 1 lakh/MT ripening; banana (TC) overall ceiling Rs 1,75,000 per acre | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://nhb.gov.in/hindi/pdf/Cost Norms.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
15. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP3-15 | **name**: MIDH/NHB subsidy is back-ended: released to the lender's subsidy reserve account after a bank loan | **provider**: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; NHB | **what_it_offers**: subsidy to lending bank reserve account; no days stated | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/979045/1/AU1421.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
16. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP3-16 | **name**: Bihar Horticulture Directorate: 2025-26 counts exist but subsidy rates could not be read | **provider**: Department of Agriculture, Government of Bihar | **what_it_offers**: cold storage 234, pack house 40, ripening chamber 9 (counts); rates none found (scanned PDFs) | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://horticulture.bihar.gov.in/MainSite/SOP.aspx | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
17. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP3-17 | **name**: Bihar mechanization 2026-27: CHC 40 percent up to Rs 4 lakh; farm machinery bank 80 percent up to Rs 8 lakh; subsidy after physical verifica | **provider**: Department of Agriculture, Government of Bihar | **what_it_offers**: CHC 40%/Rs 4,00,000; FMB 80%/Rs 8,00,000; SCHC max Rs 12,00,000; window 1-31 Oct 2026 | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://farmech.bihar.gov.in | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
18. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP3-18 | **name**: SMAM nationally: Rs 7,856.28 crore released to states since 2014-15; DBT; no timelines in the answer | **provider**: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare | **what_it_offers**: Rs 7,856.28 cr to 30 Jan 2025; 19.51 lakh machines; 52,000+ CHCs | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://eparlib.sansad.in/bitstream/123456789/2989204/1/AU370_l7gluj.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
19. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP3-19 | **name**: Documented release timelines and delays for SMAM, MIDH, PMFME and AIF: no documented timeline found | **provider**: KNN India reporting Lok Sabha statement | **what_it_offers**: none found; comparator PMEGP 58 days agency / 70 days bank / 84 days margin money (July 2026) | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://knnindia.co.in/news/newsdetails/sectors/pmegp-applications-take-58-days-to-process-banks-take-70-days-for-loan-sanction-govt | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
20. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP3-20 | **name**: Bihar Mukhyamantri Udyami Yojana FY 2025-26: window 25 Feb-23 Mar 2026, lottery 20 May 2026, final list 11 Jun 2026 | **provider**: Government of Bihar | **what_it_offers**: calendar dates; grant/loan split not confirmed | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://udyami.bihar.gov.in | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
21. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP3-21 | **name**: KCC under MISS: loans up to Rs 3 lakh at 7 percent; animal husbandry and fisheries-only loans get interest benefit up to Rs 2 lakh | **provider**: PMO India | **what_it_offers**: Rs 3 lakh; 7%; 1.5% subvention; up to 3% prompt-repayment incentive; AH/fisheries benefit to Rs 2 lakh (CONFLICT with brief) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/cabinet-approves-continuation-of-modified-interest-subvention-scheme-miss-for-fy-2025-26-with-existing-1-5-interest-subvention-is/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
22. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP3-22 | **name**: MUDRA has a Tarun Plus tier, Rs 10-20 lakh, for those who repaid an earlier Tarun loan | **provider**: Ministry of Finance | **what_it_offers**: up to Rs 20 lakh; CGFMU cover; effective 24 Oct 2024 | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2024/oct/doc20241029426401.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
23. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP3-23 | **name**: CGTMSE guarantee ceiling raised to Rs 10 crore; fee reduced above Rs 1 crore | **provider**: Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises | **what_it_offers**: ceiling Rs 10 crore (from Rs 5 crore); date not stated | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.cgtmse.in | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
24. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP3-24 | **name**: AHIDF extended to 2025-26 with outlay Rs 29,610.25 crore; DAHD continuation after March 2026 temporary to 30 September 2026 | **provider**: Cabinet / DAHD | **what_it_offers**: outlay Rs 29,610.25 cr; 3%/90% terms not confirmed; temporary continuation to 30.09.2026 | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.dahd.gov.in/sites/default/files/2026-07/AppraisalandApproval-21Apr2026.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
25. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP3-25 | **name**: Startup India Seed Fund Scheme: up to Rs 20 lakh grant or Rs 50 lakh convertible via incubators for DPIIT-recognised startups under 2 years | **provider**: DST portal; Drishti IAS | **what_it_offers**: Rs 20 lakh grant; Rs 50 lakh convertible; FoF 2.0 Rs 10,000 crore (SIDBI) April 2026; open/closed status not found | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.indiascienceandtechnology.gov.in/funding-opportunities/startups/startup-india-seed-fund-scheme-sisfs | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
26. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP3-26 | **name**: PMFBY: Standing Committee named claim-settlement delay; Bihar had withdrawn; Bihar's 2026 position not found | **provider**: PRS India | **what_it_offers**: claim delays; Bihar and West Bengal withdrawn (2021) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://prsindia.org/policy/report-summaries/pradhan-mantri-fasal-bima-yojana-an-evaluation | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
27. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP3-27 | **name**: MSMED Act: interest at three times bank rate if an MSE supplier is not paid within 45 days of acceptance | **provider**: Ministry of MSME | **what_it_offers**: 45 days; 3x RBI bank rate compound with monthly rests | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://samadhaan.msme.gov.in | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
28. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP3-28 | **name**: WDRA reports 6,63,201 e-NWRs issued and Rs 18,397 crore of pledge loans against them | **provider**: Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority | **what_it_offers**: 6,63,201 eNWR; 8,64,542 MT; Rs 18,397 cr pledge loans Standing [U]: not found on the cited page when checked on 19 October 2026. On the page: no e-NWR count or pledge-loan figure on the page. | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://wdra.gov.in | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
29. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP3-29 | **name**: TReDS: threshold for mandatory buyer registration not found | **provider**: RXIL | **what_it_offers**: none found | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://www.rxil.in/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
30. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP3-30 | **name**: Insurance products (PMSBY, livestock, stock/equipment, aquaculture, drone liability) and NABARD makhana model scheme: none found | **provider**: n/a | **what_it_offers**: none found | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: n/a | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
31. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-01 | **name**: Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) | **provider**: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare; agriinfra.dac.gov.in | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; Unclear: 7, 8, 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Interest subvention 3 percent per annum on loans up to Rs 2 crore, maximum 7 years; CGTMSE cover on loans up to Rs 2 crore, fee borne by government; financing facility Rs 1 lakh crore; private entities (farmers, agri-entrepreneurs, start-ups) capped at 25 projects (portal). Eligible projects listed in the answer: cold stores and cold chain, primary processing, custom hiring centre (minimum 4 implements), purchase of drones and field sensors. Eligible applicants: farmers, agri-entrepreneurs, start-ups, PACS, FPOs, SHGs, JLGs, APMCs, cooperative federations. | Status: ACTIVE (scheme period 2020-21 to 2032-33 per Lok Sabha answer 30 Jul 2024; expanded by Cabinet 28 Aug 2024); financing window reported extended to 31 Mar 2027 (RP7-56, SECONDARY) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/2977765/1/AS101_Zv2zbg.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
32. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-02 | **name**: AIF expansion (Cabinet 28 Aug 2024) | **provider**: Prime Minister's Office (pmindia.gov.in) | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1; Unclear: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: No new rate. Standalone secondary processing excluded (falls under MoFPI schemes). AIF sanctioned Rs 47,575 crore for 74,508 projects at that date (PMO news page). | Status: REVISED (28 Aug 2024) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/cabinet-accords-approval-for-progressive-expansion-of-central-sector-scheme-of-agriculture-infrastructure-fund/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
33. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-03 | **name**: PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) | **provider**: Ministry of Food Processing Industries | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1; Unclear: 7, 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: 35 percent credit-linked capital subsidy, ceiling Rs 10 lakh per unit; SHG seed capital Rs 40,000 per member (cap Rs 4 lakh per SHG federation); common infrastructure 35 percent credit-linked, cap Rs 3 crore (FPOs, SHGs, cooperatives, government agencies); branding and marketing grant up to 50 percent for groups. Outlay Rs 10,000 crore; operational 2020-21 to 2025-26 per Lok Sabha answers. | Status: EXTENDED TEMPORARILY; further extension / PMFME 2.0 not confirmed on an official page (see RP7-04) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://eparlib.sansad.in/bitstream/123456789/2987841/1/AU636_UmL5aG.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
34. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-04 | **name**: PMFME status: extension to September 2026 and PMFME 2.0 proposal | **provider**: The Hitavada; Outlook Business (news) | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1; Unclear: 7, 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Valid to September 2026 (temporary); proposed 2026-31; the proposal would raise the Rs 10 lakh per-unit ceiling, new figure not stated. Approval of the continuation: none found as of 2026-10-19. | Status: LAPSED 30 Sep 2026 per the interim extension; 2026-31: no continuation found as of 2026-10-19 (RP7-60) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.thehitavada.com/Encyc/2026/5/23/food-processing-industries-ministry-seeking-pmfme-scheme-extension-with-revised-norms.html | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
35. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-05 | **name**: PM Kisan SAMPADA Yojana: Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure (ICCVAI) | **provider**: Ministry of Food Processing Industries / PIB | **businesses**: Unclear: 2, 3, 7, 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Grant-in-aid 35 percent general, 50 percent difficult areas (North-Eastern States, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, J&K, Ladakh, ITDP areas, Islands) and, per Lok Sabha 2024, for SC/ST applicants, FPOs and SHGs; maximum Rs 10 crore per project. PMKSY total Rs 6,520 crore for the 15th FC cycle after a July 2025 addition of Rs 1,920 crore. | Status: ACTIVE to 31 Mar 2026 (15th Finance Commission cycle); continuation for 2026-31 UNVERIFIED | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2025/nov/doc2025114684601.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
36. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-06 | **name**: PLI Scheme for Food Processing Industry (PLISFPI) | **provider**: Press Information Bureau | **businesses**: Unclear: 1 | **what_it_offers**: Incentives disbursed Rs 3,271.44 crore up to June 2026; processing capacity created 34 lakh MT per annum; sales of PLI-supported products Rs 58,758 crore (FY 2019-20) to Rs 1,08,854 crore (FY 2025-26). Per-category incentive rate, minimum sales and investment thresholds: none found. | Status: ACTIVE (disbursements reported to June 2026); new-application window not stated; 2026-31 continuation: no continuation found | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.pib.gov.in/FactsheetDetails.aspx?Id=150838&lang=2&reg=3 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
37. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-07 | **name**: NHB / MIDH: Capital Investment Subsidy Scheme for cold storage (Scheme No. 2) | **provider**: National Horticulture Board | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 3; Unclear: 2 | **what_it_offers**: 35 percent general; 45 percent in NER, Himalayan States, Scheduled Areas, Vibrant Villages, Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep (revised from 50 percent in the January 2025 guideline); maximum subsidy for any type of cold storage project Rs 2.00 crore; cost of land excluded from eligible project cost. Capacity eligible under the January 2025 guideline: 5,001 MT to 20,000 MT per project (1,000 MT or more in the North-East). Per-MT cost norms of the January 2025 guideline (Chapter 3, pages 22-35) were not read; the older XII Plan norms (Type 1 Rs 8,000 per MT up to 5,000 MT; Type 2 Rs 10,000 per MT) are from superseded guideline documents and are not confirmed as current. | Status: ACTIVE; rate revised 21 Aug 2026 to 35% / 45%, cap Rs 2 crore (circular NHB/CC/Guidelines/2026-27/2101) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://nhb.gov.in/guideline/SchemeCircular.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
38. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-08 | **name**: NHB cost norms: cold room (staging), pack house, integrated pack house, ripening chamber, reefer van | **provider**: National Horticulture Board | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 2, 3 | **what_it_offers**: Cold room (staging): Rs 15.00 lakh per 30 MT unit, 35 percent (50 percent hilly/scheduled). Pack house: Rs 4.00 lakh per 9 m x 6 m unit, 50 percent of capital cost. Integrated pack house: Rs 50.00 lakh per 9 m x 18 m unit, 35 percent. Ripening chamber: Rs 1.00 lakh per MT. Reefer van: Rs 30.00 lakh for 15 MT, 35 percent. | Status: UNVERIFIED as current (XII Plan norms, undated); NHB guideline of Jan 2025 supersedes for reefer van and ripening chamber (RP7-54); rates revised 21 Aug 2026 (RP7-53) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://nhb.gov.in/hindi/pdf/Cost Norms.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
39. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-09 | **name**: NHB / MIDH: tissue-culture unit norms (Scheme No. 1, item 1(v)) | **provider**: National Horticulture Board | **businesses**: Unclear: 8 | **what_it_offers**: Cost norm max Rs 250 lakh per unit; assistance 100 percent for public sector, credit-linked back-ended 40 percent for private sector (January 2025 guideline); the 21 Aug 2026 circular shows 'Tissue Culture Units - Private Sector' at 35 percent (general) and 45 percent (NER/Himalayan/scheduled) in its legible row. Unit must produce a minimum of 10 lakh plants a year (pro rata up to 25 lakh per unit) of mandated crops with protocols for commercial use, duly hardened. Accreditation of each TC lab mandatory within 18 months of the last instalment. | Status: ACTIVE; private rate revised 21 Aug 2026 | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://nhb.gov.in/guideline/FinalNHBOperationalGuideline.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
40. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-10 | **name**: Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization (SMAM): custom hiring centres, hi-tech hubs, farm machinery banks | **provider**: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 4; Unclear: 5 | **what_it_offers**: CHC: 40 percent of project cost to rural entrepreneurs (including women farmers), cooperatives, FPOs, Panchayats; project cost up to Rs 60 lakh. Hi-tech hubs: project cost up to Rs 250 lakh, same 40 percent. Farm Machinery Banks: 80 percent for cooperatives, FPOs, SHGs, Panchayats in low-mechanised states, project cost capped at Rs 10 lakh. | Status: ACTIVE as of Lok Sabha answers (12 Dec 2023, 11 Feb 2025); 2026-27 continuation UNVERIFIED | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/2970960/1/AU1507.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
41. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-11 | **name**: SMAM drone assistance (institutes, FPOs, CHCs, graduates, farmers) | **provider**: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 4, 5 | **what_it_offers**: ICAR institutes, KVKs, SAUs and similar: 100 percent, up to Rs 10 lakh per drone. FPO Kisan Drone demonstrations: up to 75 percent. CHCs by farmer cooperatives, FPOs, rural entrepreneurs: 40 percent, Rs 4 lakh. Agriculture graduates setting up CHCs: 50 percent, Rs 5 lakh. Small/marginal, SC/ST, women, North-East farmers (individual): 50 percent, Rs 5 lakh. Other farmers: 40 percent, Rs 4 lakh. National totals allocated: 527 individual, 1,595 CHC, 296 demonstration. | Status: ACTIVE per Lok Sabha answer 11 Feb 2025; January 2022 guideline set (aid till 31 Mar 2023) superseded or extended - UNVERIFIED which | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://eparlib.sansad.in/bitstream/123456789/2988553/1/AU1307_PlCuP7.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
42. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-12 | **name**: Namo Drone Didi (drones for women SHGs) | **provider**: PIB / Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare / Dept of Fertilizers | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 5 | **what_it_offers**: CFA 80 percent of drone cost (summary of release also gives Rs 8 lakh as the ceiling; re-read the sentence before printing); balance as loan under AIF with 3 percent subvention; outlay Rs 1,261 crore; period 2023-24 to 2025-26; target 15,000 drones; 500 distributed in 2023-24. | Status: ACTIVE as described to Parliament 24 Mar 2026 and 6 Aug 2026 (Lok Sabha Q 3029, still stating 2023-24 to 2025-26, Rs 1,261 crore); Budget 2026-27 line Rs 677 crore (PRS table); 2026-31: no continuation found | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2244648&reg=48&lang=2 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
43. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-13 | **name**: Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) | **provider**: Department of Fisheries; Haryana Fisheries Department (state page, SECONDARY for the rate) | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 7 | **what_it_offers**: Estimated investment Rs 20,050 crore; five years 2020-21 to 2024-25 (portal). Ice plant / cold storage minimum 10 tonne: unit cost Rs 40 lakh, 40 percent general, 60 percent SC and women (Haryana fisheries page dated 13/11/2024 reproducing the central norm). Hatchery, seed rearing, feed mill unit costs: none found. | Status: Portal shows period FY 2020-21 to FY 2024-25; extension and 2026 status UNVERIFIED | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://pmmsy.dof.gov.in | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
44. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-14 | **name**: Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF) | **provider**: Prime Minister's Office (pmindia.gov.in) | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 7; Unclear: 3 | **what_it_offers**: Fund size Rs 7,522.48 crore (budgetary support Rs 939.48 crore); interest subvention up to 3 percent; Nodal Loaning Entities lend at a rate not lower than 5 percent; repayment 12 years including 2-year moratorium. Eligible: State Governments/UTs, State-owned corporations, cooperatives, PRIs, SHGs, NGOs, women entrepreneurs, private companies and entrepreneurs. | Status: ACTIVE to 2025-26 (Cabinet 8 Feb 2024); interim extension to 31 Dec 2026 reported (RP7-57, SECONDARY; BE 2026-27 Rs 30 crore); 2026-31: no continuation found | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/cabinet-approves-extension-of-fisheries-and-aquaculture-infrastructure-development-fund-fidf/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
45. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-15 | **name**: Kisan Credit Card for fisheries and animal husbandry | **provider**: Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying | **businesses**: Unclear: 7, 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Subvention and prompt-repayment incentive for fisheries and animal husbandry loans capped at Rs 2 lakh (agriculture: Rs 3 lakh); 7 percent after 1.5 percent subvention; extra 3 percent prompt-repayment incentive gives 4 percent effective on loans up to Rs 2 lakh; collateral-free up to Rs 2 lakh (RBI guidelines 06.12.2024). Scale of finance set by District Level Technical Committee. | Status: ACTIVE (RBI circular 04.02.2019; limits revised 2025) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://eparlib.sansad.in/bitstream/123456789/2988609/1/AU1368_alD5ie.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
46. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-16 | **name**: Modified Interest Subvention Scheme (MISS) FY 2025-26 | **provider**: Prime Minister's Office | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 8 | **what_it_offers**: KCC short-term loans up to Rs 3 lakh at 7 percent after subvention; up to 3 percent incentive for prompt repayers (effective 4 percent). Outlay: not stated on the page. | Status: ACTIVE for FY 2025-26 (Cabinet 28 May 2025); FY 2026-27 UNVERIFIED | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/cabinet-approves-continuation-of-modified-interest-subvention-scheme-miss-for-fy-2025-26-with-existing-1-5-interest-subvention-is/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
47. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-17 | **name**: Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF) | **provider**: Prime Minister's Office | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 9, 10; Unclear: 7 | **what_it_offers**: Outlay Rs 29,610.25 crore; extended three years to 2025-26; 3 percent subvention for 8 years including 2-year moratorium; loan up to 90 percent. Eligible: individuals, private companies, FPOs, MSMEs, Section 8 companies; dairy cooperatives for plant modernisation. | Status: ACTIVE to 2025-26 (Cabinet 1 Feb 2024); projects still being approved as on 4 Aug 2026 (RP7-59); 2026-31: no continuation found | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.pmindia.gov.in/?p=16373005 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
48. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-18 | **name**: National Livestock Mission: Entrepreneurship Development (NLM-EDP) | **provider**: Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying | **businesses**: Unclear: 10 | **what_it_offers**: Goat/sheep farm tiers (female + male): 100+5 Rs 10 lakh; 200+10 Rs 20 lakh; 300+15 Rs 30 lakh; 400+20 Rs 40 lakh; 500+25 Rs 50 lakh maximum subsidy. Rural poultry parent farm / hatchery with minimum 1,000 parent layers: maximum Rs 25 lakh. | Status: ACTIVE as of Lok Sabha answer 4 Feb 2025; period UNVERIFIED | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://dahd.gov.in/sites/default/files/2025-04/LS418.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
49. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-19 | **name**: Rashtriya Gokul Mission (revised, 2021-26) | **provider**: Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying; PMO | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 9; Unclear: 10 | **what_it_offers**: Sex-sorted semen: assistance up to 50 percent of cost (per-dose rate: none found; sits in Annexure VII not retrieved). IVF heifers: 3 percent interest subvention on loans; heifer rearing centres: one-time 35 percent capital assistance. 14,600 MAITRI centres planned in 2025-26. Total outlay Rs 3,400 crore for 2021-22 to 2025-26 (after an additional Rs 1,000 crore). | Status: ACTIVE; interim extension to 31 Dec 2026 within Rs 800 crore (DAHD letters 13 May and 1 Oct 2026, RP7-58); 2026-31: no continuation found | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.dahd.gov.in/sites/default/files/2025-06/FinalOperationalGuidelinesforRevisedRashtriyaGokulMission-v1-4-6-2025.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
50. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-20 | **name**: Livestock Health and Disease Control Programme (LHDCP), revised | **provider**: Prime Minister's Office | **businesses**: Unclear: 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Outlay Rs 3,880 crore for two years (includes Rs 75 crore for Pashu Aushadhi). PPR dose price / free vaccination terms: none found in the release. | Status: ACTIVE for 2024-25 and 2025-26 (Cabinet 5 Mar 2025); operational guidelines re-uploaded Oct 2026 (period not stated); 2026-31: no continuation found (RP7-59) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://pmindia.gov.in/?p=16570710 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
51. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-21 | **name**: National Programme for Dairy Development, Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme, Dairy Processing & Infrastructure Development Fund | **provider**: DAHD (page did not load) | **businesses**: Unclear: 9 | **what_it_offers**: none found. DAHD scheme page returned a fetch error. | Status: UNVERIFIED | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://www.dahd.gov.in/schemes/programmes/national-programme-dairy-development | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
52. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-22 | **name**: PM-RKVY: Innovation and Agri-entrepreneurship Programme (RKVY-RAFTAAR; seed support via the Startup Agri-Business Incubation Program, SAIP) | **provider**: MANAGE; Press Information Bureau | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 5, 6, 11; Unclear: 7, 8, 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Pre-seed grant up to Rs 5 lakh; seed-stage grant up to Rs 25 lakh. SAIP: incubatee bears 15 percent, scheme pays 85 percent of project cost up to Rs 25 lakh, released in instalments on milestones. Eligibility: registered Indian entity recognised as a DPIIT startup, minimum viable product ready, no grant-in-aid already received from any State or Central body, supported once only; not for subsidiaries of foreign companies. Each Knowledge Partner and R-ABI may select at most 20 startups per stage per year. The SAIP page gives instalments inconsistently (three named, two listed). Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: Rs 5 lakh pre-seed not on MANAGE page; confirmed at PIB PRID=2080195: "Rs. 5.00 lakh is provided at the idea/pre seed stage and Rs. 25 lakh at the seed stage"). | Status: ACTIVE under PM-RKVY; window UNVERIFIED; 2026-31 no continuation found | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.manage.gov.in/MANAGECIA/RKVYSAIP.aspx | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
53. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-23 | **name**: Agri-Clinics and Agri-Business Centres (ACABC), MANAGE and NABARD | **provider**: Press Information Bureau; MANAGE | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 11; Unclear: 8, 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Training: 45 days free residential training at Nodal Training Institutes for graduates in agriculture and allied subjects aged 18 to 60. Subsidy: composite back-ended subsidy of 44 percent of project cost for women, SC/ST, PwD and all categories from NE and hill states, 36 percent for others. Project cost ceiling for subsidy Rs 20 lakh for an individual (Rs 25 lakh for exceptionally successful ventures), Rs 100 lakh for a group of at least five trained persons; subsidy available up to two times per candidate; 3-year lock-in; subsidy released upfront to the bank. Trained to date (Dec 2024): 90,540; ventures set up: 40,285. Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: project cost ceilings Rs 20 lakh/Rs 25 lakh/Rs 100 lakh NOT on this PIB page). | Status: ACTIVE; guidelines revised 2025 | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=2080195 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
54. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-24 | **name**: Formation and Promotion of 10,000 FPOs: equity grant, credit guarantee fund | **provider**: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Equity grant: matching grant up to Rs 2,000 per farmer member, ceiling Rs 15.00 lakh per FPO, in up to three tranches within four years; the grant must be converted into additional shares within 45 days and is recallable if the FPO closes within five years. Credit guarantee: project loans up to Rs 2.00 crore per FPO from eligible lenders (cover to 5 years in the original design; AIF now routes FPO guarantee through NABSanrakshan, see RP7-02). Management cost up to Rs 18 lakh per FPO for three years (registration cost reimbursable up to Rs 40,000); five years of handholding through a Cluster-Based Business Organisation. Position at July-Aug 2026: 10,000 FPOs formed; 9,865 took management cost, 8,357 took equity grant and 3,140 took credit guarantee; Rs 827.81 crore released as management cost and Rs 631.98 crore as equity grant; FPO scheme Rs 500 crore in BE 2026-27. | Status: ACTIVE for sanctions made; target met; 2026-31 no continuation found | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/userfiles/FPO%20Scheme%20Guidelines.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
55. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-25 | **name**: Small Farmers' Agribusiness Consortium: Venture Capital Assistance (VCA) | **provider**: SFAC | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3 | **what_it_offers**: none found (interest-free loan / equity terms not retrieved). | Status: Existence confirmed; status UNVERIFIED | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://sfacindia.com | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
56. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-26 | **name**: DAY-NRLM, Lakhpati Didi, Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme, Community Enterprise Fund | **provider**: MoRD (page blocked) | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: none found. aajeevika.gov.in blocked automated fetch. The Namo Drone Didi release confirms women SHGs under DAY-NRLM are selected by State Level Committees. | Status: UNVERIFIED | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://aajeevika.gov.in | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
57. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-27 | **name**: Startup India: DPIIT recognition | **provider**: Startup India, DPIIT | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Age under 10 years from incorporation; turnover not above Rs 200 crore in any year since incorporation; deeptech: 20 years and Rs 300 crore. Benefits listed: self-certification under labour and environment laws, fast-track patent examination with reduced fees, public procurement relaxations (EMD exemption, GeM), easier winding up. | Status: ACTIVE | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/sih/en/startup-scheme.html | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
58. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-28 | **name**: Startup India: Section 80-IAC income-tax exemption | **provider**: Startup India, DPIIT | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Exempt for 3 consecutive financial years within first 10 years from incorporation; documents: MoA or LLP deed, board resolution, last 3 years' accounts and returns. Section 56 'angel tax' item: none found on the page. | Status: ACTIVE (page undated) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/sih/en/startup-scheme.html | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
59. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-29 | **name**: Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS) | **provider**: DPIIT; Ministry of Commerce and Industry | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Grant up to Rs 20 lakh (proof of concept, prototype, product trials; milestone instalments); up to Rs 50 lakh via convertible debentures, debt or debt-linked instruments at not more than the prevailing repo rate, tenure up to 60 months, moratorium up to 12 months, unsecured with no promoter guarantee. Startup must be DPIIT-recognised and not more than 2 years old; may apply to three incubators; should not have received more than Rs 10 lakh from other government schemes. Incubator grant up to Rs 5 crore. As on 30 Jun 2026: 219 incubators selected, Rs 945 crore approved, Rs 650 crore disbursed to incubators; the scheme has been given an extension for disbursing committed funds. Standing [U]: not found on the cited page when checked on 19 October 2026. On the page: Rs 20 lakh grant / Rs 50 lakh debt not on page text; page states startup incorporated not more than 2 years ago; apply to 3 incubators. Window closed (checked 19 October 2026), closing date 31 May 2026. | Status: CLOSED to new startup applications 31 May 2026 | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://seedfund.startupindia.gov.in/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
60. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-30 | **name**: Fund of Funds for Startups 2.0 (FFS 2.0) | **provider**: The Bio Startups (news); Startup India | **businesses**: Unclear: 6, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Corpus Rs 10,000 crore; Rs 2,000 crore first instalment reported to SIDBI. It invests through AIFs, not directly in a business. | Status: APPROVED (reported 5 Apr 2025); first tranche Rs 2,000 crore | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://thebiostartups.com/news/3/1103/govt-approves-second-fund-of-funds-worth-rs-10000-cr-to-boost-deep-tech-and-early-stage-innovation.html | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
61. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-31 | **name**: Credit Guarantee Scheme for Startups (CGSS), expanded | **provider**: DPIIT; Press Information Bureau | **businesses**: Unclear: 5, 6, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Maximum guarantee cover per borrower Rs 20 crore (from Rs 10 crore); transaction-based cover 85 percent of amount in default for loans up to Rs 10 crore, 75 percent above; umbrella cover for SEBI-registered venture debt funds: actual losses or up to 5 percent of pooled investment, whichever is lower, to Rs 20 crore per borrower. Annual guarantee fee for startups in the 27 Champion Sectors cut to 1 percent a year from 2 percent. Lenders: scheduled commercial banks, financial institutions, RBI-registered NBFCs rated BBB or above with net worth of at least Rs 100 crore, SEBI-registered AIFs. Instruments include working capital and term debt. Borrower must be DPIIT-recognised and not an NPA. | Status: ACTIVE (S.O. 2046(E), 8 May 2025) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/dam/invest-india/PGF/credit-guarantee-scheme-for-startup.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
62. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-32 | **name**: Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) | **provider**: Ministry of Finance / PIB | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11; Unclear: 7, 8 | **what_it_offers**: Shishu up to Rs 50,000; Kishore above Rs 50,000 to Rs 5 lakh; Tarun above Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh; Tarun Plus Rs 10 lakh to Rs 20 lakh for borrowers who previously repaid a Tarun loan. Raised limit effective 24 October 2024. | Status: ACTIVE; Tarun Plus effective 24 Oct 2024 | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2024/oct/doc20241029426401.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
63. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-33 | **name**: Stand-Up India | **provider**: SIDBI / Dept of Financial Services | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11; Unclear: 2, 7, 8, 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Loan between Rs 10 lakh and Rs 1 crore; greenfield enterprise; at least one SC/ST and one woman borrower per bank branch; non-individual enterprises need SC/ST or women holding at least 51 percent and the controlling stake. | Status: UNVERIFIED beyond FY2025 (page says extended through FY2025, item dated 17 Jul 2020) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.standupmitra.in | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
64. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-34 | **name**: CGTMSE (Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises) | **provider**: CGTMSE | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11; Unclear: 2, 7, 8, 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Guarantee ceiling Rs 10 crore (from Rs 500 lakh); guarantee percentage: none found on page; annual guarantee fee revised and reduced for guarantees above Rs 1 crore (rates not shown). | Status: ACTIVE | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.cgtmse.in | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
65. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-35 | **name**: Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme (CLCSS) and MSME Champions | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 | **what_it_offers**: none found. | Status: UNVERIFIED | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://msme.gov.in | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
66. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-36 | **name**: Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and weather-based insurance | **provider**: DA&FW | **businesses**: Unclear: 11 | **what_it_offers**: none found. pmfby.gov.in returned a JavaScript-only page. | Status: UNVERIFIED | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://pmfby.gov.in | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
67. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-37 | **name**: Digital Agriculture Mission: AgriStack (Farmer Registry, Geo-Referenced Village Maps, Crop Sown Registry) | **provider**: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 11; Unclear: 6 | **what_it_offers**: Farmer IDs: 10,33,93,603 on 6 Aug 2026 (Bihar 55,50,075); 10,28,25,379 on 30 Jul 2026 (Bihar 55,45,056); 9.20 crore on 19 Mar 2026 (Bihar 47.63 lakh per PIB text). Digital Crop Survey in Rabi 2025-26: 648 districts, over 31.3 crore plots. Uses: PM-KISAN DBT, MSP procurement through FCI, fertiliser booking, disaster relief, KCC loans sanctioned 'within half an hour', PMFBY enrolment, PM-AASHA price support, linking with Soil Health Cards. Registries are created and held by State governments (federated); data collected with consent under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 and Rules 2025. Mission outlay: not retrieved in this run. Budget 2026-27 announced Bharat VISTAAR, a multilingual AI tool integrating AgriStack and the ICAR package, with Rs 150 crore (PRS summary). | Status: ACTIVE (10.33 crore Farmer IDs at 6 Aug 2026) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://sansad.in/getFile/lsapps/loksabhaquestions/annex/188/AU3879_hkKITk.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
68. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-38 | **name**: e-NAM (National Agriculture Market) | **provider**: e-NAM / SFAC | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2 | **what_it_offers**: Page banner: 1473 mandis on eNAM (stale; PIB Aug 2026 says 1,656 as of June 2026); 248 commodities. No user count or fee on the page. | Status: ACTIVE (portal live; no figures retrieved) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://enam.gov.in/web/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
69. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-39 | **name**: WDRA: warehouse registration and e-NWR pledge finance | **provider**: WDRA | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3 | **what_it_offers**: eNWRs issued 6,63,201; quantity 8,64,542 MT; pledge or loans Rs 18,397 crore (portal figures, undated). Registration is online and direct, with only the portal fee payable. | Status: ACTIVE | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://wdra.gov.in | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
70. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-40 | **name**: TReDS (Trade Receivables Discounting System): buyer onboarding threshold | **provider**: Ministry of MSME | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Buyer threshold: turnover more than Rs 250 crore (companies under the Companies Act, 2013) and all CPSEs; supersedes the 2018 notifications that set Rs 500 crore; onboarding to be completed by 31 Mar 2025. The Rs 250 crore cut was announced in the Budget of 2024. The MSME Ministry sets this threshold; the RBI Directions of 23 Jun 2026 govern the platforms (see RP7-65). | Status: ACTIVE (buyer threshold Rs 250 crore, S.O. 4845(E)) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.m1xchange.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/S.O.-4845E-dated-7.11.2024-reg-CPSEs-on-board-on-TReDS-platform.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
71. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-41 | **name**: NCDC: Yuva Sahakar - Cooperative Enterprise Support and Innovation Scheme | **provider**: Press Information Bureau; NCDC | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 3, 7, 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: 2 percent interest subvention on NCDC's term-loan rate (valid only on timely repayment); cooperative must be operating at least 3 months, have positive net worth and no cash loss; project cost not above Rs 3.00 crore if operating one year or more, Rs 1.00 crore if 3 months to under one year; loan up to 5 years including 2 years moratorium; working capital not above 20 percent of project cost; cooperative's own contribution 30 percent, reduced to 20 percent for women, SC, ST, PwD, North-East and Aspirational District cooperatives. Since 2019 the scheme has supported 32 societies with Rs 49.35 crore sanctioned and Rs 3.71 crore released (PIB, Nov 2025). Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: Rs 3.00 crore / Rs 1.00 crore project-cost caps, 5-yr loan, 20% working capital NOT on this PIB page). | Status: ACTIVE (PIB 11 Feb 2026) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2226400&lang=1&reg=3 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
72. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-42 | **name**: PACS as multi-service centres; cooperative schemes | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 3, 4 | **what_it_offers**: none found. | Status: UNVERIFIED | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://www.cooperation.gov.in | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
73. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-43 | **name**: NABARD: Farm Sector Promotion Fund and Producers Organisation Development Fund | **provider**: NABARD | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: FSPF: grant up to 90 percent of project outlay; projects normally up to 3 years (extendable by 1-2 years); overheads not above 20 percent of project cost; capital expenditure on buildings, vehicles and furniture not supported; eligible: private firms in agriculture and rural development, producer organisations, NGOs, research institutions, KVKs, banks, CSR foundations. PODF: created 1 Apr 2011 with a corpus of Rs 50 crore; grant for studies, capacity building and ICT without linking to a loan; loan-linked grant support to FPOs for promotion, capacity building and market interventions; PODF-Interest Differential for 3,000 FPOs. Grant quanta per FPO: not retrieved. | Status: ACTIVE (pages undated) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.nabard.org/content.aspx?catid=633&id=649&mid=288 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
74. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-44 | **name**: APEDA and MPEDA export assistance | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 7 | **what_it_offers**: none found. APEDA page returned a fetch error. | Status: UNVERIFIED | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://www.apeda.gov.in | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
75. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-45 | **name**: FSSAI and BIS support schemes | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 9 | **what_it_offers**: none found. | Status: UNVERIFIED | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://www.fssai.gov.in | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
76. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-46 | **name**: ICAR technology licensing: CIPHET makhana machinery | **provider**: ICAR-CIPHET | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1 | **what_it_offers**: CIPHET (Ludhiana) licensing fees from its salient-technologies list (Oct 2025): mechanized popping and decortication of makhana, Rs 14.0 lakh (patent 434144; 12-15 kg/h of roasted seed; popping efficiency 90-94 percent; decortication efficiency 95 percent); popped makhana grading machine, Rs 1.0 lakh (150 kg/h; patent application 202511077426); makhana puffs, Rs 0.5 lakh. GST at 18 percent and royalty terms are not stated in the CIPHET list. ICAR licensing runs through Agrinnovate India Ltd with the institute's ITMU: techno-commercial assessment, price fixing, due diligence of the client, then a tripartite licence agreement (ICAR guidelines 2018). ICAR reports that CIPHET licensed a preliminary roaster and popping machine to Videhanutra India Pvt Ltd, Bihar. | Status: ACTIVE (fees published Oct 2025) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://ciphet.res.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Salient-technologies-developed-by-ICAR-CIPHET.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
77. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-47 | **name**: DBT-BIRAC: Biotechnology Ignition Grant (BIG), SEED, LEAP, BioNEST | **provider**: BIRAC; DPIIT | **businesses**: Unclear: 5, 6, 7, 8, 11 | **what_it_offers**: BIG: INR 50 lakh grant-in-aid, 18 months; guidelines PDF dated November 2025 linked. SEED: first equity exposure of up to INR 30 lakh to post-proof-of-concept startups, delivered through selected BioNEST incubators that receive INR 200 lakh per cycle. LEAP: equity or equity-linked investment up to INR 1 crore per startup (startup must be a company with at least 51 percent Indian-citizen shareholders), incubator fund partners receive up to INR 5 crore; SEED and LEAP cannot run concurrently. A LEAP call hosted by Venture Center was open on 9 Feb 2026 with a ticket up to Rs 100 lakh. BioNEST (bio-incubator support) amount: not retrieved. Open calls on BIRAC's page on 19 Oct 2026 were E-YUVA and PATH patent support only; PCP Fund closed. Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: SEED Rs 30 lakh / LEAP Rs 1 crore not on this page (separate BIRAC pages)). | Status: ACTIVE (BIRAC page updated 1 Oct 2026); BIG call window UNVERIFIED | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://birac.nic.in/desc_new.php?id=275 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
78. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-48 | **name**: NIDHI (DST): PRAYAS, EIR, SSS, TBI | **provider**: DST NSTEDB | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 5, 6 | **what_it_offers**: PRAYAS: maximum Rs 10 lakh per innovator or startup, sector-agnostic, project term 18 months (extendable by 6), physical product prototypes only (pure software, e-commerce, service or app projects not supported); priority areas listed include manufacturing, agriculture, healthcare, clean-tech, energy, water and IoT; a PRAYAS 2.0 guideline is listed. EIR: grant Rs 10,000 to Rs 30,000 a month for 12 months extendable to 18 months with total support not above Rs 3.6 lakh; applicant a graduate in science or engineering, first-generation entrepreneur without other income; applications go to a host Technology Business Incubator. Current call windows and the Bihar-based PRAYAS centres: none found. Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: 18 months (+6), prototype-only, EIR Rs 10,000-30,000/month NOT on this page). | Status: ACTIVE; call windows UNVERIFIED | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://nidhi.dst.gov.in/schemes-programmes/nidhiprayas/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
79. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-49 | **name**: SIDBI products and funds | **provider**: SIDBI | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11 | **what_it_offers**: none found (no amounts or terms on the page). | Status: ACTIVE (home page lists products; no figures) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.sidbi.in/en | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
80. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-50 | **name**: National Makhana Board and Central Sector Scheme for Development of Makhana | **provider**: Press Information Bureau; Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1; Unclear: 4 | **what_it_offers**: Board constituted 14.09.2025, functions under the Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare. Scheme outlay Rs 476.03 crore (approved 14.09.2025); Rs 30 crore approved for 2025-26 and Rs 90 crore for 2026-27; State-wise 2026-27: Bihar Rs 52.10 crore (2025-26 Rs 16.49 crore), Uttar Pradesh Rs 10.15 crore, Chhattisgarh Rs 4.11 crore, Jharkhand Rs 3.84 crore, others smaller. Results reported: additional 1,010 ha under makhana, 73 ha under seed production; makhana production 63,910 MT (2024-25) to 80,590 MT (2025-26 second advance estimate). Board headquarters town: not stated in the answers retrieved. Support covers production, seed, post-harvest, processing and value addition, R&D, export promotion, branding and capacity building for farmers and FPOs. Unit costs are in RP7-62. | Status: ACTIVE (Board constituted 14 Sep 2025; Rs 90 crore approved 2026-27) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?lang=2&PRID=2298037&reg=48 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
81. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-51 | **name**: Operation Greens and Sub-Mission on Seeds and Planting Material | **provider**: PIB | **businesses**: Unclear: 2, 8 | **what_it_offers**: none found; PIB document names Operation Greens without a rate. | Status: UNVERIFIED | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2025/nov/doc2025114684601.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
82. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-52 | **name**: PM-KISAN continuation 2026-27 to 2030-31 (Cabinet 31 Jul 2026) | **provider**: Millennium Post (news) | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Outlay over Rs 3.15 lakh crore. | Status: CONTINUED (context item, not a funding route) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.millenniumpost.in/big-stories/cabinet-extends-pm-kisan-till-2030-31-clears-4-key-schemes-670567 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
83. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-53 | **name**: NHB circular on Commercial Horticulture and Cold Storage schemes (eligibility changes) | **provider**: National Horticulture Board | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 2, 3, 8; Unclear: 1 | **what_it_offers**: Family redefined as applicant's spouse, father, mother, sons and daughters; only one family member may receive assistance under any NHB scheme or component, whether individually, through HUF, firm or as a company director, irrespective of unused ceiling; members of an FPO that already received assistance may apply once individually. Not eligible: holders of constitutional posts, Ministers, MPs, MLAs/MLCs, mayors, district panchayat chairpersons; serving employees of central/state bodies, PSUs and local bodies except MTS/Class IV/Group D; pensioners drawing Rs 10,000 a month or more; groups of farmers. Cost of land not part of eligible project cost. Voluntary refund and exit during lock-in allowed. Commencement of works before Grant of Clearance is not permitted (January 2025 guideline per third-party summary). Pending applications handled case by case. | Status: ACTIVE; in force with immediate effect from 21 Aug 2026 | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://nhb.gov.in/guideline/SchemeCircular.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
84. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-54 | **name**: NHB Operational Guidelines January 2025: Scheme 1 (commercial horticulture and post-harvest management) cost norms | **provider**: National Horticulture Board | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 2, 3, 8; Unclear: 1 | **what_it_offers**: Refrigerated transport: Rs 3.45 lakh per MT, 15 to 30 MT per vehicle, subsidy up to Rs 80 lakh per project at 35 percent (general) and up to Rs 100 lakh at 50 percent (NE, Himalayan, scheduled areas etc.). Ripening chamber: Rs 1.00 lakh per MT (non-pressurised), Rs 1.20 lakh per MT (pressurised), 35/50 percent, max 300 MT, chamber 15 to 30 MT, 11 cum = 1 MT. Secondary processing units: Rs 100 lakh per unit, 35/50 percent. Integrated mushroom unit (50 to 300 MT): Rs 75,000 per MT without canning, Rs 85,000 per MT with canning, 40/50 percent. Protected cultivation: 50 percent, subsidy up to Rs 100 lakh per project (project area above 4,000 sq m). Open-field integrated project: Rs 100 lakh per project over 2 ha, 40/50 percent. All other post-harvest components (pack house, integrated pack house, cold room, pre-cooling) follow MIDH cost norms and the NCCD guidelines 2025; those per-unit figures were not retrieved here. The rates above are the January 2025 percentages; the 21 Aug 2026 circular lowers the general-area rate on listed components to 35 percent (RP7-07, RP7-53). | Status: ACTIVE; guideline 'Under Revision' per NHB page; revised 21 Aug 2026 | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://nhb.gov.in/guideline/FinalNHBOperationalGuideline.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
85. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-55 | **name**: Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF): position in Parliament, July 2026 | **provider**: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; Unclear: 7, 8, 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Sanctioned projects 2,05,960; loan amount Rs 92,570.63 crore; investment mobilised Rs 1,60,023.34 crore (10.07.2026). Mix: Custom Hiring Centres 51,567; Processing Centres 30,808; Farm Automation units 33,718; PM-KUSUM (B and C) 30,742; Warehouses 18,776; Sorting & Grading 4,533; Cold Stores & Cold Chains 3,065; other (logistics vehicles, pack houses, ripening chambers) 32,751. PIB (Aug 2026) separately: interest subvention extended to 18,893 warehouses, 3,110 cold stores/cold chain projects and 2,105 integrated primary and secondary processing units. Budget 2026-27 AIF line: Rs 910 crore (PRS). | Status: ACTIVE; new sanction window extended, see RP7-56 | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://sansad.in/getFile/lsapps/loksabhaquestions/annex/188/AS29_6ofONC.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
86. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-56 | **name**: AIF interim extension (Office Memorandum dated 30 Sep 2026) | **provider**: Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (as reproduced); Mathrubhumi | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; Unclear: 7, 8, 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Extended to 31 March 2027 or approval of the scheme for the 16th Finance Commission period, whichever is earlier; continues under existing provisions, scope, cost norms and conditions; no fresh approval or sanction from the 15th Finance Commission outlay; committed liabilities continue; spending within the FY 2026-27 budget allocation. Kerala press (6 Oct 2026) reports the application last date extended to 31 March 2027 with loans up to Rs 2 crore for up to 7 years. The agriculture ministry is seeking another Rs 1 lakh crore for 2026-31 (Mint, 28 Sep 2026). | Status: INTERIM EXTENSION to 31 Mar 2027 (reported); 2026-31 continuation: no continuation found | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ca-vikas-agrawal-94801716b_agriculture-infrastructure-fund-aif-activity-7511268437260656640-g9b9 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
87. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-57 | **name**: PMMSY and FIDF: interim extension 2026-27 (Department of Fisheries communication dated 8 Oct 2026) | **provider**: Andaman Sheekha; Department of Fisheries | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 7; Unclear: 3 | **what_it_offers**: Extension to 31 Dec 2026 or approval for the 16th FC cycle, whichever earlier. 2026-27 central allocation PMMSY Rs 2,500 crore (spending limit Rs 1,875 crore up to 31 Dec 2026); FIDF Rs 30 crore (spending limit Rs 22.50 crore). FIDF's last formal extension covered 1.4.2023 to 31.3.2026 with fund size Rs 7,522.48 crore and 3 percent subvention; interest subvention on approved projects continues to repayment end (to 2038). PM-MKSSY (sub-scheme of PMMSY) runs 2023-24 to 2026-27 with Rs 6,000 crore. Budget 2026-27 gives fisheries Rs 2,761.80 crore (PIB). | Status: INTERIM EXTENSION to 31 Dec 2026; 2026-31: no continuation found | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://andamansheekha.com/164602/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
88. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-58 | **name**: Rashtriya Gokul Mission (revised): interim extension 2026-27 | **provider**: Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying | **businesses**: Unclear: 9 | **what_it_offers**: Administrative approval letter of 13 May 2026: extension up to 30 Sep 2026 or approval of the 16th FC scheme, whichever earlier, outlay Rs 800 crore; second approval (letter on 1 Oct 2026, note dated 1 October) extends to 31 Dec 2026 on the same limit. Pattern unchanged: 100 percent grant-in-aid except sex-sorted semen (assistance up to 50 percent of cost), 3 percent interest subvention on loans for high-genetic-merit IVF heifers, and one-time 35 percent of capital cost for heifer rearing centres. Implemented as a Central Sector Scheme through State Livestock Development Boards and NDDB. Revised objectives and guidelines to be communicated after the 16th FC revision. | Status: INTERIM EXTENSION to 31 Dec 2026; 2026-31: no continuation found | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.dahd.gov.in/static/uploads/2026/10/645119f1c683d8b3ad4a970075944bbf.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
89. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-59 | **name**: DAHD schemes in 2026: NLM entrepreneurship development, AHIDF, LHDCP (status) | **provider**: Press Information Bureau; DAHD | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 9, 10; Unclear: 7 | **what_it_offers**: Budget 2026-27 DAHD allocation Rs 6,153.46 crore. NLM Entrepreneurship Development Programme as on 11 Aug 2026: 4,321 projects approved, total project cost Rs 2,948.68 crore, approved subsidy Rs 1,386.18 crore; 4,084 breed multiplication farms approved (poultry, sheep, goat, pig, camel, horse, donkey) as on 4 Aug 2026. AHIDF as on 4 Aug 2026: projects approved with 418 lakh litres/day milk processing capacity. AHIDF terms (PIB, 5 Aug 2025): 3 percent interest subvention up to 8 years with no credit ceiling, term loans up to 90 percent of project cost, credit guarantee fund Rs 750 crore with NABSanrakshan giving 25 percent guarantee to MSMEs; portal ahidf.udyamimitra.in. LHDCP (Cabinet 5 Mar 2025, Rs 3,880 crore for 2024-25 and 2025-26): DAHD hosts 'Operational Guidelines LHDCP 2025-26' and a further guideline PDF uploaded Oct 2026 whose period was not stated in the text retrieved. | Status: ACTIVE; 2026-31: no continuation found for LHDCP, AHIDF or NLM | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2298435&lang=2&reg=3 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
90. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-60 | **name**: PMFME: lapse of interim extension and 2026-31 proposal | **provider**: PTI/Business Standard; Mint | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1; Unclear: 7, 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Scheme: 35 percent credit-linked capital subsidy up to Rs 10 lakh per unit; 2,00,421 micro food units approved with subsidy Rs 5,954.57 crore (as on 30 Jun 2026); original period 2020-21 to 2024-25 with Rs 10,000 crore, extended to FY 2025-26 and then to 30 Sep 2026. MoFPI has proposed a five-year continuation for 2026-31 with a higher subsidy ceiling and priority for women and hilly regions; Mint listed PMFME among schemes awaiting Cabinet approval on 28 Sep 2026. | Status: LAPSED 30 Sep 2026 per interim extension; 2026-31: no continuation found as of 2026-10-19 | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.business-standard.com/industry/news/pmfme-scheme-likely-to-get-extension-after-hitting-200-000-unit-target-126082400461_1.html | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
91. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-61 | **name**: Union Budget 2026-27 agriculture and allied heads (BE 2026-27) | **provider**: Ministry of Finance; PRS Legislative Research | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: RKVY Rs 8,550 crore (RE 2025-26 Rs 7,000 crore); Krishionnati Yojana Rs 11,200 crore (Rs 6,800 crore RE) including the Mission for Vegetables and Fruits at Rs 700 crore merged in; National Mission on Natural Farming Rs 750 crore; PMMSY Rs 2,500 crore; fisheries Rs 2,761.80 crore; DAHD Rs 6,153.46 crore; PMKSY (Krishi Sinchayee) Rs 6,587 crore. From the PRS analysis of the Expenditure Budget: AIF Rs 910 crore; Namo Drone Didi Rs 677 crore (Rs 100 crore RE 2025-26); FPO scheme Rs 500 crore; support for high-value agriculture Rs 350 crore; Bharat VISTAAR (AI tool on AgriStack) Rs 150 crore. National Makhana scheme Rs 90 crore (RP7-50). Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: PMMSY Rs 2,500 crore, PMKSY Rs 6,587 crore and Mission for Vegetables and Fruits Rs 700 crore not named in this PDF text (PMKSY 6,587 is on PIB PRID NoteId=159085)). | Status: ACTIVE (Budget 2026-27 passed) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/doc/eb/allsbe.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
92. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-62 | **name**: Central Sector Scheme for Development of Makhana: pattern of assistance and unit costs | **provider**: National Makhana Board / Bihar Horticulture Directorate | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1; Unclear: 4 | **what_it_offers**: Assistance 35-60 percent of cost norms for individuals and FPOs; 100 percent for public sector on project basis. Annexure III unit costs retrieved: seed production Rs 1.58 lakh/ha (public sector 100 percent, up to 5 ha; FPOs 50 percent, up to 10 ha per FPO); pond cultivation including nurseries Rs 1.79 lakh/ha (farmers 40 percent, up to 2 ha); field cultivation Rs 1.32 lakh/ha (40 percent, up to 2 ha); new pond construction Rs 7.00 lakh/ha (40 percent, up to 1 ha, credit linked). Eligible: makhana farmers, fishermen, SHGs, FPOs, FPCs, cooperatives, public institutions, registered companies, proprietorships, State/Central departments, ICAR/SAUs. Convergence allowed with PMMSY, NRLM, PMKSY, PDMC, PM-KUSUM, AIF, MIDH, PMFME, KCC and others. Processing, value-addition and machinery rows of Annexure III were not retrieved. Operational guideline carries no date in the text (after 14.09.2025). | Status: ACTIVE (operational guideline hosted by the Bihar horticulture department) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://horticulture.bihar.gov.in/HORTMIS/MakhanaBoard/Documents/SchemeDocuments/Guideline/NMB_OperationalGuideline.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
93. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-63 | **name**: ICAR-CIFA (Bhubaneswar) technology licensing terms | **provider**: ICAR-CIFA | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 7 | **what_it_offers**: FRP carp hatchery: non-exclusive, 5 years, India; fee Rs 2 lakh plus taxes; royalty 10 percent on net invoice value; training for up to 2 persons for 5 days included. Floating feed for carp grower: Rs 2.5 lakh plus taxes; training Rs 10,000 plus GST. Zinc-selenium nanoplus fish-feed supplement: Rs 2.5 lakh plus taxes. CIFAX (fish ulcer formulation): Rs 50 lakh plus taxes and 5 percent royalty; 25 percent discount if the licensee is a registered MSME. Licensee bears all statutory compliance for production, sale and transport. Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: floating feed Rs 2.5 lakh, nanoplus, CIFAX Rs 50 lakh not on this page (other CIFA pages)). | Status: ACTIVE (CIFA technology pages, undated) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://cifa.nic.in/main-content/frp-carp-hatchery/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
94. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-64 | **name**: ICAR-CPRI aeroponic technology (virus-free potato minitubers) licensing | **provider**: Agrinnovate India Ltd; ICAR | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 8 | **what_it_offers**: Licensed non-exclusively to 24 public and private firms (about 10 years of licensing): total licence fee over Rs 2 crore and royalty Rs 5 lakh. Productivity 7 to 10 times net-house production. A 2022 ICAR release says it has been commercialised with 20 firms in 8 States and that one plant gives 35 to 60 minitubers of 3 to 10 grams. Madhya Pradesh Horticulture department took a licence on 4 May 2022 for a 1 million minituber capacity. Per-licence fee, royalty rate and training terms: none found. Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: 2022 ICAR release (20 firms, 35-60 minitubers) and MP licence not on this page). | Status: ACTIVE (Agrinnovate page undated) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.agrinnovateindia.com/icar-cpri-aeroponic-technology.html | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
95. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-65 | **name**: RBI (Trade Receivables Discounting System) Directions, 2026 | **provider**: Reserve Bank of India | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Effective 23 Jun 2026. Platform authorisation net worth Rs 25 crore (existing operators by 31 Mar 2028). Factoring units without recourse to the seller; buyer's unconditional obligation to pay on the due date once accepted, no set-off for quality; seller must be an MSME; assignment filed with CERSAI; financiers may avail credit guarantee cover; platforms must still run customer due diligence on buyers. The buyer-turnover threshold for mandatory onboarding is set by the MSME Ministry (Rs 250 crore, RP7-40), not in the parts of the Directions retrieved. A tax-advisory summary says mandatory seller due diligence was removed and insurance premium cannot be charged to the seller (SECONDARY). | Status: ACTIVE (in force 23 Jun 2026) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_ViewMasDirections.aspx?id=13526 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
96. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-66 | **name**: NABARD: Warehouse Infrastructure Fund (WIF) | **provider**: NABARD | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3 | **what_it_offers**: Fund arising from the Rs 5,000 crore allocation of 2013-14 and 2014-15 Budgets. Covers warehouses, silos, cold storage, controlled-atmosphere stores, pack houses, reefer vans, IQF units and APMC marketing infrastructure. Minimum aggregate capacity 5,000 MT for agricultural and allied produce (no minimum for government and government-owned corporations). Eligible: APMCs, corporates and individual entrepreneurs, PACS and cooperative marketing societies, FPOs, SPVs under PPP, State governments. NABARD's rate page (w.e.f. 17.04.2025): WIF to private 'other entities' at PLR + risk premium (PLR 7.75 percent, bank rate 6.75 percent at that date); State governments at bank rate minus 1.50 percent. | Status: ACTIVE as a lending window (page undated); whether it is still sanctioning new loans is not stated | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.nabard.org/content1.aspx?id=571&catid=8&mid=8 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
97. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-67 | **name**: NABARD: Rural Business Incubation Centres (RBIC) | **provider**: NABARD | **businesses**: Unclear: 5, 6, 8, 11 | **what_it_offers**: RBICs nurture early-stage agribusiness, allied and non-farm startups. FY 2024-25: three new RBICs (Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala) with total grant Rs 30.91 crore. Cumulative 10 RBICs to 31 Mar 2025, over 1,500 incubates, 471 startups graduated. Listed hosts include TNAU Madurai, IIT Kharagpur, RVSKVV Gwalior, NAARM Hyderabad, PJTSAU Hyderabad (AgHub), SDAU Banaskantha, Rajiv Gandhi University, SKUAST-Kashmir and Kerala Agricultural University (K-AgTech Launchpad). Per-startup funding: not stated. | Status: ACTIVE (FY 2024-25 data) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.nabard.org/content.aspx?id=478 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
98. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-68 | **name**: NCDC: Central Sector Scheme 'Grant in aid to NCDC' and lending rates | **provider**: PIB; NCDC | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 9; Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 7, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Outlay Rs 2,000 crore over 2025-26 to 2028-29; Rs 500 crore released annually; NCDC to mobilise nearly Rs 20,000 crore from the market; expected to benefit 13,288 cooperatives and about 2.9 crore members in dairy, livestock, fisheries, sugar, textile, food processing, storage and cold storage, labour and women-led cooperatives. NCDC circular of 15 Sep 2025: floating rates for women SHGs and sugar sector: working capital 7.50 percent (women SHGs) / 7.75 percent (others), term loans 8.25 percent, valid up to 31 Mar 2026 (rate after that date: not found). NCDC cold storage: AMI subsidy up to 33.33 percent for storage projects plus NHB/MoFPI subsidy of 35 or 50 percent for cold chain components (booklet, undated). | Status: ACTIVE to 2028-29 (grant-in-aid scheme); lending rate after 31 Mar 2026 not found | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2025/nov/doc2025115685901.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
99. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-69 | **name**: Startup India: Playbook of Government Schemes and Initiatives for Startups (June 2026) | **provider**: DPIIT / Startup India | **businesses**: Unclear: 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: AgriSURE (Agri Fund for Startups & Rural Enterprises): Category-II AIF, jointly sponsored by MoAFW and NABARD (NABVENTURES), fund corpus Rs 750 crore, direct equity up to Rs 25 crore per startup, for agri-tech startups, rural enterprises, FPO-linked innovations and value-chain ventures. Same playbook: RKVY innovation programme up to Rs 5 lakh pre-seed and Rs 25 lakh seed; BIG up to Rs 50 lakh for 18 months; SEED up to Rs 30 lakh per startup; LEAP up to Rs 1 crore per startup; SPARSH up to Rs 50 lakh; SAMRIDH matching up to Rs 40 lakh. | Status: ACTIVE (playbook June 2026; AgriSURE drawdown terms not retrieved) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/dam/startupindia/homebanners/Startup-Schemes-Playbook-June-2026.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
100. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-70 | **name**: SME Growth Fund (Cabinet decision 6 Oct 2026) | **provider**: Press Information Bureau | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Rs 10,000 crore commitment for direct equity investments in SMEs. Eligibility, ticket size, sector focus and operator: none found. | Status: APPROVED 6 Oct 2026; operational terms not found | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.pib.gov.in/PMContents/PMContents.aspx?Lang=1&RegionId=3&menuid=6&reg=3 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
101. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-71 | **name**: PMKSY (Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana; Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana): continuation status | **provider**: Press Information Bureau; MoFPI | **businesses**: Unclear: 2, 3 | **what_it_offers**: Krishi Sinchayee: continuation for 2021-26 approved with Rs 93,068.56 crore; BE 2026-27 Rs 6,587 crore; Per Drop More Crop has been part of PM-RKVY since 2022-23. Kisan Sampada (MoFPI): as of June 2026, 1,256 projects completed or operational, 294.21 LMT per annum capacity, 9.16 lakh jobs; MoFPI's announcement archive up to 15 Oct 2026 shows live Cold Chain scheme work (corrigendum to the 6 Aug 2024 guidelines dated 15 Jul 2026, EoI and FAQs for multi-product food irradiation units) but no scheme-continuation order. Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: Kisan Sampada 1,256 projects / 294.21 LMT / 9.16 lakh jobs is on PIB Factsheet (RP7-06 URL), not this page; MoFPI cold chain corrigendum not checked). | Status: ACTIVE on 2021-26 approvals; 2026-31: no continuation found | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressNoteDetails.aspx?ModuleId=3&NoteId=159085&id=159085&lang=2&reg=48 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
102. **type**: scheme (central) | **id**: RP7-72 | **name**: Continuation sweep of Cabinet decisions as on 14 Oct 2026 | **provider**: Press Information Bureau; PMO | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: PIB Cabinet list top entries: 14 Oct 2026 National Social Assistance Programme continued 2026-27 to 2030-31; 14 Oct Productivity Linked Bonus for railway employees; 6 Oct Resolution on the Prime Minister's 25 years; 6 Oct SME Growth Fund Rs 10,000 crore; 6 Oct Integrated Transport & Logistics Authority. Mint (28 Sep 2026) lists PM-KUSUM (Rs 51,000 crore proposed), PMMSY, PMFME, AIF (another Rs 1 lakh crore sought) and Supporting Dairy Cooperatives and FPOs as awaiting Expenditure Finance Committee and Cabinet approval; schemes already approved for the new cycle: PM-KISAN (Rs 3.15 lakh crore, to 2030-31), Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0 (to Dec 2028), PMAY-Gramin (to 2028-29). Interim position: RGM to 31 Dec 2026 (RP7-58), PMMSY and FIDF to 31 Dec 2026 (RP7-57, secondary), AIF to 31 Mar 2027 (RP7-56, secondary), PMFME lapsed 30 Sep 2026 (RP7-60), Namo Drone Didi and LHDCP and AHIDF and NLM: no extension document found. | Status: NO CONTINUATION FOUND for the listed schemes as of 2026-10-19 | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.pib.gov.in/PMContents/PMContents.aspx?Lang=1&RegionId=3&menuid=6&reg=3 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
103. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-01 | **name**: Bihar Startup Policy 2022-27 (seed loan up to Rs 10 lakh) | **provider**: DPIIT Startup India portal (page updated 14-SEP-2026) | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 5, 6, 11; Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Up to Rs 10 lakh, interest-free, repayable over 10 years, milestone-linked; incubation-cost reimbursement up to Rs 2 lakh per incubatee; 2% / 3% / 5% incubator incentive on AIF investment in incubatees (general / technology-IPR / social); 2% success fee for startups raising from state-registered angels; +5% for women-led and SC/ST-owned startups, +15% differently abled Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: incubation-cost reimbursement Rs 2 lakh and 2%/3%/5% incubator incentive not seen in fetched text; page text is Maithili (policy 2022-2027)). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.startupindia.gov.in/maithali/content/sih/en/state-startup-policies/Bihar-state-policy.html | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
104. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-02 | **name**: Bihar Start-up Fund Trust and Scale-up Financing Fund | **provider**: DPIIT, Government of India | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 5, 6, 11; Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Corpus Rs 500 crore; seed funding interest-free up to Rs 10 lakh per certified startup in milestone tranches; Bihar Startup Scale-up Financing Fund Rs 50 crore with SIDBI under an MoU; 815+ startups registered on state portal, 530+ with state-supported funding (as reported in the document) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.startupindia.gov.in/srf/portal/SRF_2026_Result_page/Bihar_State_Report.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
105. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-03 | **name**: BIIPP 2025 (industrial package) | **provider**: Bihar Cabinet decision 26 Aug 2025 (reported by Drishti IAS, AIR News); PDF hosted on betastate.bihar.gov.in, upload folder dated 25-Feb-2026 | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 3, 7, 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Option 1: interest subvention up to Rs 40 crore plus SGST reimbursement up to 100 percent. Option 2: net SGST reimbursement up to 300 percent of approved project cost over 14 years. Option 3: capital subsidy up to 30 percent of approved project cost. Land at Rs 1 for very large projects; others 50 percent off BIADA land rate. Export incentive up to Rs 40 lakh a year for 14 years. Employment incentive Rs 2,000 per month per employee for 'other' sectors (textile: Rs 5,000). | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://betastate.bihar.gov.in/file_2/FileUpload/2026/Feb/25-Feb-2026/1/DyPage/1a6e83cb-fb88-41cc-bf64-3096dd8ee5aa.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
106. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-04 | **name**: BIIPP 2016 (superseded in part) | **provider**: Bihar Horticulture Development Society / Department of Industries | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 3, 7, 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Interest subvention at 10 percent or actual rate on term loan, whichever is lower; overall limit 30 percent of approved project cost for priority-sector units, 15 percent for non-priority, upper limit Rs 10 crore; 100 percent reimbursement of stamp duty and registration fees on industrial land/shed; 100 percent electricity duty reimbursement | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://horticulture.bihar.gov.in/HORTMIS/BAIPP/Downloads/BAIPP_Brochures.PDF | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
107. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-05 | **name**: BAIPP 2020 (capital subsidy 15/25 percent) | **provider**: Bihar Horticulture Development Society, Agriculture Department, Government of Bihar | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1; Unclear: 2, 3, 7, 8, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Capital subsidy 15 percent of eligible project cost (individuals, partnerships, LLPs, companies); 25 percent for FPOs/FPCs; +5 percent for SC/ST/EBC investors; +2 percent for women, differently abled, war widow, acid-attack survivor, third-gender entrepreneurs. Project cost Rs 0.25 crore to Rs 5 crore. Entirely credit-linked; term loan at least 20 percent of project cost; expansion/modernisation qualifies only if capacity rises at least 25 percent. Combined incentive ceilings from all sources: 50 percent (general individual), 55 percent (SC/ST/EBC), 52 percent (women etc.), 60 percent (FPC). Focus sectors: makhana, honey, fruits and vegetables, maize, seeds, medicinal and aromatic plants, tea. Fee: not stated on the pages read. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://horticulture.bihar.gov.in/HORTMIS/BAIPP/Home.aspx | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
108. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-06 | **name**: BAIPP model DPR library | **provider**: Bihar Horticulture Development Society | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1, 7; Unclear: 8, 10 | **what_it_offers**: 13 downloadable model DPRs (Makhana Processing Unit; Fish Feed Unit; Poultry and Cattle Feed Unit; Seed Processing Unit; Tomato Processing Unit; Honey; Canned Mushroom; RTS juice; potato chips; canned fruit and vegetables; mentha oil; tea). No sanctioned-project counts on the page. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://horticulture.bihar.gov.in/HORTMIS/BAIPP/DPR_List.aspx | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
109. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-07 | **name**: Mukhyamantri Udyami Yojana (Rs 10 lakh: 50 percent grant + 50 percent interest-free loan) | **provider**: Department of Industries, Government of Bihar / Bihar Start-up Fund Trust | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Total project cost per unit up to Rs 10 lakh; 50 percent (up to Rs 5 lakh) grant under the Special Incentive Scheme; 50 percent (up to Rs 5 lakh) interest-free loan (Youth Udyami variant: 1 percent a year); Rs 25,000 per unit for training and monitoring. Variants: SC/ST (2018), Extremely Backward Class (2020), Women and Youth (2021), Minority (2023); also 'Bihar Laghu Udyami Yojana' listed. Implemented by Bihar Start-up Fund Trust. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://udyami.bihar.gov.in/about-us | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
110. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-08 | **name**: National Makhana Board (launched 16 Sep 2025) | **provider**: Drishti IAS (secondary); Bihar Horticulture Dept-hosted guideline PDF (primary) | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1; Unclear: 2, 3, 4 | **what_it_offers**: Board launched 16 Sep 2025 at Purnea (press); Gazette Notification number 28-02/2025 Hort-Tech dated 14 Sep 2025 (as cited in the operational guideline); development package reported as Rs 475 crore (one press source says Rs 476 crore). HQ and chairperson: not stated in the pages read. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.drishtiias.com/state-pcs-current-affairs/pm-launches-national-makhana-board-in-bihar/print_manually | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
111. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-09 | **name**: Central Sector Scheme for Development of Makhana (35/50 percent processing) | **provider**: National Makhana Board / Bihar Horticulture (HORTMIS portal) | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1; Unclear: 2, 3, 4 | **what_it_offers**: Funding: Central Sector Scheme, 100 percent GOI share; assistance 35-60 percent of cost norms for individuals and FPOs. Processing (credit-linked, back-ended): micro unit cost norm Rs 10 lakh, small Rs 39 lakh, medium Rs 300 lakh, large Rs 700 lakh; subsidy 35 percent private, 50 percent FPOs, one per beneficiary; 100 percent for one public-sector unit per agency at micro level; subsidy not to exceed the term-loan component. Mechanical harvesting equipment (cost norm Rs 7 lakh): Annexure III 50 percent farmers / 60 percent FPOs, but Annexure IV format shows 40 / 50 percent. Ganj kit 50 percent of Rs 3,200 per ganj; on-farm handling unit (Rs 4 lakh) 50 percent; cultivation 40 percent up to 2 ha. Two instalments of 50 percent (JIT report after a three-year lock-in; then commercial production). Complete project within 18 months of first term-loan disbursement. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://horticulture.bihar.gov.in/HORTMIS/MakhanaBoard/Documents/SchemeDocuments/Guideline/NMB_OperationalGuideline.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
112. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-10 | **name**: Bihar Makhana Vikas Yojana (cultivation: area, seed) | **provider**: Aaj Tak (news) | **businesses**: Unclear: 1 | **what_it_offers**: Unit cost Rs 0.97 lakh/ha; first-year subsidy Rs 36,375/ha (about 37.5 percent of unit cost, the news article's own arithmetic, not a stated rate); seed assistance up to Rs 225 per kg; land 0.1 to 2 ha; 16 districts (Katihar, Purnia, Darbhanga, Madhubani, Kishanganj, Supaul, Araria, Madhepura, Saharsa, Khagaria, Samastipur, Bhagalpur, Sitamarhi, East Champaran, West Champaran, Muzaffarpur); application via Bihar Krishi app or Horticulture Directorate site; deadline reported as 15 January (year not stated, presumably 2026). | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.aajtak.in/bihar/story/government-subsidy-farmers-bihar-sarkari-yojana-makhana-kisan-agriculture-amlbs-rptc-2432488-2026-01-07 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
113. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-11 | **name**: Bihar horticulture infrastructure and Mithila cluster | **provider**: Directorate of Horticulture, Government of Bihar | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 2, 3; Unclear: 1, 8 | **what_it_offers**: Counts shown on the homepage: cold storage 234; pack house 40; makhana storage unit 62; mushroom unit 57. Mithila Multi-Commodity Horticulture Cluster: RFP file dated 2026-07-08, Corrigendum-1 2026-07-11, Corrigendum-2 2026-08-08 (dates read from file names). No subsidy rates on the homepage. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://horticulture.bihar.gov.in | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
114. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-12 | **name**: MIDH / NHB cold room and cold store subsidy (central, as used in Bihar) | **provider**: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Lok Sabha); National Horticulture Board | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 2, 3; Unclear: 8 | **what_it_offers**: MIDH: 35 percent general areas, 50 percent hilly and scheduled areas, credit-linked back-ended. NHB capital investment subsidy for cold and CA storage above 5,000 MT up to 10,000 MT: 35 percent general. PMKSY Integrated Cold Chain: grant-in-aid 35 percent (storage/transport) up to Rs 10 crore per project. NHB cold room (staging) cost norm Rs 15.00 lakh per 30 MT unit, subsidy 35 percent (50 percent hilly); integrated PHM project norm Rs 145 lakh with subsidy cap Rs 50.75 lakh. Technical standards of NCCD mandatory. Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: NHB cold room Rs 15 lakh/30 MT norm not in this Lok Sabha answer (it is on the NHB cost-norms PDF, RP7-08)). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/977902/1/AU418.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
115. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-13 | **name**: SMAM in Bihar: CHC, Farm Machinery Bank, SCHC (FY 2026-27) | **provider**: Department of Agriculture, Government of Bihar | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 4, 5; Unclear: 1 | **what_it_offers**: SMAM-CHC 40%, cap Rs 4,00,000; SMAM-FMB 80%, cap Rs 8,00,000 (JEEVIKA/societies/SHG/FIG groups); SMAM-SCHC tractor 40% (max Rs 3,40,000), other implements 80%, total cap Rs 12,00,000 including tractor; SMAM-KDCHC (Krishi Drone Custom Hiring Centre) listed with no rate shown. Windows: farmers' applications 01/10/2026 to 31/10/2026 (includes drone applications under CHC); JEEVIKA/SHG/FIG applications for CHC, FMB, SCHC 01/10/2026 to 31/10/2026; manufacturer registration 13/10/2026 to 31/10/2026. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://farmech.bihar.gov.in | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
116. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-14 | **name**: Bihar drone spraying service (DBT portal, from 24 Jul 2026) | **provider**: Department of Agriculture, Government of Bihar | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 5; Unclear: 11 | **what_it_offers**: Application opened 24-07-2026; guideline file 'Lt 522 dt 27.07.2026'; separate orchard/crop spraying service marked closed. RATE (added in RP8b, SECONDARY, see RP8-57): 50 percent or max Rs 209 per acre on the spraying service (tender rate Rs 419 per acre), plus 50 percent or max Rs 200 per acre on chemical; max 15 acres and 2 sprayings per season; paid to provider and dealer. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://onlinedbtagriservice.bihar.gov.in/pp/index2.html | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
117. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-15 | **name**: PMMSY in Bihar (hatchery, biofloc, 40/60 percent) | **provider**: Directorate of Fisheries, Government of Bihar | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 7 | **what_it_offers**: Freshwater carp hatchery Rs 25 lakh per unit; scampi hatchery Rs 50 lakh; biofloc pond (0.1 ha incl first-year inputs) Rs 14 lakh; grow-out ponds Rs 7 lakh/ha; aquaculture inputs Rs 4 lakh/ha. Subsidy: general 40 percent (24 central + 16 state); SC/ST/women 60 percent (36 + 24). FY 2021-22 plan: 18 carp hatcheries, 1 scampi hatchery, 50 ha biofloc. Ice plant details not in the readable portion. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://fisheries.bihar.gov.in/docs/PMMSYBODPRSCP.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
118. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-16 | **name**: Bihar Fisheries Directorate subsidy lines | **provider**: Directorate of Fisheries, Government of Bihar | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 7 | **what_it_offers**: Training and exposure: 100 percent. Fishery progress support: 50 percent for fish farmers and fishermen (better inputs; better fish seed production; fish-cum-poultry; biofloc). Vehicle support (moped, 3-wheeler, 4-wheeler): 90 percent. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://fisheries.bihar.gov.in/Introduction.aspx | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
119. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-17 | **name**: Mukhyamantri Samekit Chaur Vikas Yojana (fish in chaur land) | **provider**: publicservicesmap.in (third-party aggregator; official Animal & Fisheries Resources Dept page not retrieved) | **businesses**: Unclear: 7 | **what_it_offers**: Target 600 ha of chaur land; budget Rs 2,972.79 lakh; beneficiary-based 50 percent general / 70 percent MBC, SC, ST; entrepreneur-based 40 percent of unit cost up to Rs 1 crore; individuals up to 5 ha, groups up to 20 ha; three instalments | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://www.publicservicesmap.in/schemes/mukhyamantri-samekit-chaur-vikas-yojana--mmscvy?lang=en | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
120. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-18 | **name**: Bihar goat farm scheme (Samekit Bakri evam Bhed Vikas) | **provider**: Government of Bihar | **businesses**: Unclear: 10 | **what_it_offers**: Unit cost Rs 2.42 lakh (20+1); subsidy Rs 1.21 lakh general (50 percent), Rs 1.45 lakh SC/ST (60 percent), FY 2024-25 as reported by the Banka district animal husbandry office; other sizes in RP8-52. Applications 2 to 23 June 2025 on state.bihar.gov.in/ahd. 2026-27 amounts not confirmed. Himachal Pradesh's 'Krishak Bakri Palan Yojna' (10+1, 60 percent) is a different scheme and must not be used. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://state.bihar.gov.in/ahd/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
121. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-19 | **name**: COMFED / Sudha: village dairy societies and AI centres | **provider**: Bihar State Milk Co-operative Federation Ltd / Government of Bihar | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 9 | **what_it_offers**: 8 milk unions and 2 affiliated projects, all districts; 32,244 village dairy societies; 14.85 lakh farmer members (24.9 percent women); 5,706 AI centres, 25.28 lakh inseminations (2025-26); 22 dairy plants, 54.05 lakh litres per day capacity; turnover of COMFED and unions 2025-26 Rs 6,650 crore. Average procurement 2025-26 (to Jan 2026): page shows both '21.67 thousand kg per day' (body) and '21.67 Lakh Kg' (summary card). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://betastate.bihar.gov.in/Comfed | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
122. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-20 | **name**: Bihar Krishi Input Anudan (Rajya Fasal Sahayata): crop-loss grant | **provider**: Department of Agriculture, Government of Bihar | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 11 | **what_it_offers**: Window 23-09-2026 06:00 to 29-09-2026 22:00 (announcement text elsewhere says 10:00 to 18:00 daily: conflict); implementation letter 5479 dated 22.09.2026. Rates per hectare reported (RP8b, SECONDARY, see RP8-58): Rs 8,500 unirrigated, Rs 17,000 irrigated, Rs 22,500 perennial; min Rs 1,000/2,000/2,500; max 2 ha; 33 percent loss; 653 panchayats in 18 districts notified. Window closed (checked 19 October 2026), closing date 29 September 2026. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://dbtagriculture.bihar.gov.in/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
123. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-21 | **name**: JEEViKA SHG/VO/CLF finance and group eligibility | **provider**: Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society, Department of Rural Development | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Structure: BRLPS under Rural Development. RP8b additions: Jeevika Nidhi launched 2 Sep 2025 with Rs 105 crore, loans reported at Rs 15,000 / 75,000 / 2,00,000 at 12 percent (RP8-53); CIF about Rs 11,000 crore provided, Rs 2,013 crore disbursed Apr to Sep 2025; SVEP Community Enterprise Fund caps Rs 1 lakh individual and Rs 5 lakh group at 12 percent (RP8-54). General Bihar CIF interest and tenor for SHG enterprise loans: still not found on a Bihar source. Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: Jeevika Nidhi, CIF Rs 11,000 crore, Rs 2,013 crore, SVEP caps not on home page text fetched). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://brlps.in | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
124. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-22 | **name**: BIADA sheds and land policy; BSFC (no fresh lending) | **provider**: Government of Bihar | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1; Unclear: 3 | **what_it_offers**: BIADA: see RP8-55 (policy revised 2026; plug-and-play sheds Rs 4.00 to Rs 60.00 per sq ft (4.00, 6.00 and 8.00 for most; 25.00 Patna; 60.00 Udyog Bhawan) on the BIADA page; EMD 2 percent micro/small). BSFC: see RP8-56 (BSFC site: fresh financing stopped since 1990-91). BIIPP 2025 refers to BIADA's land rate with a 50 percent discount for investors not opting for the large-project land incentive. Standing [U]: not found on the cited page when checked on 19 October 2026 (page unreachable). On the page: biada.bihar.gov.in timed out twice (Exa CRAWL_TIMEOUT; WebFetch robots-disallowed). Related BIADA shed page (biada1) shows Plug & Play rates 4.00-60.00 per sq ft. | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://biada.bihar.gov.in | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
125. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-23 | **name**: Sabour Agri Incubators (SABAGRIs), BAU Sabour | **provider**: Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour (RKVY-RAFTAAR R-ABI) | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 5, 6, 8, 11; Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Seed stage: up to Rs 25 lakh (scheme 85 percent / incubatee 15 percent), instalments 40/40/20, up to 20 startups per R-ABI. Idea/pre-seed: up to Rs 5 lakh (90/10), instalments 60/40, up to 20 startups. Orientation stipend Rs 10,000 per month for two months, batches of 30. Eligibility: Indian legal entity, DPIIT-recognised startup, residency of at least two months at the R-ABI; not MNC subsidiaries. Project sanctioned FY 2019-20; notice section shows 'coming soon' (no live window). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.bausabour.ac.in/incubation-center.aspx | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
126. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-24 | **name**: FIST-TBI, IIT Patna | **provider**: FIST (Section 8 company) / IIT Patna, under DST NIDHI-TBI | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 6; Unclear: 5, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Offers co-working space, labs (3D design, machining, measurement, testing/calibration), mentoring and IP support; apply by a roughly 10-page business plan; no funding window or deadline printed; the latest dated item is the notice "Internship Opportunity, 2026 at FIST, IIT Patna", 19 April 2026 11:59 PM. The 10-page business plan was not seen on the page. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://fist.iitp.ac.in/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
127. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-25 | **name**: Punjab startup policy | **provider**: DPIIT Startup India portal (state policy page updated Sep 2026) | **businesses**: Unclear: 5, 6, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Interest subsidy 8 percent a year for 5 years, cap Rs 5 lakh a year; seed grant up to Rs 3 lakh via incubators; Rs 100 crore fund-of-funds with SIDBI | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/sih/en/state-startup-policies/Punjab-state-policy.html | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
128. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-26 | **name**: Maharashtra startup policy | **provider**: DPIIT Startup India portal (state policy page updated Sep 2026) | **businesses**: Unclear: 5, 6, 11 | **what_it_offers**: State GST reimbursement for turnover up to Rs 5 crore, cap Rs 4 lakh a year for 3 years; patent assistance up to Rs 2 lakh (India) and Rs 10 lakh (international); rental rebate up to 50 percent for rural and social startups at incubators | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/sih/en/state-startup-policies/Maharashtra-state-policy.html | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
129. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-27 | **name**: Karnataka startup policy | **provider**: DPIIT Startup India portal (state policy page updated Sep 2026) | **businesses**: Unclear: 5, 6, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Patent reimbursement up to Rs 2 lakh (Indian) and Rs 10 lakh (foreign); 30 percent of international marketing costs up to Rs 5 lakh a year | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/sih/en/state-startup-policies/Karnataka-state-policy.html | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
130. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-28 | **name**: Kerala startup policy | **provider**: DPIIT Startup India portal (state policy page updated Sep 2026) | **businesses**: Unclear: 5, 6, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Early-stage equity ticket Rs 25 lakh to Rs 200 lakh with SEBI-accredited VCs; innovation grants up to Rs 12 lakh; government procurement from startups up to Rs 20 lakh; patent support up to Rs 2 lakh (India), Rs 10 lakh (US) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/sih/en/state-startup-policies/Kerala-state-policy.html | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
131. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-29 | **name**: Odisha startup policy | **provider**: DPIIT Startup India portal (state policy page updated Sep 2026) | **businesses**: Unclear: 5, 6, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Monthly sustenance allowance Rs 20,000 for one year; product development and marketing assistance up to Rs 15 lakh; patent reimbursement up to Rs 10 lakh; 20 percent of state procurement from MSEs or startups | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/sih/en/state-startup-policies/Odisha-state-policy.html | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
132. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-30 | **name**: West Bengal startup policy | **provider**: DPIIT Startup India portal (state policy page updated Sep 2026) | **businesses**: Unclear: 5, 6, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Mentoring allowance up to Rs 10 lakh a year to institutions; up to Rs 10 lakh to universities for an Entrepreneurship Development Centre; patent filing reimbursed (no amount) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/sih/en/state-startup-policies/West-Bengal-state-policy.html | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
133. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-31 | **name**: Uttar Pradesh startup policy | **provider**: DPIIT Startup India portal (state policy page updated Sep 2026) | **businesses**: Unclear: 5, 6, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Sustenance allowance Rs 15,000 a month for one year; seed capital up to Rs 5 lakh in tranches 40/30/30; patent reimbursement Rs 2 lakh (India), Rs 10 lakh (international); +50 percent for women-founded and Purvanchal/Bundelkhand startups | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/sih/en/state-startup-policies/Uttar-Pradesh-state-policy.html | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
134. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-32 | **name**: Madhya Pradesh startup policy | **provider**: DPIIT Startup India portal (state policy page updated Sep 2026) | **businesses**: Unclear: 5, 6, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Sustenance allowance Rs 10,000 a month for up to a year; margin money up to 15 percent capped at Rs 12 lakh; interest subsidy 5 percent (6 percent for SC/ST/OBC/women) up to Rs 5 lakh a year for 7 years; State Innovation Challenge grant up to Rs 1 crore; Rs 100 lakh upfront grant for Livelihood Business Incubators in tribal districts | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/sih/en/state-startup-policies/Madhya-Pradesh-state-policy.html | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
135. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-33 | **name**: Gujarat startup policy | **provider**: DPIIT Startup India portal (state policy page updated Sep 2026) | **businesses**: Unclear: 5, 6, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Sustenance allowance Rs 10,000 a month for one year; interest subsidy 8 percent for 3 years capped at Rs 4 lakh a year; marketing allowance up to Rs 10 lakh | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/sih/en/state-startup-policies/Gujarat-state-policy.html | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
136. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-34 | **name**: Andhra Pradesh startup policy | **provider**: DPIIT Startup India portal (state policy page updated Sep 2026) | **businesses**: Unclear: 5, 6, 11 | **what_it_offers**: 50 percent (100 percent for SC/ST/women) reimbursement of exhibition stall rental (9 sq.m.); VAT/CST reimbursement (no amount); land-cost rebate for IT/ITeS startups | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/sih/en/state-startup-policies/Andhra-Pradesh-state-policy.html | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
137. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-35 | **name**: Telangana startup policy | **provider**: DPIIT Startup India portal (state policy page updated Sep 2026) | **businesses**: Unclear: 5, 6, 11 | **what_it_offers**: SGST reimbursement for turnover up to Rs 1 crore for first three years; patent reimbursement up to Rs 2 lakh (India) and Rs 10 lakh (foreign); performance grant 5 percent of turnover up to Rs 10 lakh; incubator capital expenditure subsidy 20 percent up to Rs 30 lakh | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/sih/en/state-startup-policies/Telangana-state-policy.html | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
138. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-36 | **name**: Residual gaps after RP8b (no scheme row) | **provider**: n/a | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Flagship agri-business / cold-chain / custom-hiring / processing entries now exist for all eleven states (RP8-37 to RP8-49). Still not found: for Punjab, Karnataka, Kerala, West Bengal, UP, MP, AP and Telangana a state drone-spraying subsidy, fisheries (matsya) and dairy/goat-poultry state schemes with rates; a state agri-startup grant other than Kerala's KERA mention (RP8-40); a primary-source West Bengal cold-storage rate for private entrepreneurs; Maharashtra MAGNET 2.0 rate; Karnataka Agri Business and Food Processing Policy rates; the 2026-27 Bihar goat-farm rate card; Bihar general JEEViKA CIF interest and tenor; the Bihar official CM Baghwani Mission cold-storage line. | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/sih/en/state-startup-policies.html | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
139. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-37 | **name**: Punjab: CRM custom hiring centres 80 percent (central rule, state programme) | **provider**: PIB / Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (rule); Hindustan Times, Chandigarh (Punjab programme) | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 4 | **what_it_offers**: Individual farmers 50 percent of machine cost; custom hiring centres (cooperative societies, village panchayats, farmer or food producer organisations, rural entrepreneurs) 80 percent, projects up to Rs 30 lakh per the PIB statement. 2026-27 Punjab programme: Rs 600 crore outlay (Centre 60 percent, state 40 percent), of which Rs 145 crore is earmarked for machinery for custom hiring centres in the August 2026 action plan; subsidy is to be paid to the bank and the machine hypothecated for five years (Feb 2026 report). Super seeder costs Rs 2.45 lakh to Rs 3.25 lakh. Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: PIB release is 18 Mar 2025; 2026-27 Punjab Rs 600 crore (Centre 60/State 40) and Rs 145 crore CHC earmark NOT on this page). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2112397 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
140. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-38 | **name**: Maharashtra: MAGNET matching grant up to 60 percent / Rs 6 crore | **provider**: Maharashtra Government (mahasdb.maharashtra.gov.in); IndiFoodBev (press, MAGNET 2.0) | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 2, 3; Unclear: 1 | **what_it_offers**: MAGNET (State, implemented by Maharashtra State Agricultural Marketing Board, ADB-assisted): matching grant up to 60 percent of eligible project cost or Rs 6 crore, whichever is lesser, for integrated post-harvest infrastructure on focus horticulture crops (banana, pomegranate, orange, sweet orange, custard apple, guava, sapota, strawberry, okra, chilli, flowers, mango, lemon, cashew, snake gourd). MAGNET 2.0 (minister's investor-meet announcement, 26 Sep 2026): outlay US$ 250 million, 23 value chains instead of 15, over Rs 1,000 crore private investment sought across six clusters (banana, pomegranate, mango, citrus, cashew, turmeric), more than 1 lakh MT cold storage planned. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://mahasdb.maharashtra.gov.in/files/DSP/Sector/AgroFoodProcessing_Schemes_4thAugust.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
141. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-39 | **name**: Karnataka: farm mechanisation 50/90 percent, Krishi Yantra Dhare | **provider**: Department of Agriculture, Government of Karnataka (kkisan.karnataka.gov.in); The Hindu | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 4; Unclear: 5 | **what_it_offers**: Farm machinery subsidy: 50 percent for general farmers, 90 percent for SC/ST farmers, limited to a maximum of Rs 1.00 lakh. Krishi Yantra Dhare (custom hire service centres at hobli level): 335 centres, 7.90 lakh farmers served per the portal. Farm machinery hubs guideline of 20 Jan 2024: individual up to 50 percent, institutions up to 70 percent; maximum subsidy Rs 1 crore for combo harvester hubs, Rs 50 lakh for combined harvester hubs and sugarcane harvester hubs; state scheme meant for clusters with project cost under Rs 1 crore. Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: farm machinery hubs guideline of 20 Jan 2024 (50%/70%, Rs 1 crore) not on fetched page). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://kkisan.karnataka.gov.in/Home.aspx | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
142. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-40 | **name**: Kerala: KERA agri-food MSME grants (40 to 80 percent) | **provider**: Department of Agriculture / Department of Industries and Commerce, Government of Kerala (smartkera.kerala.gov.in; kera.kerala.gov.in) | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 2; Unclear: 1, 3 | **what_it_offers**: KERA (World Bank, outlay Rs 2,365 crore); MSME component about Rs 280 crore via Department of Industries and Commerce: Infrastructure (greener technologies) 80 percent (grant Rs 15 lakh to Rs 30 lakh per sub-activity, activity cap Rs 40 lakh); Backward linkage (collection centres, field-level processing and testing equipment) 80 percent, Rs 5 lakh; Market 80 percent (Rs 30 lakh over 3 years); Certification 80 percent, Rs 5 lakh; Training 60 percent, Rs 5 lakh; Infrastructure (others: expansion, modernisation, diversification, capital investment only) 40 percent, Rs 150 lakh. Total eligible assistance limited to Rs 150 lakh. Eligibility: Udyam-registered agri or agri-food MSME in Kerala, operating at least three years, at least Rs 50 lakh in plant and machinery or equipment at application, books of account with GST and IT returns filed. KERA also lists tailored incubation and seed grants for 150 agri-tech startups through Kerala Startup Mission, and up to 150 Productive Alliances. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.smartkera.kerala.gov.in/scheme_details | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
143. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-41 | **name**: Odisha: Mukhyamantri Krushi Udyog Yojana 2024 (40/50 percent, Rs 1 crore) | **provider**: Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Empowerment, Government of Odisha (Odisha Gazette No. 550, 12 Mar 2024); hosted on fpoodisha.nic.in | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10; Unclear: 4, 5, 8 | **what_it_offers**: Capital Investment Subsidy: 40 percent of fixed capital investment (land excluded), max Rs 1.00 crore, general male entrepreneurs; 50 percent, max Rs 1.00 crore, for SC/ST/women/transgender/PwD/graduates of agriculture and allied disciplines. Groups (FPO, FPC, FPG, SHG, federations, PACS, LAMPS, cooperatives, OMFED, OPOLFED, FISHFED, companies) 40 percent up to Rs 1.00 crore (50 percent if all members are in the preferred categories). Rs 1 crore ceiling is per entrepreneur/family. Projects below Rs 50 crore; bank finance of at least 10 percent of project cost or self-finance; enterprise must generate average net income Rs 2.00 lakh a year (Rs 1.0 lakh for women SHGs); prior District Level Committee approval is required. Eligible items include agro-processing, horticulture, fisheries, animal husbandry, rural godowns, packaging, and manufacture of farm machinery and drones. The 2021 guideline PDF on agri.odisha.gov.in showed Rs 50 lakh caps: superseded. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://fpoodisha.nic.in/schemeDocsUploaded/MKUY%20scheme%20document.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
144. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-42 | **name**: Odisha: Financial Assistance to Cold Storages (50/60 percent, Rs 6 to 6.5 crore) | **provider**: Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Empowerment, Government of Odisha (egazette.odisha.gov.in) | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 3 | **what_it_offers**: New cold storages: 50 percent of fixed capital expenditure up to Rs 6.00 crore (other beneficiaries); 60 percent up to Rs 6.50 crore (ST/SC/women/transgender and beneficiaries from Scheduled Areas), whichever is lower; interest subvention up to 6 percent; working-capital interest reimbursement 100/75/50/25 percent across four slabs from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 5 crore (as in CM-SRIM); electricity tariff subsidy 50 percent of total bill for up to seven years; revival of non-functional cold stores: special assistance up to Rs 1.5 crore on arrears. Target: at least one cold storage in each of the 58 sub-divisions; implemented through APICOL; where several applicants compete in a block, the one seeking least government assistance is selected. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://egazette.odisha.gov.in/Archival_ControllerEW/download_gazette/1801 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
145. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-43 | **name**: West Bengal: Sufal Bangla storage and paddy-yard unit subsidies | **provider**: Cooch Behar District administration (coochbehar.gov.in); Cooperation Department, Government of West Bengal (cooperation.wb.gov.in); PIB | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1; Unclear: 3 | **what_it_offers**: Amar Fasal Amar Gola (traditional storage structure): subsidy Rs 6,336 per unit; (community storage structure): Rs 39,133 per unit, for small and marginal farmers, FIGs, SHGs. Amar Dhan Amar Chatal (paddy processing yard): Rs 21,714 per unit for a farm family. Cooperation Department scheme list (names only, no rates read): Establishment of Cold Storage / Development of Processing Cooperatives and Cold Storages; Farm Machinery Hubs (Custom Hiring Centre, NCDC-sponsored); Income Enhancement Initiative for SHGs through Poultry Farming and Goat Rearing (NCDC-sponsored). PIB (29 Aug 2026): West Bengal rejoined PMFBY from Kharif 2026. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://coochbehar.gov.in/agriculture/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
146. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-44 | **name**: Uttar Pradesh: Food Processing Industry Policy 2023 (35 percent; SHG/FPO up to 50 percent) | **provider**: Invest UP, Government of Uttar Pradesh; Department of Horticulture and Food Processing, UP (fppup.uphorticulture.in) | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 2, 3; Unclear: 1, 9 | **what_it_offers**: Capital subsidy 35 percent of plant, machinery and technical civil work, max Rs 5 crore; expansion/modernisation 25 percent, max Rs 1 crore (the Invest UP page says '25% to 35%'); cold chain and value addition infrastructure 35 percent, frozen storage/deep freezer/value-addition/processing 50 percent up to Rs 10 crore; backward and forward linkages 35 percent up to Rs 5 crore; interest subsidy on reefer vehicles and mobile pre-cooling vans, five years, max Rs 50 lakh; decentralised processing and storage: SHGs, FPOs, farmers grant up to 50 percent of project cost or Rs 50 lakh; modern technology adoption by food-processing startups up to Rs 5 crore; solar 50 percent (90 percent for women entrepreneurs); stamp duty 100 percent exemption; mandi fee exemption on produce sold directly by farmers to processing units; 25 percent export freight subsidy. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://invest.up.gov.in/uttar-pradesh-food-processing-industry-policy-2023/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
147. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-45 | **name**: Madhya Pradesh: Industrial Promotion Policy 2025 (food processing multiple 1.5x) | **provider**: Government of Madhya Pradesh (policy); copy hosted at cdn.indiastacklocal.in (mirror, not an MP government domain); sws.invest.mp.gov.in (official brief) | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 9; Unclear: 1, 3, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Food Processing Multiple: 1.5 times Basic Investment Promotion Assistance (BIPA); power tariff reimbursement Rs 1/unit for 5 years; mandi fee 100 percent reimbursed on agri produce procured for 5 years or up to 50 percent of investment in plant and machinery, whichever is earlier or lower; quality-certification subsidy 50 percent or Rs 5 lakh; infrastructure assistance 50 percent up to Rs 5 crore; IPR assistance up to Rs 10 lakh; organic certification up to Rs 5 lakh. An Invest MP sector brief lists, for MSMEs, industrial development subsidy up to 40 percent on plant and machinery (investment up to Rs 10 crore), additional 8 percent for SC/ST/women, and PMFME credit-linked 35 percent up to Rs 10 lakh. The earlier 2014 policy (MoFPI profile) gave 35 percent of cold-chain expenditure up to Rs 5 crore. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://cdn.indiastacklocal.in/assets/uploads/67e64ac6ca8c3ipp_2025_policy.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
148. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-46 | **name**: Madhya Pradesh: Mukhyamantri Krishak Udyami Yojana (aggregator) | **provider**: govtschemes.in (third-party aggregator) | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10; Unclear: 2 | **what_it_offers**: Margin money: 15 percent of project cost, max Rs 12,00,000 (general); 20 percent, max Rs 18,00,000 (BPL). Interest subsidy 5 percent (male) and 6 percent (women). Loans Rs 50,000 to Rs 2,00,00,000. Projects listed: agro processing, food processing, cold storage, milk processing, cattle/poultry/fish feed, custom hiring centre, tissue culture, pulse/rice/oil/flour mills, seed grading, bakery. Age 18 to 45, 10th pass; only farmers of the state and their children; nodal department MSME Department. Guarantee fee for up to 7 years. | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://www.govtschemes.in/madhya-pradesh-mukhyamantri-krishak-udyami-yojana | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
149. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-47 | **name**: Gujarat: HRT-2 2026-27 (cold storage, cluster PHM) and drone aid 90 percent | **provider**: Agriculture, Farmers Welfare and Co-operation Department, Government of Gujarat (GR, via third-party summaries); Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation (GAIC, 2016-21 guidelines) | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 2, 3, 5; Unclear: 1 | **what_it_offers**: HRT-2 (continued 1 Apr 2026 to 31 Mar 2027, Rs 430 crore provision): cold storage type 1 up to 50 percent of unit cost, Rs 8,000/MT up to 5,000 MT, credit-linked; cluster post-harvest infrastructure (grading, packing, storage, cold chain, primary processing) unit cost max Rs 100 lakh, 50 percent (Rs 50 lakh) for individuals/private bodies, 75 percent (Rs 75 lakh) for FPOs and cooperatives, once in a lifetime, loan sanction needed before applying; village collection centres and solar cold rooms for groups at 75 percent (per summary); PHM equipment for farmer groups 90 percent or Rs 7.5 lakh. Drone scheme (Agriculture, Farmers Welfare and Cooperation Dept): 90 percent of cost or max Rs 500/acre per spraying, max 5 acres per spraying per account; farmer needs 1 acre of land; service can come from IFFCO, cooperatives or FPOs. Comprehensive Agro Business Policy 2016-21 (GAIC): cold chain grant-in-aid 25 percent of plant, machinery and technical civil works up to Rs 500 lakh per project, term loan at least 25 percent of project cost. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.kisansubsidy.com/schemes/gj-hrt2-kapni-pachhi-vyavastha | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
150. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-48 | **name**: Andhra Pradesh: Food Processing Policy 4.0 (FPO/SHG 25 percent to Rs 50 lakh) | **provider**: Industries and Commerce Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh (apindustries.gov.in; apsdps.ap.gov.in) | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1; Unclear: 2, 3 | **what_it_offers**: Capital subsidy for new enterprises: FPOs/SHGs/federations/cooperatives/societies 25 percent of fixed capital investment (FCI) with cap Rs 50 lakh for processing units, 35 percent with cap Rs 5 crore for secondary/tertiary; micro 25 percent cap Rs 25 lakh; small 25 percent cap Rs 1.5 crore; medium 25 percent cap Rs 7 crore; large 15 percent; extra 10 percent subsidy for enterprises wholly owned by Women/BC/SC/ST/specially abled entrepreneurs of local domicile; paid over 2 to 5 years as generation of 1 percent invoice tax; incentives capped at 75 percent of FCI overall; applies to projects starting commercial production 26.10.2024 to 25.10.2029; nodal agency AP Food Processing Society. Cold chain: policy 'encourages' cold storage, refrigerated transport and packhouses with 'financial incentives and subsidies' (rate not given in the sections read). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: http://www.apsdps.ap.gov.in/Policies/AP%20Food%20Processing%20Policy%204.0%20-%202024INDS_33735_MS71.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
151. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-49 | **name**: Telangana: Food Processing and Preservation Policy (SHG/FPO extra 15 percent) | **provider**: Telangana State Food Processing Society (tgfps.telangana.gov.in), Government of Telangana | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1, 3; Unclear: 2 | **what_it_offers**: Units in Special Food Processing Zones: 35 percent capital grant-in-aid up to Rs 5 crore from the MoFPI scheme; power rebate Rs 2/unit for 5 years; interest subvention 75 percent of interest on term loan, max Rs 2 crore total; APMC fees reimbursed 100 percent for 7 years; early-bird land rebate 25 percent. Units by SC/ST/minorities and by SHGs and FPOs: capital grant of 15 percent up to Rs 20 lakh over and above the 35 percent MoFPI grant; 10 percent additional interest subvention (total capped at Rs 2 crore); land rebate 33 percent up to Rs 20 lakh. Targets: 10,000 acres of special food processing zones, Rs 15,000 crore investment. PMKSY cold chain on the TGFPS site: 35 percent (50 percent in specified areas) of plant, machinery and technical civil works up to Rs 10 crore per project. Telangana has three PMFME incubation centres (millets at PJTSAU, chilli at RARS Warangal, mango at RARS Jagtial). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://tgfps.telangana.gov.in/t-fapp/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
152. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-50 | **name**: Bihar: PMFBY from Rabi 2026-27 | **provider**: Press Information Bureau; Co-operative Department, Government of Bihar (RFP read on a mirror of the Bihar eProc tender, original on eproc2.bihar.gov.in); press for the Cabinet decision | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 11; Unclear: 8 | **what_it_offers**: Cabinet decision (Monday 8 June 2026, reported 8 to 10 June): PMFBY from Rabi 2026-27 replaces the Bihar State Crop Assistance Scheme running since Kharif 2018; no upper limit of insured land; farmers who want cover pay the premium (reported as voluntary). Cooperative Department RFP dated 9 Oct 2026: insurers for 5 clusters of all 38 districts, Rabi 2026-27 only, ARTM cup-and-cap models 80:110 and 60:130, cluster burn costs 1.2 to 4.4 percent; notified Rabi crops: wheat, Rabi maize, sugarcane, rapeseed/mustard, gram, lentil, pigeon pea, potato, tomato, brinjal, chilli, cauliflower, onion; insurance unit gram panchayat for wheat, Rabi maize, sugarcane and block for the rest; RWBCIS not notified; bid schedule: pre-bid 13 Oct, financial bids due 27 Oct 2026, opening 28 Oct 2026. Farmer premium share (standard PMFBY): Kharif 2 percent, Rabi 1.5 percent, commercial and horticultural 5 percent of sum insured; the rest shared equally by Centre and State. Standing [U]: not found on the cited page when checked on 19 October 2026. On the page: Bihar Cabinet 8 June 2026 PMFBY decision and Cooperative Dept RFP not on this PIB page; page gives PMFBY Rs 12,200 crore allocation 2026-27 and premium 2% Kharif / 1.5% Rabi / 5% commercial-horticultural. | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2304549 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
153. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-51 | **name**: Bihar: Horticulture Directorate cold storage Type-2 (35 percent on Rs 10,000/MT) | **provider**: Directorate of Horticulture, Government of Bihar (horticulture.bihar.gov.in); Hindustan; ABP Live | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 3; Unclear: 2 | **what_it_offers**: Type-2 multi-chamber cold storage: admissible cost Rs 10,000 per MT (maximum 5,000 MT), 35 percent subsidy in general areas, credit-linked and back-ended; 2,000 MT example: project cost Rs 200 lakh, subsidy Rs 70 lakh; bank loan must be at least the subsidy amount; subsidy fixed only after physical verification by Joint Inspection Team, 50 percent after civil structure and machinery, 50 percent after commercial operation starts. Khagaria Assistant Director Horticulture (Jan 2026): 35 percent on cold storage with unit norms Rs 9,600 per MT (single temperature) and Rs 12,000 per MT (multi-temperature); solar micro cool chamber (10 MT) Rs 25 lakh unit, 50 percent (Rs 12.50 lakh); ripening chamber Rs 1 lakh per MT, 35 percent; refrigerated van Rs 31 lakh, 35 percent; cold room (staging) Rs 52 lakh, 35 percent; solar crop dryer Rs 3.5 lakh, 40 percent; farm-gate pack house Rs 25 lakh, 50 percent; solar on cold storage Rs 35 lakh, 50 percent. The Directorate's 2022 and 2023 posts (via ABP Live) quoted 50 percent for individuals and 75 percent for FPOs/FPCs on Type-2 unit cost and on pre-cooling units (Rs 25 lakh unit: Rs 12.50 lakh and Rs 18.75 lakh). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://horticulture.bihar.gov.in/HORTMIS/ProjectBasedActivity/ProjectDocuments/ModelProject_ColdStorageType2.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
154. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-52 | **name**: Bihar: Samekit Bakri evam Bhed Vikas (goat farm 20+1) | **provider**: Prabhat Khabar; Hindustan; SLBC Bihar (slbcbihar.com); scheme owner Animal and Fisheries Resources Department, Government of Bihar | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 10 | **what_it_offers**: Unit costs and subsidy (FY 2024-25 as reported by the Banka district animal husbandry office): 20+1: Rs 2.42 lakh, subsidy Rs 1.21 lakh general (50 percent), Rs 1.45 lakh SC/ST (60 percent); 40+2: Rs 5.32 lakh, Rs 2.66 lakh / Rs 3.19 lakh; 100+5: Rs 13.04 lakh, Rs 6.52 lakh / Rs 7.82 lakh; 500+25: Rs 65.20 lakh, Rs 32.60 lakh / Rs 39.12 lakh. Applicant's own contribution (aggregators): 20+1 Rs 72,000 own cost + Rs 24,000 bank loan (general), Rs 58,000 + Rs 24,000 (SC/ST); land 1,800 sq ft for 20+1. First-come-first-served; priority to trained applicants and to those investing own funds. Application window in 2025: 2 to 23 June 2025 on state.bihar.gov.in/ahd. The scheme is listed as 'समेकित बकरी एवं भेड़ विकास योजना 2025-26' on the State Level Bankers' Committee Bihar page. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/banka/animal-husbandry-department-banka-will-become | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
155. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-53 | **name**: Bihar: Jeevika Nidhi (SHG federation credit cooperative) | **provider**: Prime Minister's Office; BRLPS (JEEViKA) quarterly report; DARPG presentation on Bihar rural transformation; Patna Press | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Launch by the Prime Minister on 2 Sep 2025 with Rs 105 crore transferred (Rs 50 crore share capital, Rs 50 crore grant, Rs 5 crore establishment); all registered JEEViKA cluster-level federations become members; registered 29 May 2025 under the Bihar Co-operative Societies Act 1935; Government of Bihar approved Rs 1,000 crore, Rs 400 crore to be mobilised from CLFs, Government of India Rs 110 crore (JEEViKA presentation); 653 posts; Axis Bank as banking partner. Loan categories reported at launch (Patna Press, 31 Jul 2025): Rs 15,000 for 1 year, Rs 75,000 for 2 years, Rs 2,00,000 for 3 years, all at 12 percent annual interest, management committee can revise; PIB contrast: women entrepreneurs otherwise rely on microfinance at 18 to 24 percent. Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: split (Rs 50/50/5 crore), registration date 29 May 2025, Rs 1,000 crore approval not on PMO page). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/pm-to-launch-bihar-rajya-jeevika-nidhi-saakh-sahkari-sangh-limited-on-2nd-september/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
156. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-54 | **name**: Bihar: JEEViKA CIF and SVEP Community Enterprise Fund | **provider**: Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society (JEEViKA), Department of Rural Development, Government of Bihar (brlps.in); DARPG | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: CIF: BRLPS has provided CIF worth around Rs 11,000 crore to SHGs and higher federations (AAP 2024-25); FY 2025-26 (to Sep) CIF disbursed Rs 2,013 crore; DARPG presentation: CIF is 60 to 70 percent of the project fund; revolving fund Rs 30,000 per SHG; initial capitalisation fund Rs 1.5 lakh per SHG to Village Organisations; Food Security Fund Rs 1 lakh and Health Risk Fund Rs 50,000; infrastructure and viability gap fund to 534 model CLFs. SVEP Community Enterprise Fund (BRLPS letter 1287 of 12 Jun 2017, pilot blocks only): lending to entrepreneurs at 12 percent a year reducing balance, maximum Rs 1 lakh to an individual and Rs 5 lakh to a group enterprise (Rs 1 lakh per member), repayment up to 24 months (individual) and 36 months (group), moratorium 3 to 6 months, bank first for loans above Rs 50,000. 10.45 lakh SHGs and 1.30 crore women members (AAP 2024-25). Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: group cap (Rs 5 lakh) text truncated; CIF Rs 11,000 crore / Rs 2,013 crore / revolving fund not on this letter). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://brlps.in/UplodFiles/Order/BRLPS%20Letter%20No%201287%20Dated%2012%2006%2017%20SVEP%20Guidelines%20for%20CEF.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
157. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-55 | **name**: Bihar: BIADA plug-and-play sheds and land policy 2026 | **provider**: Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority (biada1.bihar.gov.in), Department of Industries, Government of Bihar; Hindustan Times | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1; Unclear: 3 | **what_it_offers**: BIADA Land Allotment and Management Policy (Revised) 2026 (HT, 11 May 2026): online allotment, e-auction for prime plots; EMD 2 percent micro/small, 5 percent medium/large, full exemption for Bihar-registered startups; lease 30, 60 or 90 years; advance 40 percent for investment up to Rs 50 lakh down to 25 percent above Rs 7.5 crore; balance in 10 instalments over 1.5 to 5 years at 9 percent simple interest, 12 percent penal interest; commencement of production within 12/18/24/30 months by size; plug-and-play sheds: first allotment 5 years extendable to 15, operations within 90 days. BIADA portal vacant plot list (rates per sq ft): IA Bihiya (Bhojpur) 190.54, IA Buxar 289.26, IA Dumraon 160.70, IA Nawanagar 119.38, IA Sikandarpur (Patna) 459.14, MIP Bihta 456.84. Plug-and-play shed rates per sq ft on the BIADA shed page: Rs 4.00 at Darbhanga (Donar, Dharampur), Madhubani (Pandaul), Purnea, Saharsa, Araria (Forbesganj), Muzaffarpur leather park and MFP Damodarpur; Rs 6.00 at Begusarai, Bhagalpur, Hajipur, Muzaffarpur, Biharsharif; Rs 8.00 at Fatuha, Sikandarpur. Rates on the BIADA page range from Rs 4.00 to Rs 60.00 per sq ft (25.00 Patna; 60.00 Udyog Bhawan), not only 4 to 8. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://biada1.bihar.gov.in/VacanShedDetails.aspx | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
158. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-56 | **name**: Bihar: BSFC (no fresh lending since 1990-91) | **provider**: Bihar State Financial Corporation (bsfc.co.in) | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: 'Fresh financing stopped since year 1990-91 (SIDBI stopped refinancing facilities).' Units assisted since incorporation 7,223; balance units in portfolio 2,267 (1 Apr 2024); recovery mainly by sale of mortgaged assets under Section 29 of the SFCs Act; BSFC established 1954; main object historically medium and long term credit to small and medium units. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://bsfc.co.in/financial | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
159. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-57 | **name**: Bihar: drone spraying subsidy 2026-27 (Rs 209 per acre) | **provider**: Department of Agriculture, Government of Bihar (onlinedbtagriservice.bihar.gov.in); press and a third-party writer for the figures | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 5 | **what_it_offers**: Sanction order dated 02.07.2026 and implementation letter 522 dated 27.07.2026 (as read by a third-party writer from the department PDFs): target 38 districts, 2,85,160 acres; L-1 service rate Rs 419 per acre, subsidy max Rs 209 per acre (50 percent); chemical or liquid fertiliser subsidy 50 percent or max Rs 200 per acre per chemical per spraying; maximum 15 acres per farmer per spraying and 2 sprayings per crop per season (Kharif, Rabi and Garma counted separately); payment through SNA-SPARSH to the drone service provider and the licensed dealer; four providers selected. Nalanda Assistant Director Plant Protection (5 Aug 2026): '50 percent or maximum Rs 209 per acre', farmer arranges the pesticide; farmer pays about Rs 210 per acre. 2025-26 earlier round: subsidy max Rs 240 per acre or 50 percent, target 56,050 acres (2024-25: 27,666 acres sprayed), per the Deputy CM's statement. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://onlinedbtagriservice.bihar.gov.in/pp/index2.html | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
160. **type**: scheme (state) | **id**: RP8-58 | **name**: Bihar: Krishi Input Anudan 2026-27 rates | **provider**: Department of Agriculture, Government of Bihar (dbtagriculture.bihar.gov.in); press and explainer sites for the rates | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 11 | **what_it_offers**: Rates per hectare: Rs 8,500 rain-fed/unirrigated (minimum payment Rs 1,000), Rs 17,000 irrigated (minimum Rs 2,000), Rs 22,500 perennial (minimum Rs 2,500); maximum 2 hectares per farmer (so Rs 17,000 / Rs 34,000 / Rs 45,000); crop loss 33 percent or more; raiyat and non-raiyat farmers, 13-digit DBT registration number; paid by DBT. 2026-27 round: August 2026 floods; 18 districts, 84 blocks, 653 panchayats identified; online window 23 Sep (06:00) to 29 Sep 2026 (22:00). Nov 2025 round (12 districts) announced by the Agriculture Minister at the same three rates. One explainer says these are the national SDRF input-subsidy norms in force from 11 July 2023. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://dbtagriculture.bihar.gov.in/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
161. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-01 | **name**: State Bank of India: Agri Infrastructure Fund Scheme (AIF-Scheme), SBI page | **provider**: State Bank of India | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 3; Unclear: 1, 2, 4, 5 | **what_it_offers**: Margin min 10% of project cost up to Rs 2 crore, 25% above; max repayment 10 years including moratorium of 6 months to 2 years; rate up to Rs 2 crore stated as 6M MCLR+100 bps (max 9% p.a.); 3% p.a. interest subvention up to Rs 2 crore for up to 7 years (SBI page last updated 20-06-2025) | Status: active (page shows update 20-06-2025; confirm current) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://sbi.bank.in/web/agri-rural/agriculture-banking/government-schemes/aif-scheme | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
162. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-02 | **name**: State Bank of India: Agri & Food Enterprises Loan (AFEL) | **provider**: State Bank of India | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1, 2, 3; Unclear: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Minimum Rs 1 lakh, maximum Rs 100 crore; rate 'starting from EBR' (no figure on page); term loan max 10 years including moratorium of max 24 months; cash credit one year | Status: active (page live on checked date; no page date) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://sbi.bank.in/web/agri-rural/agriculture-banking/allied-activities/agri-enterprise-loan | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
163. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-03 | **name**: Bank of Baroda: Scheme for Financing Farmer Producer Companies / Organizations (FPCs / FPOs) | **provider**: Bank of Baroda | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9 | **what_it_offers**: Minimum Rs 3.00 lakh; maximum Rs 500.00 lakh (FAQ on page gives Rs 5 crore for FPOs and Rs 100 crore for food and agro processing units, which does not match the first figure: CONFLICT inside page); margin minimum 15%; rate cells partly blank (limits Rs 3-25 lakh: one-year MCLR plus spread plus 1.25%, with tenor add-ons); undated page | Status: active (page live; undated) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://bankofbaroda.bank.in/business-banking/rural-and-agri/loans-and-advances/financing-farmer-producer-companies | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
164. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-04 | **name**: HDFC Bank: Farmer Producer Organization scheme page and Agri Banking > Government Schemes | **provider**: HDFC Bank | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 8, 9 | **what_it_offers**: UNVERIFIED: no terms visible in the retrieved text | Status: unclear | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://www.hdfc.bank.in/agri-banking/gov-schemes/farmer-producer-organization | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
165. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-05 | **name**: NABKISAN Finance Limited (NABARD subsidiary, RBI-notified NBFC): FPO financing; bulk lending; wholesale on-lending | **provider**: NABKISAN Finance Limited (NABARD subsidiary, RBI-notified NBFC) | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9 | **what_it_offers**: none found (no ticket size on the NABARD page) | Status: active (page live) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://nabard.org/nabkisan.aspx | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
166. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-06 | **name**: Samunnati Financial Intermediation & Services: FPO Next; Input, Output and Credit Marketplaces; Trade Next; Financial Solutions | **provider**: Samunnati Financial Intermediation & Services | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 8, 9 | **what_it_offers**: none found (no ticket sizes published on the home page) | Status: active (site live) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.samunnati.com | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
167. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-07 | **name**: Arya.ag: Post-harvest services platform (warehouse receipt / commodity finance not confirmed) | **provider**: Arya.ag | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2 | **what_it_offers**: UNVERIFIED | Status: unclear | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://www.arya.ag | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
168. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-08 | **name**: Ergos Business Solutions: Communal warehousing and warehouse-receipt finance for smallholders (Bihar origin) | **provider**: Ergos Business Solutions | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3 | **what_it_offers**: UNVERIFIED | Status: unclear (only 2017 press and donor catalogue found) | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://yourstory.com/2017/05/ergos-startup | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
169. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-09 | **name**: Dvara KGFS: Enterprise / livestock / JLG loans (product names under Plan, Grow, Protect, Diversify) | **provider**: Dvara KGFS | **businesses**: Unclear: 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: none found | Status: active (site live) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.dvarakgfs.com | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
170. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-10 | **name**: State Bank of India with IoTechWorld Avigation: Collateral-free loans for IoTechWorld agri-drones under AIF | **provider**: State Bank of India with IoTechWorld Avigation | **businesses**: Unclear: 5 | **what_it_offers**: Collateral-free; 3% interest subvention under AIF; AIF loans up to Rs 2 crore; rate not stated (agreement signed 1 February 2023) | Status: unclear (2023 report; current status not found) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://agriculturepost.com/agritech/sbi-to-provide-collateral-free-loans-for-purchasing-iotechworld-avigation-agri-drones/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
171. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-11 | **name**: Mahindra Finance: Tractor Loan | **provider**: Mahindra Finance | **businesses**: Unclear: 4 | **what_it_offers**: Tenure 6 to 60 months; interest rate not published (calculator slider 6% to 26% is a tool range only); product, document and stamp fees apply; loan amount customised | Status: active (page live) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.mahindrafinance.com/loans/tractor-loan | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
172. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-12 | **name**: Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI): MSME Loans, Machinery Loan, Project Funding, Working Capital; TReDS (RXIL); CGTMSE; Fund of Funds | **provider**: Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 3, 4 | **what_it_offers**: none found on home page | Status: active (site live) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.sidbi.in | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
173. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-13 | **name**: SBI Foundation with Villgro (NABKISAN partner): Innovators for Bharat | **provider**: SBI Foundation with Villgro (NABKISAN partner) | **businesses**: Unclear: 5, 6, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Initial pool Rs 3.25 crore, reported to unlock Rs 6 crore with NABKISAN; 14 startups in the cohort (announced 14 October 2024) | Status: unclear (2024 announcement; no open call found) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://india.entrepreneur.com/news-and-trends/sbi-foundation-and-villgro-launch-innovators-for-bharat/481232 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
174. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-14 | **name**: Department of Biotechnology / BIRAC / BRIC-ILS: D.E.S.I.G.N. for BioE3 Challenge | **provider**: Department of Biotechnology / BIRAC / BRIC-ILS | **businesses**: Unclear: 6, 7, 8 | **what_it_offers**: Listed as up to Rs 25 lakh; deadline 31 Oct 2026 with monthly windows (discovery page dated 18 June 2026) | Status: active per discovery page; UNVERIFIED on official site | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://www.startupgrantsindia.com/blog/agri-food-rural-startup-grants-india-2026-w24 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
175. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-15 | **name**: IIT Kharagpur AFBIC (RKVY-RAFTAAR): Agripreneurship Orientation Programme; Agri-Startup Incubation Programme; Student Orientation Programme | **provider**: IIT Kharagpur AFBIC (RKVY-RAFTAAR) | **businesses**: Unclear: 11 | **what_it_offers**: Listed up to Rs 5 lakh / Rs 25 lakh / Rs 4 lakh; deadline 30 June 2026 (discovery page dated 18 June 2026) | Status: closed (deadline passed) per discovery page; UNVERIFIED | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://www.startupgrantsindia.com/blog/agri-food-rural-startup-grants-india-2026-w24 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
176. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-16 | **name**: ICAR-NIVEDI NaaViC: NUZEN Agri-Startup Grant | **provider**: ICAR-NIVEDI NaaViC | **businesses**: Unclear: 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Listed up to Rs 4 lakh; deadline 30 June 2026 | Status: closed per discovery page; UNVERIFIED | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://www.startupgrantsindia.com/blog/agri-food-rural-startup-grants-india-2026-w24 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
177. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-17 | **name**: NERVE CoE Nagpur; SmartAgri CoE Bhilai (MeitY, STPI): Open Challenge Programme (Cohort 1) / Open Challenge Programme 1.0 | **provider**: NERVE CoE Nagpur; SmartAgri CoE Bhilai (MeitY, STPI) | **businesses**: Unclear: 5, 6, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Listed up to Rs 50 lakh and Rs 35 lakh; deadline 15 July 2026 | Status: closed per discovery page; UNVERIFIED | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://www.startupgrantsindia.com/blog/agri-food-rural-startup-grants-india-2026-w24 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
178. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-18 | **name**: IIMA Ventures (Gates Foundation supported): Women's Economic Empowerment (WEE) | **provider**: IIMA Ventures (Gates Foundation supported) | **businesses**: Unclear: 11 | **what_it_offers**: Listed from Rs 45 lakh; rolling intake | Status: unclear; UNVERIFIED | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://www.startupgrantsindia.com/blog/agri-food-rural-startup-grants-india-2026-w24 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
179. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-19 | **name**: Tata Trusts: Livelihood area of work | **provider**: Tata Trusts | **businesses**: Unclear: 11 | **what_it_offers**: none found | Status: unclear | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.tatatrusts.org | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
180. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-20 | **name**: ITC Limited: e-Choupal and related agriculture interventions | **provider**: ITC Limited | **businesses**: Unclear: 11 | **what_it_offers**: none found | Status: unclear | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.itcportal.com/sustainability/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
181. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-21 | **name**: Ministry of Corporate Affairs / Companies Act 2013 s.135, Schedule VII: CSR spending categories relevant to agri/rural producers | **provider**: Ministry of Corporate Affairs / Companies Act 2013 s.135, Schedule VII | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Schedule VII item (x) rural development projects; item (ii) livelihood enhancement projects; item (iv) agroforestry, conservation of natural resources; item (ix) contribution to incubators or R&D in science, technology (academic and government bodies); new item (xiii) added by notifications G.S.R. 415(E) and 416(E) dated 27 May 2026 Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: schedule text on this URL ends at item (xii); item (xiii) is confirmed separately at PIB PRID=2266792 (RP9-23). Item (ix) is wider than 'academic and government bodies': it covers incubators/R&D funded by Central/State Govt, PSU or agency, plus public-funded universities, IITs, national labs etc). | Status: active; amended May 2026 | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://upload.indiacode.nic.in/schedulefile?aid=AC_CEN_22_29_00008_201318_1517807327856&rid=79 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
182. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-22 | **name**: Ministry of Corporate Affairs: Companies (CSR Policy) Rules 2014, Rule 4: implementing agencies and Form CSR-1 | **provider**: Ministry of Corporate Affairs | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: none (rule) | Status: active | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1776197&reg=48&lang=2 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
183. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-23 | **name**: Ministry of Corporate Affairs: Schedule VII amendment: zero coupon zero principal instruments on Social Stock Exchange (item xiii) | **provider**: Ministry of Corporate Affairs | **businesses**: Unclear: 11 | **what_it_offers**: Spending limit: not more than ten percent of total CSR expenditure for that financial year | Status: active; notified 27 May 2026 | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2266792&reg=3&lang=1 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
184. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-24 | **name**: Department of Food and Public Distribution / WDRA: Credit Guarantee Scheme for e-NWR based Pledge Financing (CGS-NPF) | **provider**: Department of Food and Public Distribution / WDRA | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1, 2, 3; Unclear: 8 | **what_it_offers**: Guarantee on loans up to Rs 75 lakh (agricultural) and Rs 200 lakh (non-agricultural); cover 85% to Rs 3 lakh and 80% to Rs 75 lakh for priority groups, 75% for others; guarantee fee 0.40% per annum for farmers, 1% for non-farmers (WDRA FAQ) | Status: active (launched 16 December 2024) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://wdra.gov.in/web/wdra/faq-cgs | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
185. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-25 | **name**: WDRA / NABARD (PIB): e-NWR based pledge finance, bankers' conference | **provider**: WDRA / NABARD (PIB) | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 3 | **what_it_offers**: Loans against e-NWR crossed Rs 1,500 crore during FY 2022-23 (as at 16 January 2023) | Status: context only | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1891622&reg=48&lang=2 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
186. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-26 | **name**: Ministry of Finance / RBI TReDS platforms (RXIL, M1xchange and others): Trade Receivables Discounting System invoice discounting | **provider**: Ministry of Finance / RBI TReDS platforms (RXIL, M1xchange and others) | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 9 | **what_it_offers**: Budget 2024-25 speech (PIB, 23 July 2024) proposed to reduce buyer turnover threshold for mandatory onboarding from Rs 500 crore to Rs 250 crore; M1xchange page refers to 'RBI's TReDS Master Direction, 2026' (text not read) | Status: active; current threshold UNVERIFIED | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=2035589&reg=48&lang=2 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
187. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-27 | **name**: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare: Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) | **provider**: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare | **businesses**: Unclear: 8, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Farmer premium maximum 2% (kharif), 1.5% (rabi), 5% (commercial/horticultural); remainder shared 50:50 Centre and state (Lok Sabha reply, 10 March 2026) | Status: active (implemented in 25 states/UTs for kharif 2026 per a 1 Sep 2026 explainer) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2237736&reg=48&lang=2 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
188. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-28 | **name**: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare: Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS) | **provider**: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare | **businesses**: Unclear: 8, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Payout on weather-station triggers; add-on covers optional with notional premium borne by farmer unless state subsidises | Status: active per 1 Sep 2026 explainer; Bihar notification UNVERIFIED | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://content.sbigeneral.in/uploads/c9f3e16c04374d19896d5f695f0bb2ff.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
189. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-29 | **name**: Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying: National Livestock Mission: livestock insurance | **provider**: Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Beneficiary pays 15% of premium, Centre and state 85%; premium rates quoted 4.5% (one year), 8% (two years), 11% (three years) in normal areas; subsidy cap 10 cattle units per household (1 cattle unit = 10 sheep/goat/pig/rabbit) | Status: active (guidelines dated January 2025 on DAHD site) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://dahd.gov.in/sites/default/files/2026-04/NLMGuidelinesJan2025.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
190. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-30 | **name**: Department of Fisheries (PMMSY): Insurance for fishers and fishing vessels under PMMSY | **provider**: Department of Fisheries (PMMSY) | **businesses**: Unclear: 7 | **what_it_offers**: Premium shared between Centre and states per PMMSY pattern; premium rates and cover terms not in the booklet (refers to operational guidelines) | Status: unclear (booklet undated; scheme status RP7) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/userfiles/PMMSY%20BookEnglish.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
191. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-31 | **name**: ICICI Lombard: Drone Insurance (Remotely Piloted Aircraft Insurance) | **provider**: ICICI Lombard | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 5 | **what_it_offers**: Hull on all-risk basis; third-party bodily injury and property damage; short-term cover for 1 day, 1 week or 1 month; premium not published | Status: active (page live) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.icicilombard.com/business-insurance/drone-insurance | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
192. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-32 | **name**: Equity and revenue-based crowdfunding, P2P: Regulatory status of crowdfunding in India | **provider**: Equity and revenue-based crowdfunding, P2P | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: none | Status: UNVERIFIED on primary source | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://www.incorpx.io/blog/crowdfunding-india-sebi-legal-framework-2026 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
193. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-33 | **name**: HDFC Bank: Farmer Producer Organisation (FPO) loan | **provider**: HDFC Bank | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 4; Unclear: 1, 2, 3 | **what_it_offers**: Maximum Rs 200 lakh for each FPC/FPO; credit guarantee from CGTMSE and NABSanrakshan for loans up to Rs 2 crore; rate and margin not on page | Status: active (page live) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.hdfc.bank.in/agri-banking/gov-schemes/farmer-producer-organization | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
194. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-34 | **name**: HDFC Bank: Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) loan, MSME page | **provider**: HDFC Bank | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 3, 4, 8; Unclear: 1, 5, 6 | **what_it_offers**: Loans up to Rs 2 crore get CGTMSE guarantee and 3% annual interest subvention; loans above Rs 2 crore may be considered without scheme benefits; tenure 7 years with moratorium of 6 months to 2 years; interest rate not stated | Status: active (page live) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.hdfc.bank.in/msme-banking/msme-government-schemes/agriculture-infrastructure-fund-aif | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
195. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-35 | **name**: ICICI Bank: Agri Infrastructure Fund | **provider**: ICICI Bank | **businesses**: Unclear: 3 | **what_it_offers**: Up to Rs 2 crore per project, 3% interest subvention; page example: borrower pays 9%, subvention 3%, net 6%; tenure 7 years including moratorium of up to 2 years; collateral: CGTMSE cover or residential/commercial/industrial property; documents: constitution and vintage, ID/address, 12 months bank statement, audited and projected financials | Status: active (page live) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.icici.bank.in/business-banking/business-loans/aif | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
196. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-36 | **name**: ICICI Bank: Commodity Based Finance (loan against warehouse receipt) | **provider**: ICICI Bank | **businesses**: Unclear: 2, 3 | **what_it_offers**: Limit up to Rs 400 million (Rs 40 crore); tenure maximum 12 months, each tranche 3 to 12 months; maximum rate I-MCLR + 8%; disclosed Q4 FY2026 rates: farmer 10.10-10.80% (mean 10.70%), non-farmer 8.35-10.80% (mean 9.12%) | Status: active (page live, rate table for Q4 FY2026) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.icici.bank.in/rural/agritraders/loan-against-warehouse | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
197. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-37 | **name**: Axis Bank: Agri product rate disclosure (AIF, FPO Finance, Potato Marketing Loan, Kisan Matsya, Poultry and others) | **provider**: Axis Bank | **businesses**: Unclear: 3, 7, 8, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Interest rates disbursed Jan-Mar 2026 (min/max/mean): Agri Infra Fund 7.50/9.00/8.69% (B2B, rural and MSME table) and 9/9/9% (farmer-funding table); FPO Finance 9.60/10.50/10.13% (B2B table) and 9.25/15/11.54% (farmer table, CC/TL); Potato Marketing Loan 7.60/9.00/8.20%; Kisan Matsya 9.15/15.25/12.74%; Poultry 8.10/9.00/8.78% | Status: active (rates for Jan-Mar 2026) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.axis.bank.in/docs/default-source/default-document-library/kisan-tatkal/agri_products_new.pdf?sfvrsn=de5ea052_2 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
198. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-38 | **name**: Kotak Mahindra Bank: Agri Project Loan (agri project finance) | **provider**: Kotak Mahindra Bank | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 3, 8; Unclear: 1, 4, 7, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Ticket size, rate and tenure not published on the retrieved page; product range: term loans, dealer finance, supplier finance, business loans to promoters | Status: active (page live) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.kotak.bank.in/en/business/loans/agri-project-loan/project-finance.html | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
199. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-39 | **name**: Union Bank of India: Union Agriculture Infrastructure Loan Scheme (UAILS) | **provider**: Union Bank of India | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 3, 4, 5, 6, 8; Unclear: 11 | **what_it_offers**: Loan amount, rate and tenure answers are blank in the retrieved text; the page says approval usually takes 4 to 6 weeks | Status: active (page live) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.unionbankofindia.bank.in/en/details/union-agriculture-infrastructure-loan-scheme-uails | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
200. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-40 | **name**: Union Bank of India: Finance to Farmer Producer Organisations | **provider**: Union Bank of India | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Amount, margin and rate not in the retrieved text | Status: active (page live) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.unionbankofindia.bank.in/en/details/finance-to-farmer-producer-organisations | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
201. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-41 | **name**: Canara Bank: Agriculture Infrastructure Fund Scheme | **provider**: Canara Bank | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 3, 4, 6, 8; Unclear: 5 | **what_it_offers**: Margin minimum 10%; loans up to Rs 2 crore: six-month MCLR + 1.00% subject to maximum 9% p.a.; 3% subvention up to Rs 2 crore for up to 7 years; repayment up to 7 years including moratorium of 6 months to 2 years; CGTMSE cover on loans up to Rs 2 crore | Status: active (page live) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.canarabank.bank.in/agriculture-infrastructure | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
202. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-42 | **name**: Canara Bank: Canara Drone scheme | **provider**: Canara Bank | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 5; Unclear: 4 | **what_it_offers**: Margin 25% of unit cost; loan up to 75% of unit cost; up to Rs 12 lakh for up to 2 drones at branch level, up to Rs 25 lakh for more than 2 drones; repayment up to 5 years with moratorium up to 6 months; custom-hiring accounts to be covered under AIF and CGTMSE; drones must be from DGCA-approved manufacturers | Status: active (page live) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.canarabank.bank.in/pages/canara-drones | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
203. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-43 | **name**: Canara Bank: Financing to Farmer's Producer Organization | **provider**: Canara Bank | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4 | **what_it_offers**: Term loan: 90% of project cost; working capital: two months' projected operating expenses, or 50% of value of produce stored/procured or finance against NWR; no collateral except working capital above Rs 3 crore where 10 times net owned funds applies | Status: active (page live) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://canarabank.com/pages/financing-to-farmer%E2%80%99s-producer-organization | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
204. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-44 | **name**: Canara Bank: Cold Storage (and Rural Godown) finance | **provider**: Canara Bank | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 3; Unclear: 1 | **what_it_offers**: Margin under AIF: 10% up to Rs 2 crore, 20% above Rs 2 crore up to Rs 10 crore, 25% above Rs 10 crore; term loan not exceeding 15 years including moratorium of maximum 2 years; working capital limit valid 12 months; working capital margin 25%. Rural Godown page: no minimum or maximum ceiling, term loan not exceeding 15 years | Status: active (page live) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.canarabank.bank.in/pages/cold-storage | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
205. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-45 | **name**: Indian Bank: IND-KRISHI INFRA FUND (Agriculture Infra Fund) | **provider**: Indian Bank | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: none published on the category listing; product page not read | Status: active (listing live) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://indianbank.bank.in/category/loans/agriculture/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
206. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-46 | **name**: Punjab National Bank: Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) Scheme | **provider**: Punjab National Bank | **businesses**: Unclear: 3 | **what_it_offers**: Up to 90% of project cost; up to Rs 2 crore: six-month MCLR + 1% subject to max 9%; margin 10% up to Rs 2 crore, 15% above Rs 2 crore to Rs 10 crore, 25% above Rs 10 crore; 3% subvention up to Rs 2 crore for up to 7 years; repayment max 10 years including moratorium of 2 years (the longer scheme note says 8-10 years) | Status: active (documents live) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://pnb.bank.in/downloadprocess.aspx?fid=kWvlogQ%2FLBC8RGtI1IH9WA%3D%3D | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
207. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-47 | **name**: Punjab National Bank: Scheme for financing Farmer Producer Companies and Organisations | **provider**: Punjab National Bank | **businesses**: Unclear: 3, 4, 7, 10 | **what_it_offers**: No collateral or third-party guarantee up to Rs 100 lakh under the credit guarantee fund (guarantee for loans up to Rs 1 crore); SFAC guarantee fee 0.85% of facility, maximum Rs 85,000, plus annual service fee 0.25%, borne by the FPC; NWR and procurement loans cleared within 12 months | Status: active (document live; SFAC fee terms as written by the bank) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://pnb.bank.in/downloadprocess.aspx?fid=WS+Y1CNMmH9PME4WDegWiQ%3D%3D | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
208. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-48 | **name**: Bandhan Bank: Agri Sampann Plus | **provider**: Bandhan Bank | **businesses**: Unclear: 2 | **what_it_offers**: Loan up to Rs 10 crore; floating rate 9.85-16.81%, fixed 12.15-17.13%; cash credit/overdraft 1 year, term loan up to 7 years | Status: active (page live) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://bandhan.bank.in/business-banking/agri-loan/agri-sampann-plus | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
209. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-49 | **name**: Ujjivan Small Finance Bank: Kisan Pragati Card (crop, pisciculture, poultry variants) | **provider**: Ujjivan Small Finance Bank | **businesses**: Unclear: 7, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Crop loan Rs 26,000 to Rs 1 crore; pisciculture Rs 5-25 lakh; poultry Rs 2-50 lakh; tenure up to 5 years; crop loan rates overdraft 14.99%, cash credit 16.99%, term loan 17.99%; poultry overdraft 16.99%, term loan 18.99% | Status: active (page live) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.ujjivansfb.bank.in/personal/loans/agricultural-loans | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
210. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-50 | **name**: AU Small Finance Bank: Agri Loans (Agri Business Credit, Agri Infrastructure Loan, Loan to FPOs) | **provider**: AU Small Finance Bank | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 3 | **what_it_offers**: Statement of charges for the Agri Business Loan: interest up to 22%, processing up to 2% of loan, prepayment 5% of principal before 12 months and 3% after; no ticket size on the pages read | Status: active (page live) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.au.bank.in/business-banking/agri-loans | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
211. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-51 | **name**: Equitas Small Finance Bank: Unieq Krishi Pro (agro processors and manufacturers) | **provider**: Equitas Small Finance Bank | **businesses**: Unclear: 2, 7, 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Limit Rs 10.50 lakh to Rs 1000 lakh; rate linked to an external benchmark (T-bill based); operating radius up to 75 km from the designated agri branch | Status: active (page live) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://equitasbank.com/agro-processors/manufacturers | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
212. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-52 | **name**: RBL Bank: Corporate and Value Chain Finance (agri) | **provider**: RBL Bank | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 4; Unclear: 2 | **what_it_offers**: Ticket size and rate not published on the page read | Status: active (page live) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.rblbank.com/business-banking/agri-banking/agri-business/corporate-and-value-chain-finance | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
213. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-53 | **name**: Samunnati: Financial Solutions (Instant Pre-Approved Loan for FPOs, short/medium/long-term agri loans, agri receivable finance) | **provider**: Samunnati | **businesses**: Unclear: 2, 4 | **what_it_offers**: IPL: Rs 5 lakh working capital for any FPO; short-term loans up to 12 months; medium-term 12 to 36 months; long-term 'structured for up to 36 months' for equipment and infrastructure | Status: active (page live) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.samunnati.com/financial-solutions/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
214. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-54 | **name**: Ergos: Grainbank (farm-gate storage with credit through partner NBFCs and banks) | **provider**: Ergos | **businesses**: Unclear: 2, 3 | **what_it_offers**: Credit is by partner banks/NBFCs against stored grain; page shows 'Pre-Approved Loan Amount worth 10 Crores / per Buyer' under buyer advantages; farmer rates not published | Status: active (site live; no date) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://ergos.in/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
215. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-55 | **name**: Arya.ag (Aryadhan Financial Solutions): Warehouse receipt finance, Arya Vyapar Vridhi Loan, AryaMitra (FPO line of credit), Lease Rental Discounting | **provider**: Arya.ag (Aryadhan Financial Solutions) | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3 | **what_it_offers**: Vyapar Vridhi: up to Rs 2 crore, no financials needed up to Rs 50 lakh (GST-based assessment); AryaMitra: up to Rs 50 lakh per FPO, no property collateral; commodity loans up to Rs 20 crore per borrower, tenure up to 12 months; LRD for warehouse owners against rental receipts | Status: active (site live) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://aryadhan.in/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
216. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-56 | **name**: Jai Kisan: Farmer input credit and supply-chain financing | **provider**: Jai Kisan | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Ticket size and rates not published on the pages read; company says 800,000 farmers and 100,000 rural businesses served, 11+ states | Status: active (site live) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.jai-kisan.com/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
217. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-57 | **name**: Satya MicroCapital: Cattle Specific Loan and group loans | **provider**: Satya MicroCapital | **businesses**: Unclear: 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Cattle loan Rs 35,000 to Rs 80,000, 2 years, 21.65% p.a., processing fee 1.18% incl GST; group loans Rs 25,000 to Rs 75,000 (two pages show different rate ranges: 21.47-23.99% and 23.5-25.5%) | Status: active (pages live; group-loan pages disagree on rate) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://satyamicrocapital.com/cattle-specific-loans/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
218. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-58 | **name**: Annapurna Finance: Dairy Development Loan | **provider**: Annapurna Finance | **businesses**: Unclear: 9 | **what_it_offers**: Loan size Rs 40,000 to Rs 1,60,000; tenure 12 to 48 months; processing fee 1.99% + GST; the page shows '24.49%' beside the loan size (rate label not clear in retrieved text) | Status: active (page live) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://annapurnafinance.in/product-and-services/dairy-loan | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
219. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-59 | **name**: Tata Trusts: Agriculture and livelihoods programmes | **provider**: Tata Trusts | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: none published | Status: programme described; no open call found | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://tatatrusts.org/our-work/livelihood/agriculture-practices | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
220. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-60 | **name**: India Agritech Incubation Network (Social Alpha, with Gates Foundation and Tata Trusts): IAIN incubation for agritech startups | **provider**: India Agritech Incubation Network (Social Alpha, with Gates Foundation and Tata Trusts) | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Offerings listed: pilots on the ground, seed investment and/or grants, lab and incubation space, mentorship; amounts not published on the page. Gates Foundation grant record: US$1,591,343 to Collectives for Integrated Livelihood Initiatives, 40 months, Nov 2018 | Status: unclear (page dated 2022; no current cohort found) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.socialalpha.org/iain-impact/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
221. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-61 | **name**: Reliance Foundation: Rural Transformation programme | **provider**: Reliance Foundation | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: none published | Status: programme described; no open call found | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.reliancefoundation.org/what-we-do/rural-transformation | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
222. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-62 | **name**: ITC Limited: ITC Mission Sunehra Kal (social investments) and e-Choupal | **provider**: ITC Limited | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: none published | Status: programme described (2022-23 impact assessment) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://itcportal.com/content/dam/itc-corporate/pdfs/sustainability-corporate-social-responsibility/Impact%20Assessment%20of%20ITC%20Mission%20Sunehra%20Kal%202022-23.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
223. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-63 | **name**: Bayer (Bayer Crop Science): LifeHub Bangalore: solutions for smallholder farmers | **provider**: Bayer (Bayer Crop Science) | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: none published | Status: hub described; no open call found | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.bayer.com/en/agriculture/global-lifehub-network | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
224. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-64 | **name**: Syngenta (Shoots by Syngenta): Startup accelerator | **provider**: Syngenta (Shoots by Syngenta) | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: none published on the page read | Status: closed (page says current cohort closed) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://shootsbysyngenta.com/accelerator | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
225. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-65 | **name**: UPL (OpenAg Ventures with Radicle Growth): Radicle challenges by UPL | **provider**: UPL (OpenAg Ventures with Radicle Growth) | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: 2024 challenge: up to US$1.75 million in investments (US$1 million winner, US$750,000 second place per the 2023 release); pitch day 18 March 2024 | Status: closed (2024 challenge; no current call found) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.upl-ltd.com/sustainability/openag-ventures | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
226. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-66 | **name**: Marico Innovation Foundation: Scale-Up (no-equity accelerator) | **provider**: Marico Innovation Foundation | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: No equity; one-time fee Rs 25,000 plus taxes, applicable only after startups have derived value; selection takes 2-3 months; support runs 3-5 years or until Rs 100 crore revenue | Status: active (rolling applications per FAQ dated 2025-07-23) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.maricoinnovationfoundation.org/faq/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
227. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-67 | **name**: Marico Innovation Foundation: Indian Innovation Icons 2027 (formerly Innovation for India Awards) | **provider**: Marico Innovation Foundation | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: No application fee; winners get 6 months of mentoring, strategy session with the chairperson, investor/grantmaker introductions; finale 4 March 2027 | Status: closed (application window 22 June to 22 July 2026; biennial) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.maricoinnovationfoundation.org/innovation-for-india-awards/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
228. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-68 | **name**: Villgro Innovations Foundation: Innovators for Bharat: Climate Resilient Agricultural Livelihoods | **provider**: Villgro Innovations Foundation | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Funding and incubation support (amount not published on the page) | Status: closed (page: 'Application Closed', 2023) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://villgro.org/programs/innovators-for-bharat-climate-resilient-agricultural-livelihoods/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
229. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-69 | **name**: Coca-Cola India (Coca-Cola India Foundation): Project Unnati (Fruit Circular Economy) | **provider**: Coca-Cola India (Coca-Cola India Foundation) | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: FY2024-25 CSR plan lines: Unnati Apple (Uttarakhand) Rs 224 lakh; Unnati Mango (Tamil Nadu) Rs 392 lakh (including admin) | Status: programme described (3 Aug 2022 release; FY2024-25 plan) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.coca-cola.com/in/en/media-center/coca-cola-indias-project-unnati | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
230. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-70 | **name**: PepsiCo India: Collaborative (contract) farming | **provider**: PepsiCo India | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Per an industry-body profile: assured buy-back at pre-agreed prices, seeds, extension, bank loans, weather insurance; 36,000 farmers across 14 states | Status: described by third party; not confirmed on a PepsiCo page | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://www.in-beverage.org/member/pepsico-india/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
231. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-71 | **name**: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (India agricultural development): Agricultural development India: JEEViKA Special Purpose Vehicle for Agricultural Transformation (JSPVAT) and others | **provider**: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (India agricultural development) | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: none published | Status: programme described; no open call found | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.gatesfoundation.org/our-work/places/india/agricultural-development | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
232. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-72 | **name**: Reserve Bank of India: Reserve Bank of India (Trade Receivables Discounting System) Directions, 2026 (RBI/DPSS/2026-27/406) | **provider**: Reserve Bank of India | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Platform operators need net-worth Rs 25 crore (existing operators by 31 March 2028); platform must validate that the seller is an MSME and pay only into the seller's own bank account; buyer must unconditionally pay on the due date once the unit is accepted, with no set-off for quality; the directions say they simplify onboarding of MSME sellers and let financiers use credit guarantee cover | Status: in force from 23 June 2026 | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_ViewMasDirections.aspx?id=13526 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
233. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-73 | **name**: Ministry of MSME: Notification S.O. 4845(E): mandatory onboarding of large buyers on TReDS | **provider**: Ministry of MSME | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Onboarding to be completed by 31 March 2025; supersedes S.O. 5621(E) and S.O. 5622(E) of 2 November 2018, which had the threshold at Rs 500 crore (threshold figure for the 2018 notification as reported by abcaus.in and finnovaadvisory.com) Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: Rs 500 crore threshold of the 2018 notification is not on this page (it is secondary-sourced in the row). Supersession of S.O. 5621(E) of 2 Nov 2018 stated; S.O. 5622(E) also superseded per fetch). | Status: in force per the sources found; no later notification found | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.m1xchange.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/S.O.-4845E-dated-7.11.2024-reg-CPSEs-on-board-on-TReDS-platform.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
234. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-74 | **name**: Ministry of MSME (PIB): CGTMSE credit guarantee on TReDS invoice discounting | **provider**: Ministry of MSME (PIB) | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Guarantee cover 75% of the amount in default; maximum exposure Rs 10 crore for an MSE buyer and Rs 2 crore for an MSE seller on a revolving basis; live on M1xchange, RXIL and DTX (KredX) as of 25 September 2026 | Status: active (go-live announced 25 Sep 2026) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=2314945&lang=1&reg=3 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
235. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-75 | **name**: TReDS platforms (SBI page and platform lists): Names of authorised TReDS platforms | **provider**: TReDS platforms (SBI page and platform lists) | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: SBI page (last updated 21-12-2024): four licensed platforms, RXIL, Mynd Online National Exchange (M1), Invoicemart (A.TReDS) and C2FO; REC Limited notice lists RXIL, M1xchange, Invoicemart, DTX (Kredx) and C2TReDS; sellers pay a one-time registration fee on RXIL per a Clear.in walkthrough (amount not read) | Status: platform names differ between sources | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://sbi.bank.in/web/business/supply-chain-finance/trade-receiveable-discounting-system | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
236. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-76 | **name**: GetVantage, Velocity, Klub (revenue-based finance): Revenue-based finance eligibility as stated by providers | **provider**: GetVantage, Velocity, Klub (revenue-based finance) | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: GetVantage FAQ: offers Rs 20k to Rs 500k (the homepage text shows larger amounts, so the two pages disagree), flat fee starting at 6%, 5-25% of revenue shared; Velocity: fixed fee 5-8%, Rs 10 lakh to Rs 10 crore; Klub page (Aug 2022): up to Rs 30 crore to digital businesses with recurring revenues | Status: active (pages live; Klub page dated 2022) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://getvantage.co/faq | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
237. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-77 | **name**: Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services (Mahindra Finance): Tractor Loans | **provider**: Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services (Mahindra Finance) | **businesses**: Unclear: 4 | **what_it_offers**: Tenure 6 months to 5 years (EMI 6 to 60 months per page); secured and unsecured loans sanctioned in 2 working days; no fixed minimum or maximum amount; rate not published | Status: active (page live) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.mahindrafinance.com/loans/tractor-loan | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
238. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-78 | **name**: NAFA (Netafim Agricultural Financing Agency): Agri Investment Loans, Channel Partner Financing, Finance to Small Business Units | **provider**: NAFA (Netafim Agricultural Financing Agency) | **businesses**: Unclear: 4, 6, 9 | **what_it_offers**: none published | Status: active (site live) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.nafa.co.in/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
239. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-79 | **name**: Indian Overseas Bank: IOB Krishi Vriddhi (special credit scheme for agri activities) | **provider**: Indian Overseas Bank | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 3, 5; Unclear: 1, 4 | **what_it_offers**: No minimum or maximum limit; margin nil up to Rs 2 lakh and minimum 20% above; repayment maximum 7 years for tractors and farm equipment and up to 12 years for others; rate for loans below Rs 1 crore shown as 1-year MCLR + 1.20% (10.30% at the time of the page) | Status: unclear (undated; rate quoted against a 9.10% MCLR) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.iob.in/TenderDetails.aspx/upload/uploads/Upload/IOB-Krishi-Vriddhi | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
240. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-80 | **name**: Ecozen Solutions (Ecofrost): Ecofrost solar-powered cold storage room | **provider**: Ecozen Solutions (Ecofrost) | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 2, 3 | **what_it_offers**: Models named: upfront purchase, lease and rental, community model; 4-10 C range, 5 kW standalone solar, backup up to 30 hours without battery; lease rates and finance terms not published | Status: active (site live) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.ecozensolutions.com/ecofrost | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
241. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-81 | **name**: HDFC ERGO: Deterioration of Stocks (Potatoes) insurance | **provider**: HDFC ERGO | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 3 | **what_it_offers**: Covers deterioration, contamination or rotting of stock from a temperature rise after accidental failure of the refrigeration plant; sum insured is storage capacity times average potato price including storage charges; a Machinery Breakdown policy must exist; declaration policy for 12 months and accidental failure of public electricity supply are listed as extensions; premium not published | Status: active (page live) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.hdfcergo.com/commercial-insurance/deterioration-of-stocks | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
242. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-82 | **name**: United India Insurance (UIIC): Deterioration of Stock policy | **provider**: United India Insurance (UIIC) | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 3 | **what_it_offers**: Covers deterioration or rotting from failure of electric supply or breakdown of refrigeration plant; liability limited to the lower of insured or market value; daily stock book and log book required; machinery policy required; premium not published | Status: active (page live) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://uiic.co.in/product/industrial/Deterioration-of-Stock | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
243. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-83 | **name**: Department of Fisheries (PM-MKSSY, aquaculture insurance incentive): One-time incentive for purchase of aquaculture insurance | **provider**: Department of Fisheries (PM-MKSSY, aquaculture insurance incentive) | **businesses**: Unclear: 7 | **what_it_offers**: Incentive of 40% of the premium paid, ceiling Rs 25,000 per hectare or Rs 1 lakh per farmer for 4 hectares water spread area; intensive systems (cage, RAS, biofloc, raceway) ceiling Rs 1 lakh per farmer for 1800 cubic metres; Basic cover (non-preventable perils) and Comprehensive cover (adds disease) | Status: active per release (undated; refers to NFDP launched 11 Sep 2024) | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=2110678 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
244. **type**: finance (non-equity) | **id**: RP9-84 | **name**: TATA AIG: Aquaculture Insurance (customer information sheet) | **provider**: TATA AIG | **businesses**: Unclear: 7 | **what_it_offers**: Indemnity for total loss (the sheet text suggests 70% or above constitutes total loss; the table is partly garbled); sum insured based on total cost of inputs for one culture cycle using the NABARD scale of finance per hectare; premium not published | Status: active (UIN IRDAN108RPMS0017V02202425) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.tataaig.com/s3/aqua_cis_cb8372d353.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
245. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-01 | **name**: Omnivore | **provider**: Omnivore | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Omnivore: VC (agrifood-focused) (official website: https://www.omnivore.vc). Active: YES. Series A co-lead in Arboreal, announced 30 Jul 2026 (Economic Times); Manam Chocolate Series A, Jun 2026; Sid's Farm pre-Series B, 30 Jul 2026 (Inc42). | Stage and cheque as published: Not stated on the fund's own pages checked (omnivore.vc). No cheque size found from the fund. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://omnivorevc.substack.com/p/omnivore-harvest-37-portfolio-and | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
246. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-02 | **name**: Ankur Capital | **provider**: Ankur Capital | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Ankur Capital: VC (deep-science and agritech, early stage) (official website: https://www.ankurcapital.com). Active: YES (investing). Fund's own site lists investment write-ups dated 14 Apr 2026 (OneKiraana), 31 Mar 2026 and 5 Mar 2026 (non-agri). Agri-specific deal within 24 months: UNVERIFIED on the pages seen. | Stage and cheque as published: Fund's own site: initial cheques of $500K to $2M (fund-stated in US dollars). Page describes backing 'from pre-seed to Series A'. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.ankurcapital.com | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
247. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-03 | **name**: Aavishkaar Capital | **provider**: Aavishkaar Capital | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Aavishkaar Capital: Impact VC (official website: https://aavishkaarcapital.in). Active: UNVERIFIED for agri/food within 24 months. The fund is active generally (news page: Gnani.ai Series B, 23 Apr 2026, not agri); the last agri/food investment announcement found is Go DESi, 2 May 2024 (29 months before check date). | Stage and cheque as published: Not stated on aavishkaar.in / aavishkaarcapital.in pages read. No cheque size found from the fund. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/funding/ice-popsicles-maker-go-desi-raises-5-million-in-funding-led-by-aavishkaar-capital/articleshow/109791379.cms | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
248. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-04 | **name**: Acumen (India programme) | **provider**: Acumen (India programme) | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Acumen (India programme): Impact investor (non-profit, patient capital) (official website: https://www.acumen.org/india/). Active: UNVERIFIED for India within 24 months. Acumen's recent agri announcements found (16 Jul 2026, ARAF II) are for Africa only. The India page was last modified 12 Aug 2026 but lists no dated India investment. | Stage and cheque as published: Not stated for India on the pages read. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.acumen.org/india/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
249. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-05 | **name**: Caspian Impact Investments (LeAF fund) | **provider**: Caspian Impact Investments (LeAF fund) | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Caspian Impact Investments (LeAF fund): Impact investor (equity and debt); LeAF is an agri-focused fund (official website: https://www.caspian.in). Active: YES. LeAF final close of about Rs 45 crore announced 26 Jul 2025; Amwoodo investment 25 Sep 2025; fund head's post of 7 Jan 2026 says four investments so far and as many planned in two years. | Stage and cheque as published: LeAF: 'early-stage, upstream agriculture companies' (fund's own words); pre-Series A rounds. One disclosed cheque: Rs 50 million into Amwoodo's pre-Series A (Sep 2025). No published cheque range. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/caspian-advisors-private-limited_closure-of-caspian-leaf-fund-activity-7354751244688609281-3V0J | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
250. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-06 | **name**: Avaana Capital | **provider**: Avaana Capital | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Avaana Capital: VC (deep-tech and climate; agriculture and food systems is one stated theme) (official website: https://avaanacapital.com/pages/agriculture-and-food-systems). Active: YES (agri within 24 months): Eggoz Series C with continued Avaana support, 30 Jun 2025; fund's newsroom otherwise shows 2025 deals (Wastelink, Aug 2025; Tsuyo, 29 Oct 2025; non-agri). Green Climate Fund first drawdown announced 19 Jun 2025. | Stage and cheque as published: Not stated on avaanacapital.com pages read. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://avaanacapital.com/pages/agriculture-and-food-systems | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
251. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-07 | **name**: Green Frontier Capital | **provider**: Green Frontier Capital | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Green Frontier Capital: VC (climate-tech) (official website: https://yourstory.com/2026/03/green-frontier-capital-maiden-india-fund-cooldown-climate-tech). Active: YES (fund close). First close of maiden India fund reported 12 Mar 2026; managing partner says it has raised 20-25 percent of the target. | Stage and cheque as published: First close of maiden India fund reported Mar 2026; fund downsized to $75 million to $100 million (press). Cheque size not found. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://yourstory.com/2026/03/green-frontier-capital-maiden-india-fund-cooldown-climate-tech | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
252. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-08 | **name**: Fireside Ventures | **provider**: Fireside Ventures | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Fireside Ventures: VC (consumer brands, includes food and beverage) (official website: https://firesideventures.com/blogs/portfolio/tagged/food-beverage). Active: YES. Led Anmasa Rs 30 crore seed (ET Retail 15 Jul 2026); Troovy follow-on write-up dated 27 Feb 2026. Relevance to production-side businesses is low: this is a consumer-brand fund. | Stage and cheque as published: Not stated on firesideventures.com pages read (seed noted in Aug 2026 Anmasa round). | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://firesideventures.com/blogs/portfolio/tagged/food-beverage | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
253. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-09 | **name**: Sauce.vc | **provider**: Sauce.vc | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Sauce.vc: VC (consumer brands, F&B among segments) (official website: https://sauce.vc/). Active: YES. Second 'opportunities fund' closed at Rs 750 crore (Inc42, 26 Feb 2026). Agri production relevance: none stated. | Stage and cheque as published: Pre-seed to pre-Series A for early funds (Inc42, 26 Feb 2026). No cheque range published on the fund's own page. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://inc42.com/buzz/sauce-vc-closes-%E2%82%B9750-cr-fund-to-double-down-on-portfolio-startups/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
254. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-10 | **name**: Blume Ventures | **provider**: Blume Ventures | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Blume Ventures: VC (generalist, early stage) (official website: https://blume.vc/startups/sector:agritech-2). Active: YES (food within 24 months): participated in Anmasa seed, ET Retail 15 Jul 2026. Press (Inc42, 21 Aug 2026) says it is in talks to lead a Fragaria round: a report from sources, not a closed deal. | Stage and cheque as published: Not stated on blume.vc pages read. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://blume.vc/startups/sector:agritech-2 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
255. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-11 | **name**: Accel (India) | **provider**: Accel (India) | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Accel (India): VC (generalist, multi-stage) (official website: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/flipkart-backed-ninjacart-raises-6-million-from-accel-nilekani-tiger-global/articleshow/132141146.cms). Active: YES (follow-on). Ninjacart tranche reported 2 Jul 2026. | Stage and cheque as published: Not stated by the fund in pages read. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/flipkart-backed-ninjacart-raises-6-million-from-accel-nilekani-tiger-global/articleshow/132141146.cms | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
256. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-12 | **name**: Endiya Partners | **provider**: Endiya Partners | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Endiya Partners: VC (early stage, generalist) (official website: https://indianstartupnews.com/funding/indian-aquaculture-technology-startup-aquaexchange-raises-8-million-from-endiya-partners-factor-analytics-11190989). Active: YES. AquaExchange Series B reported 10 Mar 2026. | Stage and cheque as published: Not stated on pages read (AquaExchange was a Series B co-lead). | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://indianstartupnews.com/funding/indian-aquaculture-technology-startup-aquaexchange-raises-8-million-from-endiya-partners-factor-analytics-11190989 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
257. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-13 | **name**: WEH Ventures | **provider**: WEH Ventures | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: WEH Ventures: VC (pre-seed and seed, sector-agnostic) (official website: https://www.wehventures.com/). Active: YES. Led Fragaria seed (law-firm announcement 27 Oct 2025, 12 months before check date). | Stage and cheque as published: Fund's own site: 'cheques of $150K-$500K' at Pre-Seed and Seed (fund-stated in US dollars). | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.wehventures.com/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
258. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-14 | **name**: Rainmatter (Zerodha) | **provider**: Rainmatter (Zerodha) | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Rainmatter (Zerodha): VC / strategic capital arm of Zerodha (climate, health, fintech, deep tech) (official website: https://zerodha.com/z-connect/rainmatter/rainmatters-climate-and-deep-tech-investments). Active: YES. Participated in Arboreal Series A (30 Jul 2026) and co-led FarmWatt Innovations with IAN Alpha (23 Jul 2026). | Stage and cheque as published: Not stated on pages read. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://zerodha.com/z-connect/rainmatter/rainmatters-climate-and-deep-tech-investments | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
259. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-15 | **name**: IAN Group (Indian Angel Network: IAN Angel Fund, IAN Alpha Fund) | **provider**: IAN Group (Indian Angel Network: IAN Angel Fund, IAN Alpha Fund) | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: IAN Group (Indian Angel Network: IAN Angel Fund, IAN Alpha Fund): Angel network and VC funds (official website: https://iangroup.vc/). Active: YES. Multiple announcements Jun-Oct 2026 on iangroup.vc. | Stage and cheque as published: Not stated as a range on the pages read. Individual rounds announced: Rs 70 lakh to Rs 45 crore (fund's own announcements, 2026). | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://iangroup.vc/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
260. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-16 | **name**: The Chennai Angels | **provider**: The Chennai Angels | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: The Chennai Angels: Angel network (official website: https://thechennaiangels.com/portfolio/). Active: Active as a network (consumer deals announced 18-19 Mar 2026). Agri-specific deal within 24 months: UNVERIFIED (MangoPoint, 28 May 2024, is 29 months before check date). | Stage and cheque as published: Not stated as a range. Press (28 May 2024): 'over INR 135 Cr across 80 start-ups'; fund's own site now says over Rs 150 crore invested. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://thechennaiangels.com/portfolio/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
261. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-17 | **name**: Mumbai Angels (now part of 360 ONE) | **provider**: Mumbai Angels (now part of 360 ONE) | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Mumbai Angels (now part of 360 ONE): Angel network (official website: https://www.mumbaiangels.com). Active: UNVERIFIED. The fund's home page shows a 'Year in Review Apr 22 - Mar 23'; no 2025-2026 agri announcement found. | Stage and cheque as published: Not stated on the page read. | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://www.mumbaiangels.com | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
262. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-18 | **name**: Narotam Sekhsaria Family Office (NSFO) | **provider**: Narotam Sekhsaria Family Office (NSFO) | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Narotam Sekhsaria Family Office (NSFO): Family office (official website: https://inc42.com/buzz/sids-farm-secures-%E2%82%B981-cr-to-strengthen-dairy-supply-chain/). Active: YES. Sid's Farm pre-Series B, 30 Jul 2026. | Stage and cheque as published: Not stated. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://inc42.com/buzz/sids-farm-secures-%E2%82%B981-cr-to-strengthen-dairy-supply-chain/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
263. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-19 | **name**: Navus Ventures (Lely family office, Netherlands) | **provider**: Navus Ventures (Lely family office, Netherlands) | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Navus Ventures (Lely family office, Netherlands): Family office (foreign) (official website: https://familyofficehub.io/blog/lely-single-family-office-invests-in-mooofarms-13m-series-a/). Active: UNVERIFIED. Last India agri deal found is Nov-Dec 2022. | Stage and cheque as published: 'covering rounds from pre-seed to Series A rounds' (secondary description). | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://familyofficehub.io/blog/lely-single-family-office-invests-in-mooofarms-13m-series-a/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
264. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-20 | **name**: Karekeba Ventures (Patna) | **provider**: Karekeba Ventures (Patna) | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Karekeba Ventures (Patna): Incubator-cum-angel platform (Bihar) (official website: https://karekeba.com/faqs/). Active: UNVERIFIED. No 2025-2026 announcement found; FAQ page undated. | Stage and cheque as published: Fund's FAQ: 'KKB will invest only in post-POC, in-revenue businesses'. Cheque size reported by its CEO to Financial Express (10 Jul 2022): 'about 50 lakh to 2 crore' (press, not on the FAQ). | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://karekeba.com/faqs/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
265. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-21 | **name**: Bihar Angel Network | **provider**: Bihar Angel Network | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Bihar Angel Network: Angel network (Patna; LinkedIn lists it as a non-profit) (official website: https://biharangelnetwork.com/). Active: UNVERIFIED. Own website shows no portfolio or dated announcement; LinkedIn page last post seen is May 2024. | Stage and cheque as published: Not stated. | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://biharangelnetwork.com/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
266. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-22 | **name**: NABVENTURES Fund I and Fund II | **provider**: NABVENTURES Fund I and Fund II | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: NABVENTURES Fund I and Fund II: Government-backed fund (NABARD subsidiary; SEBI Category II AIF) (official website: https://www.nabventures.in). Active: YES. Fund II first close at Rs 450 crore, target Rs 1,500 crore including greenshoe, reported 8-9 Oct 2026 (Inc42, VCCircle, ETEntrepreneur, DealStreetAsia). | Stage and cheque as published: Fund I: 'early to mid-stage'. Fund II (own site): 'post Series A'. Press on first close (Oct 2026): 'early- and growth-stage'. No cheque size stated. Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: Fund II 'post Series A' and Oct 2026 'early- and growth-stage' press are not on this home page (it lists only Fund I and AgriSURE). No cheque size stated. Home page shows an EOI for vendor empanelment, no application window for founders). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.nabventures.in | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
267. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-23 | **name**: AgriSURE Fund (Agri Fund for Start-ups and Rural Enterprises) | **provider**: AgriSURE Fund (Agri Fund for Start-ups and Rural Enterprises) | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: AgriSURE Fund (Agri Fund for Start-ups and Rural Enterprises): Government-backed blended fund (Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and NABARD; SEBI Category II AIF; manager NABVENTURES) (official website: https://nabventures.in/agrisure.aspx). Active: YES. Investments Oct 2025, Mar 2026, Apr 2026, Jun 2026. | Stage and cheque as published: Direct Scheme (Rs 300 crore) 'aims to invest in early-stage Start-ups'; FoF Scheme (Rs 450 crore) invests through other AIFs. No cheque size published. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://nabventures.in/agrisure.aspx | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
268. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-24 | **name**: SIDBI Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS), including Startup India FoF 2.0 | **provider**: SIDBI Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS), including Startup India FoF 2.0 | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: SIDBI Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS), including Startup India FoF 2.0: Government-backed fund-of-funds (DPIIT; operated by SIDBI) (official website: https://www.sidbivcf.in/en/funds/ffs). Active: YES. SIDBI site: 'SIDBI is actively seeking applications for contributions to Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) under Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS), ASPIRE Fund, UP Startup Fund, Odisha Startup Fund and Bihar Startup Fund'. FoF 2.0 with Rs 10,000 crore corpus notified, reported 14 Apr 2026 (Drishti IAS summary; notification itself not read). | Stage and cheque as published: Invests only in SEBI-registered AIFs, not in startups directly. Eligibility for AIFs: corpus below Rs 1,000 crore; AIF must invest at least twice the FFS contribution in startups (SIDBI page). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.sidbivcf.in/en/funds/ffs | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
269. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-25 | **name**: SIDBI ASPIRE Fund (Ministry of MSME) | **provider**: SIDBI ASPIRE Fund (Ministry of MSME) | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: SIDBI ASPIRE Fund (Ministry of MSME): Government-backed fund-of-funds (Ministry of MSME; managed by SIDBI) (official website: https://www.sidbivcf.in/en/funds). Active: YES (accepting applications per SIDBI 'Funds' page read 19 Oct 2026). | Stage and cheque as published: Fund of funds. Corpus Rs 310 crore per SIDBI. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.sidbivcf.in/en/funds | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
270. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-26 | **name**: Bihar Startup Scale-up Financing Fund (BSSFF) | **provider**: Bihar Startup Scale-up Financing Fund (BSSFF) | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Bihar Startup Scale-up Financing Fund (BSSFF): Government-backed fund-of-funds (Bihar Start-up Fund Trust; managed by SIDBI) (official website: https://www.sidbi.in/en/pressrelease-doc/216). Active: UNVERIFIED as to AIFs selected. SIDBI's page lists 'Bihar Startup Fund' among programmes where it is 'actively seeking applications'; no AIF commitment under the Bihar fund was found. | Stage and cheque as published: Fund of funds, initial corpus Rs 50 crore (Entrepreneur India, 24 Feb 2024). Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: only the headline was returned by the fetch; Entrepreneur India 24 Feb 2024 attribution not on page. Exa fetch returned no body text). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.sidbi.in/en/pressrelease-doc/216 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
271. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-27 | **name**: SFAC Venture Capital Assistance (VCA) scheme | **provider**: SFAC Venture Capital Assistance (VCA) scheme | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: SFAC Venture Capital Assistance (VCA) scheme: Government scheme (interest-free loan by SFAC through a lending bank; not equity). Listed because the assignment names it. (official website: https://sfacindia.com/VCA_Scheme.aspx). Active: NO. SFAC's own scheme page says the scheme is not in operation and online applications are discontinued (read 19 Oct 2026). SFAC's forms page (listing items to Nov 2025) still carries VCA forms and 'List of VCA cases where repayment is pending as on 15.11.2025'. | Stage and cheque as published: Scheme not in operation per SFAC page; online applications discontinued (ceilings not stated on the cited page). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://sfacindia.com/VCA_Scheme.aspx | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
272. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-28 | **name**: Menterra Venture Advisors (Menterra Social Impact Fund) | **provider**: Menterra Venture Advisors (Menterra Social Impact Fund) | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Menterra Venture Advisors (Menterra Social Impact Fund): Impact VC (Villgro-linked social impact fund) (official website: https://www.menterra.com). Active: UNVERIFIED. News headlines on the page carry no dates and the page contained unrelated casino links, which suggests the domain may be compromised. SIDBI FFS table does list 'Menterra Social Impact Fund II' (target Rs 750 crore; sanctioned Rs 20 crore) and ASPIRE lists Menterra Social Impact Fund (Rs 10 crore). | Stage and cheque as published: Not fixed on the page read; 'earliest stages'. Press headline: 'around Rs 3 crore' in Math Buddy (education). | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://www.menterra.com | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
273. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-29 | **name**: DPIIT recognition eligibility: private limited company, partnership firm, LLP, or cooperative society; up to 10 years from incorporation; tu | **provider**: DPIIT recognition eligibility: private limited company, partnership firm, LLP, or cooperative society; up to 10 years from incorporation; tu | **what_it_offers**: DPIIT recognition eligibility: private limited company, partnership firm, LLP, or cooperative society; up to 10 years from incorporation; turnover not above Rs 200 crore in any year; innovation or scalable-model test; split-up businesses excluded. Recognition is free of charge. | Stage and cheque as published: Age 10 years (20 for deep-tech); turnover Rs 200 crore (Rs 300 crore for deep-tech); no fee | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/sih/en/startupgov/startup_recognition_page.html | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
274. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-30 | **name**: DPIIT recognition steps (as published by Startup India): register on the National Single Window System, add the form 'Registration as a Star | **provider**: DPIIT recognition steps (as published by Startup India): register on the National Single Window System, add the form 'Registration as a Star | **what_it_offers**: DPIIT recognition steps (as published by Startup India): register on the National Single Window System, add the form 'Registration as a Startup', fill and submit, then download the certificate (also in DigiLocker). | Stage and cheque as published: Certificate usually within 2 working days of a complete application; valid until 10 years from incorporation; rejected applications can be re-filed after three months | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/dam/invest-india/recognition/userguide.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
275. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-31 | **name**: Section 80-IAC tax exemption and Section 56 (angel tax) exemption are separate applications after recognition; 80-IAC is open only to privat | **provider**: Section 80-IAC tax exemption and Section 56 (angel tax) exemption are separate applications after recognition; 80-IAC is open only to privat | **what_it_offers**: Section 80-IAC tax exemption and Section 56 (angel tax) exemption are separate applications after recognition; 80-IAC is open only to private limited companies and LLPs incorporated after 1 April 2016, for 3 consecutive years out of the first 10. | Stage and cheque as published: 3 consecutive financial years out of first ten; documents: MoA or LLP deed, last three years' accounts and returns | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/sih/en/startup-scheme.html | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
276. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-32 | **name**: Cooperative societies and (since the April 2026 compendium) state-registered cooperative societies can be recognised as startups; this matte | **provider**: Cooperative societies and (since the April 2026 compendium) state-registered cooperative societies can be recognised as startups; this matte | **what_it_offers**: Cooperative societies and (since the April 2026 compendium) state-registered cooperative societies can be recognised as startups; this matters for cooperative-format businesses. | Stage and cheque as published: Eligible forms include 'a Cooperative Society registered under any State or Union Territory Cooperative Societies Act' | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/dam/invest-india/HomePage/Startup-Playbook-Exclusive-Benefits-for-DPIIT-Recognised-Startups-in-India-April-2026.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
277. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-33 | **name**: SIDBI's published table of funds supported under the Fund of Funds for Startups shows which agri/food-active VC funds have government capita | **provider**: SIDBI's published table of funds supported under the Fund of Funds for Startups shows which agri/food-active VC funds have government capita | **what_it_offers**: SIDBI's published table of funds supported under the Fund of Funds for Startups shows which agri/food-active VC funds have government capital behind them; sanctioned amounts are commitments to funds, not investments in companies. | Stage and cheque as published: Table lists 160 funds under FFS, total target corpus Rs 98,455.41 crore, sanctioned Rs 12,362.70 crore; Omnivore Agritech & Climate Sustainability Fund 3 shown at target Rs 1,000 crore, sanctioned Rs 145 crore | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.sidbivcf.in/en/commitments | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
278. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-34 | **name**: Data-room contents recur across published Indian guides: corporate documents, cap table and share records, three years of financial statemen | **provider**: Data-room contents recur across published Indian guides: corporate documents, cap table and share records, three years of financial statemen | **what_it_offers**: Data-room contents recur across published Indian guides: corporate documents, cap table and share records, three years of financial statements and tax filings, GST and compliance filings, material contracts, IP ownership papers, employment records, litigation and insurance, and a projections model with assumptions. | Stage and cheque as published: Startup India-hosted financial due-diligence checklist: 'last 3 years audited' plus current-year unaudited | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/dam/invest-india/Templates/public/Tools_templates/internal_templates/Lets_Venture/FDD_Checklist.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
279. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-35 | **name**: Data-room list adapted for the book (every line traces to the guides above): (1) one-page summary and the stop sheet; (2) registration paper | **provider**: Data-room list adapted for the book (every line traces to the guides above): (1) one-page summary and the stop sheet; (2) registration paper | **what_it_offers**: Data-room list adapted for the book (every line traces to the guides above): (1) one-page summary and the stop sheet; (2) registration papers and constitution; (3) share or membership register and cap table; (4) three years of accounts, tax returns, GST returns and bank statements; (5) monthly management accounts and a model with its assumptions; (6) material contracts, offtake papers, leases, loan agreements; (7) IP, brand and licence papers, and ownership of anything built by contractors; (8) employment and labour records; (9) licences and regulatory approvals (food, fisheries, drone, etc.); (10) insurance and litigation list; (11) board or committee minutes. | Stage and cheque as published: none (list) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://pnassociates.in/insights/fundraise-data-room-due-diligence-pack-2025 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
280. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-36 | **name**: Producer companies: share capital is equity shares only, shares are held in proportion to patronage, and a member's shares can be transferre | **provider**: Producer companies: share capital is equity shares only, shares are held in proportion to patronage, and a member's shares can be transferre | **what_it_offers**: Producer companies: share capital is equity shares only, shares are held in proportion to patronage, and a member's shares can be transferred only to an active member at par with board approval. These statutory limits are why venture-style outside equity does not fit the form without legal advice. | Stage and cheque as published: Part IXA (Companies Act 1956 numbering): s.581ZB; Companies Act 2013 numbering after the 2020 amendment: s.378ZB and s.378ZD Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: transfer to active member at par with board approval and the s.378ZB/378ZD numbering are not on this page). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/companies-act-1956-no-1-1956/section/581ZB.md | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
281. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-37 | **name**: FPO equity grant (Central Sector Scheme for Formation and Promotion of 10,000 FPOs): a matching grant of up to Rs 2,000 per farmer member wi | **provider**: FPO equity grant (Central Sector Scheme for Formation and Promotion of 10,000 FPOs): a matching grant of up to Rs 2,000 per farmer member wi | **what_it_offers**: FPO equity grant (Central Sector Scheme for Formation and Promotion of 10,000 FPOs): a matching grant of up to Rs 2,000 per farmer member with a cap of Rs 15 lakh per FPO, in up to three tranches; it is explicitly not government equity. | Stage and cheque as published: Rs 2,000 per member; Rs 15 lakh per FPO; 3 tranches; at least 50 percent small, marginal or landless farmer shareholders; one member capped at 10 percent of equity | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://sfacindia.com/UploadFile/Statistics/Formation%20&%20Promotion%20of%2010,000%20FPOs%20Scheme%20Operational%20Guidelines%20in%20English.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
282. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-38 | **name**: FPO credit guarantee: collateral-free loans to FPOs are covered up to 85 percent (project loan up to Rs 1 crore, cover capped at Rs 85 lakh) | **provider**: FPO credit guarantee: collateral-free loans to FPOs are covered up to 85 percent (project loan up to Rs 1 crore, cover capped at Rs 85 lakh) | **what_it_offers**: FPO credit guarantee: collateral-free loans to FPOs are covered up to 85 percent (project loan up to Rs 1 crore, cover capped at Rs 85 lakh) or 75 percent (project loan above Rs 1 crore up to Rs 2 crore, cap Rs 150 lakh); the fund is up to Rs 1,500 crore split between NABARD and NCDC. | Stage and cheque as published: Rs 1,500 crore corpus (NABARD up to Rs 1,000 crore; NCDC up to Rs 500 crore); cover 85 percent / 75 percent | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://sfacindia.com/UploadFile/Statistics/Formation%20&%20Promotion%20of%2010,000%20FPOs%20Scheme%20Operational%20Guidelines%20in%20English.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
283. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-39 | **name**: Cooperatives raise capital differently: NCDC's Sahakar Innovation Scheme (circular dated 4 Feb 2026) gives a 100 percent grant of up to Rs 2 | **provider**: Cooperatives raise capital differently: NCDC's Sahakar Innovation Scheme (circular dated 4 Feb 2026) gives a 100 percent grant of up to Rs 2 | **what_it_offers**: Cooperatives raise capital differently: NCDC's Sahakar Innovation Scheme (circular dated 4 Feb 2026) gives a 100 percent grant of up to Rs 25 lakh per primary cooperative, and NCDC's Yuva Sahakar scheme funds start-up cooperatives on a debt:equity pattern of 80:20 or 70:30. | Stage and cheque as published: Grant up to Rs 25 lakh per cooperative (Sahakar Innovation Fund of Rs 10 crore initially); Yuva Sahakar: project cost up to Rs 3.00 crore (one year or more of operation), Rs 1.00 crore (3 months to one year); interest 2 percent below NCDC's applicable rate Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: Yuva Sahakar project cost limits (Rs 3.00 crore / Rs 1.00 crore) and '2 percent below NCDC rate' are NOT in this circular (Sahakar Innovation Scheme only); source them from the Yuva Sahakar guidelines). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://ncdc.in/documents/notice-circular/2611060226Circular-Operation-Guidelines-SIS-of-NCDC.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
284. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-40 | **name**: Government-backed risk capital relevant to a rural founder is fund-of-funds or fund-managed, not walk-in: SIDBI FFS invests in AIFs; AgriSUR | **provider**: Government-backed risk capital relevant to a rural founder is fund-of-funds or fund-managed, not walk-in: SIDBI FFS invests in AIFs; AgriSUR | **what_it_offers**: Government-backed risk capital relevant to a rural founder is fund-of-funds or fund-managed, not walk-in: SIDBI FFS invests in AIFs; AgriSURE invests directly in early-stage agri/rural start-ups and in AIFs; SFAC VCA is closed. | Stage and cheque as published: AgriSURE total Rs 750 crore (Direct Scheme Rs 300 crore; FoF Scheme Rs 450 crore) Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: PIB 3 Sep 2024 gives only the Rs 750 crore total; the Rs 300 crore/Rs 450 crore split is confirmed at nabventures.in/agrisure.aspx (RP10-23)). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2051466 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
285. **type**: investor | **id**: RP10-41 | **name**: Honest framing source: a published industry report shows Indian agrifoodtech funding fell sharply in 2023 and that few investors are dedicat | **provider**: Honest framing source: a published industry report shows Indian agrifoodtech funding fell sharply in 2023 and that few investors are dedicat | **what_it_offers**: Honest framing source: a published industry report shows Indian agrifoodtech funding fell sharply in 2023 and that few investors are dedicated to the sector. | Stage and cheque as published: 2023: Indian agrifoodtech startups raised $940 million across 129 deals, down 60 percent from 2022 (Omnivore/AgFunder report, dollars as published) | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://omnivore.vc/uploads/AGF_India_2024_F_4_e433ee31ff.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
286. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-01 | **name**: Sabour Agri Incubators (SABAGRIs), Bihar Agricultural University | **provider**: Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour (RKVY-RAFTAAR R-ABI) | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 9, 10; Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: RKVY-RAFTAAR Agri-Business Incubator (R-ABI) hosted by a state agricultural university. Location: Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar. Offers: Three funded tracks with a 30-day hybrid training and mentoring period: Startup Agri-Business Incubation Programme (SAIP, prototype to MVP, grant-in-aid up to Rs 25 lakh), Agripreneurship Orientation Programme (AOP, up to Rs 5 lakh), Student Orientation Programme (SOP, up to Rs 4 lakh). Selection by incubation committees, then a selection-and-investment committee. Eligibility: SAIP: registered legal entity in India, Indian startup as per DPIIT notification, MVP ready, not a subsidiary of a foreign company or MNC, supported once only, no other state or central grant-in-aid for the same activity. Applicants are asked to declare other grants. Named programme: SAIP, AOP, SOP (SABAWAVLAMBI / SABUMANG names in older notices). Application window: Site banner dated 10 Aug 2026: SAIP-IX, AOP-X and SOP-IV reopened, last date 31 Aug 2026 (closed as of 19 Oct 2026). A June 2026 post gave 7 Jul 2026. Next window: UNVERIFIED. Latest visible activity: Yes. Site banner 10 Aug 2026. Secondary news of 12 Jan 2026 reports an agreement with five startups for Rs 50 lakh in total. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 9, 10. Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11. Standing [U]: not found on the cited page when checked on 19 October 2026. On the page: Grant amounts Rs 25 lakh/5 lakh/4 lakh and 30-day period not on home page; window: last date 31 Aug 2026 - CLOSED. Window closed (checked 19 October 2026), closing date 31 August 2026. | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://sabagris.com/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
287. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-02 | **name**: Centre for Start Up Facilitation, Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University (RPCAU) | **provider**: Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: University agri-incubation centre. Location: Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar. Offers: Page describes agri-incubators for facilitating and promoting new enterprises and links a call for expression of interest. The section bodies (vision, objectives, technologies, team) did not load, so offers and eligibility are not confirmed. Eligibility: Not stated in the text that loaded. Named programme: none found by name. Application window: none found Latest visible activity: Unclear. Page last modified 4 Apr 2024. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none marked. Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://rpcau.ac.in/?p=17191 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
288. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-03 | **name**: Pusa Krishi (ICAR-IARI), UPJA and ARISE programmes | **provider**: ICAR-IARI / Pusa Krishi | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1, 2, 11; Unclear: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: RKVY-RAFTAAR Knowledge Partner and agri-innovation hub of ICAR-IARI. Location: Pusa campus, New Delhi (open to applicants across India). Offers: UPJA (seed): technology validation, mentoring, pilots, go-to-market support, grant-in-aid up to Rs 25 lakh in two tranches. ARISE (pre-seed): up to Rs 5 lakh. Student Orientation Programme: up to Rs 4 lakh. Programme page lists tracks including post-harvest, food technology and value addition; supply chain and agriculture logistics; agriculture allied sectors; agricultural inputs and biotechnology; agriculture extension. Eligibility: Indian citizen with an idea, innovation or early-stage startup in agriculture and allied sectors. Applicants who previously received grant funding under any state or central scheme are not eligible. No application fee. Named programme: UPJA, ARISE, Student Orientation Programme (2026-27 round). Application window: Registration 17 Apr to 17 May 2026, results 10 Jun 2026, cohort 15 Jun to 15 Jul 2026. Registration shown as closed. Next window: UNVERIFIED. Latest visible activity: Yes. Launch notice 17 Apr 2026; programme page dated 22 May 2026. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 1, 2, 11. Unclear: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Window closed (checked 19 October 2026), closing date 17 May 2026. Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: ARISE Rs 5 lakh and Student Orientation Rs 4 lakh not on this page. Results 10 Jun 2026; cohort 15 Jun-15 Jul 2026. Window closed). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://pusakrishi.in/programs_categories/upja/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
289. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-04 | **name**: Incubation Centre, IIT Patna (ICIITP) | **provider**: Incubation Centre IIT Patna | **businesses**: Unclear: 5, 6 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Institute incubator (hardware and electronics focus); listed programme executing partner for NIDHI-EIR. Location: Bihta, Patna, Bihar. Offers: Programme pages for NIDHI-PRAYAS, NIDHI-EIR, SISF, BioNEST-ICIITP and GENESIS. Entrepreneurship Development Programme cum Internship (EDPI-2025): 18 weeks from 16 Dec 2025, weekly evening sessions. Funding amounts for each scheme are not stated on the page. Eligibility: Not stated for EDPI-2025. Scheme eligibility sits with each scheme (see NIDHI item). Named programme: EDPI-2025; NIDHI-PRAYAS; NIDHI-EIR; SISF; BioNEST-ICIITP; GENESIS. Application window: EDPI-2025 started 16 Dec 2025 (closed). Scheme windows: none found. Latest visible activity: Yes. EDPI-2025 dated Dec 2025. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none marked. Unclear: 5, 6. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://iciitp.com/index.php/edpi-2025/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
290. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-05 | **name**: Other Patna incubators seen only on aggregator pages (IIT Patna FIST, Vishlesan I-Hub, Zero Lab with BIADA, CIMP-BIIF at Chandragupt Institute of Management, Enterprising Zone) | **provider**: eChai Ventures (third-party aggregator) | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Institute and association incubators. Location: Patna and Bihta, Bihar. Offers: Aggregator summaries only: pre-incubation, AI and data startups, deep-tech. No official page opened. Eligibility: none found Named programme: none found. Application window: none found Latest visible activity: UNVERIFIED Fits businesses (source names the activity): none marked. Unclear: none. | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://echai.ventures/patna/incubators/incubator | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
291. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-06 | **name**: Incubation Centre, NIT Patna | **provider**: National Institute of Technology Patna | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Institute incubator. Location: Ashok Rajpath, Patna, Bihar. Offers: Mentorship, routes to funding through cohorts, grants and investor connects, networking, low-cost shared workspace and maker facilities for prototyping. No named scheme and no dates on the page. Eligibility: Not stated. Page describes early-stage startups and aspiring entrepreneurs; a third-party listing says outside entrepreneurs with a concept or prototype are also taken (unconfirmed). Named programme: none found by name. Application window: none found Latest visible activity: Unclear. No dated item on the page. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none marked. Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://nitp.ac.in/Facilities/IncubationCenter | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
292. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-07 | **name**: IIM Bodh Gaya: IIMBG INSPIRE and AIC-INSPIRE | **provider**: IIM Bodh Gaya; Atal Innovation Mission | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Management institute incubator, Atal Incubation Centre. Location: Bodh Gaya, Gaya, Bihar. Offers: Seed-stage funding, a corporate venture capital fund, flexible workspace, introductions to corporate buyers, mentoring and training. States a stated focus on agriculture and rural ventures along with other sectors. Eligibility: Not stated. Named programme: IIMBG INSPIRE (operating since 2021); AIC-INSPIRE (Section 8 company incorporated 2023). Application window: none found Latest visible activity: Partly. NITI Aayog AIC list shows IIM Bodh Gaya with establishment year 2026. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none marked. Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: the words 'Atal Incubation Centre' do not appear (page links AIC-INSPIRE to Atal Innovation Mission); AIM list confirms IIM Bodh Gaya 2026 (RP11-40). Page says IIMBG INSPIRE began 2021, AIC-INSPIRE incorporated 2023. No window). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://iimbg.ac.in/?p=31700 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
293. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-08 | **name**: AIC-BV Foundation (Bihar Vidyapith), Atal Incubation Centre | **provider**: NITI Aayog, Atal Innovation Mission | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Atal Incubation Centre. Location: Patna, Bihar. Offers: Listed by Atal Innovation Mission as an AIC established 2019. Services and sector focus not confirmed on an official page. Eligibility: none found Named programme: none found. Application window: none found Latest visible activity: Unclear. Listed in the AIM list with year 2019. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none marked. Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://aim.gov.in/pdf/AIC_List_data.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
294. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-09 | **name**: Bihar Start-up Policy 2022 and the Startup Bihar portal (Department of Industries) | **provider**: Department of Industries, Government of Bihar | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: State startup policy: seed loan, incubator reimbursement, list of supported incubators. Location: Patna, Bihar (statewide). Offers: Seed support up to Rs 10 lakh per startup as an interest-free loan for 10 years, released on milestones. State reimburses incubation cost up to Rs 2 lakh per incubatee to recognised incubators. The Start-up Support Unit maintains a list of state-supported host institutes and incubators on the portal. Portal names Bihar Innovation Lab and Bihar Startup Hub and claims 1500+ startups funded. Eligibility: Startups recognised under the Bihar policy. Details sit in the recognition rules on the portal. Policy is drafted for a five-year period. Named programme: Bihar Start-up Policy 2022 (YUVA stream: incubation and funding). Application window: none found (rolling portal application is implied, not confirmed) Latest visible activity: Yes. Startup India state page dated 14 Sep 2026; portal live. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none marked. Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: 10-year tenor, milestone release and Rs 2 lakh incubation reimbursement not on home page. No application window shown. Contact 1800 345 6214 (toll free). WebFetch blocked by robots; read via Exa). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://startup.bihar.gov.in/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
295. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-10 | **name**: VenturePark, Bihar Industries Association (BIA) incubator | **provider**: Bihar Industries Association | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Industry-association incubator, selected under Startup India Seed Fund Scheme. Location: Sinha Library Road, Patna, Bihar. Offers: Mentorship, coworking, network, investor connect, seed funding, master classes, pitching competitions. Offers incubation as a virtual service. States that incubation does not ensure angel investment. Eligibility: Applications by startups; incubatees from other incubators are welcome for mentoring and networking. Named programme: VenturePark incubation; Bihar Startup Conclave (annual). Application window: none found Latest visible activity: Yes. APEDA stakeholder meeting on agri-exports with BIA's incubation centre, 24 Nov 2025 (LinkedIn post). Fits businesses (source names the activity): none marked. Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://biaventurepark.com/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
296. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-11 | **name**: Bihar Entrepreneurs Association (BEA), incubation programme and Enterprising Zone | **provider**: Bihar Entrepreneurs Association | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Not-for-profit entrepreneurs' association and incubator. Location: Bailey Road, Patna, Bihar (activities in all districts). Offers: Incubation application form (stages idea to growth, support in mentorship, legal, strategy, workspace, investor connect), Krishi Samwad campaign in districts, FPO conclave with NABARD, a Centre for Agriculture Development. Its funded-startups page lists grants dated 21 Mar 2026 under Startup India Seed Fund and MeitY schemes. Eligibility: Applicants fill an online form with incorporation proof and founder ID. Sector menu includes AgriTech. Named programme: BEA incubation programme; Bihar Entrepreneurship Summit (annual, 21 March). Application window: none found (form appears always open, unconfirmed) Latest visible activity: Yes. Funded-startups page dated March 2026. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none marked. Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://beabihar.com/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
297. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-12 | **name**: ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region (RCER), Patna, with Research Centre for Makhana, Darbhanga | **provider**: ICAR-RCER | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1, 7, 10; Unclear: 8, 9 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: ICAR research institute and regional station. Location: Patna HQ, Darbhanga station, Bihar; Ranchi station, Jharkhand. Offers: Research mandate for eastern states covering crops, horticulture, aquatic crops, fisheries, livestock and poultry, agro-processing. The makhana centre lists objectives including disseminating improved makhana technology and minimising drudgery for women engaged in popping. No incubation, mentoring or licensing programme found on the pages opened. Eligibility: not applicable Named programme: none found. Application window: none found Latest visible activity: Unclear. No dated item opened. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 1, 7, 10. Unclear: 8, 9. Standing [U]: not found on the cited page when checked on 19 October 2026. On the page: Research mandate for eastern states and Patna/Ranchi stations not on page. | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://icarrcer.icar.gov.in/?p=58 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
298. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-13 | **name**: Krishi Vigyan Kendras in the named Bihar districts (ICAR KVK directory) | **provider**: Indian Council of Agricultural Research | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: KVKs hosted by RPCAU Pusa, BAU Sabour and an NGO. Location: Madhubani, Darbhanga, Saharsa, Supaul, Purnia, Katihar, Muzaffarpur, Samastipur, Bhagalpur (see appendix table). Offers: The ICAR list names each KVK, its location and host. What each KVK offers (training, demonstrations, advisory) was not opened in this run. Eligibility: not applicable Named programme: none found. Application window: none found Latest visible activity: Unclear. List undated. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none marked. Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://icar.org.in/en/node/15022 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
299. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-14 | **name**: Bihar Animal Sciences University (BASU), Patna | **provider**: Bihar Animal Sciences University | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 9; Unclear: 10 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: State veterinary and animal sciences university. Location: Patna, Bihar. Offers: Home page lists a 21-day ICAR-sponsored winter school on innovative technologies in dairy and food processing for startup and entrepreneurship development (nomination circular), and KVK Jamui. No incubation centre or startup cell found. Eligibility: Winter school is for faculty and scientists per the circular. Named programme: Winter school (dairy and food processing for startups). Application window: none found Latest visible activity: Yes (university notices dated 13 Oct 2026) but no incubation activity seen. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 9. Unclear: 10. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://basu.org.in/home/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
300. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-15 | **name**: NABARD Bihar Regional Office, Patna, and NABARD instruments for producer organisations | **provider**: NABARD; eProcure GoI | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Development bank regional office. Location: Maurya Lok Complex, Dak Bungalow Road, Patna, Bihar. Offers: Regional office listed on NABARD's site. NABARD supports producer organisations through the Producers Organization Development Fund (PODF, effective 1 Apr 2011, initial corpus Rs 50 crore) for registered producer bodies including producer companies, cooperatives and PACS (secondary source). Whether a Bihar rural business incubator exists was not confirmed. Eligibility: PODF: registered producer-set-up bodies (secondary source). Named programme: PODF; AgriSURE (see NABVENTURES item). Application window: none found Latest visible activity: Yes (office). PODF page undated. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none marked. Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Standing [U]: not found on the cited page when checked on 19 October 2026. On the page: Patna address and PODF details not on the fetched page. | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://www.nabard.org/office.aspx?id=6 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
301. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-16 | **name**: NABVENTURES AgriSURE Fund (NABARD) | **provider**: NABVENTURES / NABARD; Press Information Bureau | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11; Unclear: 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Government-backed fund (Category II AIF) with direct and fund-of-funds schemes. Location: Mumbai-based manager NABVENTURES Ltd (invests across India). Offers: Rs 750 crore fund. Direct scheme invests in DPIIT-recognised early-stage startups, up to Rs 25 crore in one startup, in equity or equity-related instruments. Fund-of-funds scheme invests in SEBI Category I and II AIFs, up to 5 percent of the AIF corpus or Rs 25 crore, whichever is lower. Target sectors listed: agritech, food processing, animal husbandry, fisheries, supply chain, farm mechanisation, biotechnology, waste management, renewable energy, FPO support, climate change. Eligibility: DPIIT-recognised startups incorporated in India (direct); SEBI-registered AIFs (fund of funds). Eligibility does not assure funding. No application fee stated. Named programme: AgriSURE Direct Scheme; AgriSURE Fund-of-Funds Scheme. Application window: none found Latest visible activity: Yes. Launched 3 Sep 2024 (PIB). Fits businesses (source names the activity): 1, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11. Unclear: 2, 3, 5, 6, 8. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://nabventures.in/agrisure.aspx | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
302. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-17 | **name**: SIDBI Patna Regional Office | **provider**: SIDBI; Startup India (DPIIT) | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Development finance institution regional office. Location: Sone Bhawan, Veer Chand Patel Path, Patna, Bihar (jurisdiction Patna, Jamshedpur, Ranchi). Offers: Office listing only. The Bihar Start-up Policy report states a Rs 50 crore scale-up fund 'with SIDBI' for startups in Bihar. SIDBI Innovation and Incubation Centre at IIT Kanpur appeared in search results but was not opened. Eligibility: not opened Named programme: none found. Application window: none found Latest visible activity: Yes (office listing). Programme activity UNVERIFIED. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none marked. Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.sidbi.in/en/regional-incharges | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
303. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-18 | **name**: SFAC (Small Farmers' Agribusiness Consortium): Venture Capital Assistance scheme | **provider**: Small Farmers' Agribusiness Consortium | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Government agribusiness consortium scheme linked to bank term loans. Location: New Delhi (national). Bihar State Agribusiness Consortium office not opened.. Offers: Procedure page: promoters apply, directly or through an empanelled consultant, through a lending institution to SFAC after term-loan sanction. Checklist includes an affidavit of no earlier VCA, farmers' list with agreements (backward linkage), and the bank's confirmation on security. SFAC has MoUs with 41 lending institutions. Eligibility: Not on this page (read the scheme guidelines). Named programme: Venture Capital Assistance (VCA). Application window: none found Latest visible activity: Unclear. Latest bank MoU listed is dated 10 Dec 2014. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none marked. Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Standing [U]: not found on the cited page when checked on 19 October 2026. On the page: Procedure content present; Bihar State Agribusiness Consortium office and non-operation notice not on this page. The scheme is not in operation per SFAC page (sfacindia.com/VCA_Scheme.aspx; see RP10-27). | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://sfacindia.com/Procedure_For_VCA_Scheme.aspx | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
304. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-19 | **name**: MSME-DFO Patna and MSME-DFO Muzaffarpur | **provider**: Office of the Development Commissioner (MSME) | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Central MSME development and facilitation offices. Location: Patliputra Industrial Estate, Patna; Gaushala Road, Muzaffarpur. Offers: Listed activities include consultancy to prospective entrepreneurs, project profiles, entrepreneurship development programmes, motivational campaigns, quality control, export promotion and common facility workshop or lab. Eligibility: not stated Named programme: Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (generic). Application window: none found Latest visible activity: Yes. Directory page dated 15 Oct 2026. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none marked. Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: the list of activities (consultancy, EDPs, export promotion, common facility) is not on this directory page. No window). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://dcmsme.gov.in/MSME_DIS.aspx | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
305. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-20 | **name**: JEEViKA (Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society): One Stop Facility, enterprise incubation and Jeevika Nidhi | **provider**: BRLPS (Government of Bihar); Prime Minister's Office | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1, 4, 7, 9, 10; Unclear: 2, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: State rural livelihoods mission (SHG, VO, CLF federations). Location: Patna HQ; district and block level across Bihar. Offers: One Stop Facility centres as business facilitation cum incubation centres for nano enterprises (turnover up to Rs 8 lakh a year) on a growth track, with functional experts and mentors. FY 2024-25 plan names an NRLM incubation initiative to select 150 women-owned enterprises, custom hiring centres at CLF level within 5 to 7 km, PMFME support for micro food processing, producer organisations (maize, vegetables, milk, poultry, honey), goatry and poultry with trained Pashu Sakhis, women dairy cooperatives and community fisheries. Bihar Rajya Jeevika Nidhi Saakh Sahkari Sangh was launched 2 Sep 2025 for lower-cost credit to CLF-linked enterprises. Eligibility: Members of JEEViKA SHG households and federations; OSF is for nano enterprises. Details per scheme not opened. Named programme: One Stop Facility; NRLM incubation; Jeevika Nidhi. Application window: none found Latest visible activity: Yes. Annual plan FY 2024-25; Jeevika Nidhi launch 2 Sep 2025. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 1, 4, 7, 9, 10. Unclear: 2, 11. Standing [U]: not found on the cited page when checked on 19 October 2026. On the page: One Stop Facility, Rs 8 lakh nano-enterprise turnover, 150 women NRLM incubation, Jeevika Nidhi launch not on home page. | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://brlps.in/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
306. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-21 | **name**: MANAGE Centre for Innovation and Agripreneurship (MANAGE-CIA) | **provider**: National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE) | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11; Unclear: 3, 5, 8 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: RKVY-RAFTAAR Knowledge Partner and agribusiness incubation centre of excellence. Location: Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Telangana (national, mostly online). Offers: Agripreneurship Orientation Programme (AOP) with grant-in-aid up to Rs 5 lakh (up to 90 percent of project cost) and stipend; Startup Agri-Business Incubation Programme (SAIP) up to Rs 25 lakh (85 percent of project cost, 15 percent borne by the incubatee); accelerator programmes (6-week online for revenue-stage startups; a growth-stage accelerator requiring one prior funding round). Cohort 15 focus areas include agro processing, animal husbandry, dairy, farm mechanisation, fisheries, food technology, IoT, supply chain and extension. Eligibility: SAIP: registered Indian legal entity, MVP ready, Indian startup as per DPIIT, no grant-in-aid from any state or central body. AOP: one innovative idea, full-time commitment, initial business plan. Named programme: AOP; SAIP; Agri-Startup Accelerator; Cohort 15 (2025-26). Application window: Cohort 15 closed 31 Mar 2026 (aggregator, UNVERIFIED on official page). Next cohort: UNVERIFIED. Latest visible activity: Yes. Cohort 15 brochure; programme pages current. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11. Unclear: 3, 5, 8. Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: AOP Rs 5 lakh/90%, Cohort 15 dates and closing date not on page; page does not say whether applications are open or closed. Window UNVERIFIED on official page). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.manage.gov.in/managecia/RKVYSAIP.aspx | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
307. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-22 | **name**: a-IDEA, ICAR-NAARM Technology Business Incubator | **provider**: ICAR-NAARM | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: DST NIDHI TBI and ICAR-NAARM incubator, also NAIF Agri-Business Incubation. Location: Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Telangana (national). Offers: Ideation (Sensitization, Aggnite for students 17 to 27), Incubation (Krishiboot, pitch for incubation under a-IDEA and NAIF-ABI), Acceleration (AGRI UDAAN), grants and seed fund, mentoring and networking, office space. Funded through DST, DBT, NABARD, SIDBI, MSME, MeitY and DPIIT schemes. Eligibility: Krishiboot: agriculture and allied-sector startups at ideation and early stage; formal criteria not on the page. Named programme: Krishiboot 10.0; Aggnite; AGRI UDAAN 8.0. Application window: Krishiboot 10.0: last date 28 Oct 2026 (open as of 19 Oct 2026). Krishiboot 9.0 closed 30 Apr 2026. Latest visible activity: Yes. Open call dated Oct 2026. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none marked. Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: Krishiboot 9.0 closing (30 Apr 2026), Aggnite age 17-27 and AGRI UDAAN call details not on this page (menu links only). Window OPEN on 19 Oct 2026 (9 days left)). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://aidea.naarm.org.in/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
308. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-23 | **name**: RKVY-RAFTAAR Innovation and Agri-entrepreneurship programme: network of Knowledge Partners and R-ABIs | **provider**: Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Lok Sabha | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Ministry of Agriculture programme: 5 Knowledge Partners and 24 R-ABIs (2022 list). Location: National. Eastern entries: BAU Bhagalpur/Sabour (Bihar), IIT Kharagpur (West Bengal), NRRI Cuttack (Odisha), IIT-BHU Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), Assam Agricultural University Jorhat (Knowledge Partner). Offers: Grant-in-aid for seed-stage startups up to Rs 25 lakh and for pre-seed or idea startups up to Rs 5 lakh through the incubators. Revised operational guidelines for FY 2023-24 to 2025-26 and a Accelerator Fund for Agri-Startups (SFC meeting 15 Jan 2024) are mentioned on the site. Eligibility: Per incubator (see entries). Start-up definition follows DPIIT. Named programme: Agripreneurship Orientation, Startup Agribusiness Incubation, Student Orientation. Application window: Per incubator. Latest visible activity: Yes. Site news items dated up to 2024; incubator pages dated 2026. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none marked. Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://agristartup.gov.in/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
309. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-24 | **name**: Agri-Food Business Incubation Centre (AFBIC), IIT Kharagpur | **provider**: IIT Kharagpur; ICAR | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1, 6, 7, 9, 11; Unclear: 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: RKVY-RAFTAAR R-ABI for West Bengal. Location: Kharagpur, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. Offers: Agri-startup Incubation Programme (seed stage, MVP/beta, grant up to Rs 25 lakh), Agripreneurship Orientation Programme (pre-seed, up to Rs 5 lakh), Student Orientation Programme (up to Rs 4 lakh), one-month training, mentoring, investor meet. Focus areas include dairy and food processing, value-added processing, IoT and AI, aquaculture-based enterprise, solar farm interventions, rural technologies. Eligibility: Agri and allied startups meeting the DPIIT definition (programme norms). Joint virtual session on 16 May 2026 with ICAR-ATARI Kolkata explained eligibility and process. Named programme: Agri-startup Incubation Programme; Agripreneurship Orientation Programme; Student Orientation Programme. Application window: none found Latest visible activity: Yes. ICAR news 16 May 2026. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 1, 6, 7, 9, 11. Unclear: 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10. Standing [U]: not found on the cited page when checked on 19 October 2026. On the page: Grant amounts and dates not on home page; programmes listed. | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://afbic.iitkgp.ac.in/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
310. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-25 | **name**: Agri Business Incubation Foundation (ABIF), IIT Kharagpur (NABARD-funded) | **provider**: IIT Kharagpur, Agricultural and Food Engineering | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10; Unclear: 5, 8, 9, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: NABARD-funded agri-business incubation centre. Location: Kharagpur, West Bengal. Offers: Up to 12 months of milestone-based incubation: product development and testing, technical and business mentoring, IP support, facilitation of grants and investments. Focus sectors include farm mechanization, AI/ML/IoT, food processing and value addition, food packaging and storage, renewable energy, supply chain, animal husbandry, apiary, fisheries. Eligibility: Individuals, proprietary concerns, FPOs, OFPOs, partnerships, LLPs; at least 51 percent Indian ownership; entity registered and not older than 10 years; not already incubated elsewhere. Named programme: ABIF incubation programme. Application window: Open round the year, per the page. Latest visible activity: Unclear. Page undated. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10. Unclear: 5, 8, 9, 11. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://abif.iitkgp.ac.in/programs/incubation | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
311. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-26 | **name**: ICAR-National Rice Research Institute (NRRI), Cuttack: VIKAS-RABI and ABI unit | **provider**: ICAR-National Rice Research Institute | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1, 4; Unclear: 7, 8 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: RKVY-RAFTAAR R-ABI and ICAR agri-business incubation unit; nodal evaluator under Odisha start-up policy for agri. Location: Cuttack, Odisha. Offers: VIKAS-RABI: agripreneur orientation and agri-business incubation with mentoring, classroom sessions on IP and contracts, business plan preparation. ABI unit: on- and off-campus incubation (farmer producer companies supported off campus), skill programmes of one to three weeks, technology licensing and validation. Technologies listed include custom hiring of agricultural implements, rice-fish integrated farming, quality seed production, rice bran oil, food processing. Eligibility: VIKAS 7.0 page: startups, entrepreneurs and students residing in Odisha who set up their project in Odisha. Named programme: VIKAS 7.0 and UTPANN 7.0; ABI training programmes. Application window: Last date of application 15 Oct 2026 (closed as of 19 Oct 2026). Latest visible activity: Yes. Call closed 15 Oct 2026. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 1, 4. Unclear: 7, 8. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://vikasrabi.com/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
312. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-27 | **name**: R-ABI at IIT (BHU), Varanasi | **provider**: IIT (BHU) Varanasi | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: RKVY-RAFTAAR R-ABI. Location: Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Offers: FAQ states two programmes, stipend of Rs 10,000 per month during a 2-month training for pre-seed startups if held offline, aid of 90 percent of project cost up to Rs 5 lakh (orientation) or 85 percent up to Rs 25 lakh (incubation). Training in Hindi and English. Eligibility: Any idea or venture in agriculture and allied sectors that satisfies the DPIIT start-up definition. No qualification or maximum age limit; not a minor. Named programme: Agripreneurship Orientation; Startup Agri-Business Incubation. Application window: none found Latest visible activity: UNVERIFIED. FAQ is undated and mentions pandemic-era virtual training. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none marked. Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://rkvy-raftaariitbhu.org/faqs-english/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
313. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-28 | **name**: Agri-Business Incubation Centre (ABIC) of ICAR-CIPHET, Ludhiana ('Agri-Prasanskaran') and CIPHET technology licensing | **provider**: ICAR-CIPHET; ICAR | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1, 6; Unclear: 2, 3, 5, 7 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: ICAR agri-business incubation centre and licensor of post-harvest technology. Location: Ludhiana, Punjab. Offers: Mentoring, networking, logistics, access to laboratories and pilot plants, capacity building, IPR and compliance help, marketing linkages and investor connections for 6 to 12 months at nominal charges by area. Focus areas include makhana, precision agriculture, automation and sensors, live fish transportation. ICAR press release dated 25 Feb 2025 reports licensing of makhana roaster and popping machinery to a Bihar-based private limited company. Eligibility: Individuals with ideas or prototypes; early-stage startups with PoC, prototype or MVP; startups in post-harvest processing and value addition under five years old. Named programme: Call for Incubation under ABI (Agri-Prasanskaran). Application window: Last date in the call document: 30 Apr 2023. Current window: none found. Latest visible activity: Yes. Licence release 25 Feb 2025; MoU news 29 Aug 2025 (secondary). Fits businesses (source names the activity): 1, 6. Unclear: 2, 3, 5, 7. Window closed (checked 19 October 2026), closing date 30 April 2023. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://ciphet.icar.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Call-for-Incubation-under-ABI.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
314. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-29 | **name**: Agrinnovate India Limited and the ICAR licensing framework (ITMU and ZTMC network) | **provider**: ICAR; Lok Sabha; Agrinnovate India Ltd | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1, 7, 8, 11; Unclear: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Commercial arm of ICAR; technology licensing. Location: New Delhi (national). Offers: ICAR's 2018 guidelines route technology licensing through Agrinnovate in association with the institute technology management units: disclosure, techno-commercial assessment, due diligence of the client, tripartite licence. A Lok Sabha reply of 2026 states 89 ITMUs and 10 zonal centres, and 72 MoUs with 51 industry partners signed at ICAR Foundation Day on 16 Jul 2026. Licensed items include potato aeroponics (CPRI), fish technologies from CIFA, CIFT and CIBA, and crop advisory tools such as a garlic crop advisor. Eligibility: Clients undergo due diligence on capability, finance, marketing and compliance (Lok Sabha reply). Named programme: Technology licensing; ICAR Foundation Day MoUs. Application window: Rolling. Latest visible activity: Yes. Reply refers to events of 16 Jul 2026. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 1, 7, 8, 11. Unclear: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10. Standing [U]: not found on the cited page when checked on 19 October 2026. On the page: ICAR 2018 guidelines / Lok Sabha figure 89 not on home page. | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://www.agrinnovateindia.com/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
315. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-30 | **name**: ICAR-CPRI aeroponic seed potato technology (licensed through Agrinnovate) | **provider**: Agrinnovate India Ltd; ICAR | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 8 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: ICAR technology licensing, non-exclusive. Location: CPRI Shimla, Himachal Pradesh (licensees in several states). Offers: Aeroponic production of virus-free potato minitubers. The page says the technology has been licensed to 24 public or private bodies on a non-exclusive basis, with over Rs 2 crore in licence fees and Rs 5 lakh in royalty over about ten years. Eligibility: Public and private organisations (licence agreements). Named programme: Aeroponic Technology licence. Application window: Rolling. Latest visible activity: Yes. Recent Agrinnovate listing shows seven aeroponic licensees in a single batch. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 8. Unclear: none. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.agrinnovateindia.com/icar-cpri-aeroponic-technology.html | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
316. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-31 | **name**: ICAR-CIFA Agri-Business Incubation Centre, Bhubaneswar | **provider**: ICAR | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 7 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: ICAR agri-business incubation centre (aquaculture). Location: Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Offers: Structured incubation support, technical guidance and capacity building; MoUs with incubatees on 18 Dec 2025 including producer bodies. ICAR licensing summary lists CIFA with 18 licences for 17 technologies, such as FRP portable carp hatchery and CIFACURE. Eligibility: not stated Named programme: ABI incubation MoU. Application window: none found Latest visible activity: Yes. Release dated 18 Dec 2025. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 7. Unclear: none. Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: the 18 licences / 17 technologies / FRP carp hatchery / CIFACURE summary is not on this page. No application window). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://icar.org.in/en/icar-cifa-signes-mou-incubatees-incubation-agri-business-incubation-centre | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
317. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-32 | **name**: ICAR-CIFT Zonal Technology Management - Agribusiness Incubation (ZTM-ABI) Centre, Kochi | **provider**: ICAR-CIFT; ICAR | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 3; Unclear: 1, 7 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: ICAR fisheries technology incubation centre; designated fisheries incubation centre under PMMSY. Location: Kochi, Kerala. Offers: Direct incubation for up to nine entrepreneurs, one year extendable by another, registration fee Rs 2,000 plus GST, office on monthly rent, FSSAI-approved pilot plant with nine production lines. Technology areas include refrigeration and cold storage. SBI memorandum of agreement of 28 Nov 2025 for preferential finance to incubatees registered at the centre. PMMSY fisheries incubation centre designation reported by BusinessLine, 13 Sep 2024. Eligibility: Entrepreneurs, partnership firms, private limited companies, NGOs, cooperatives, startups, students; application form with a brief project proposal. Named programme: ZTM-ABI incubation; AquaBiz 2.0 entrepreneurship meet. Application window: none found (application with proposal) Latest visible activity: Yes. SBI MoA 28 Nov 2025. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 3. Unclear: 1, 7. Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: SBI MoA of 28 Nov 2025 not on this page. Application: form plus brief Project Proposal to ZTM-ABI centre; no dated window). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.cift.res.in/abi | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
318. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-33 | **name**: ICAR-IIHR Agri-Business Incubation / Business Planning and Development, Bengaluru | **provider**: ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 4, 8; Unclear: 2, 3 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: ICAR ABI and institute technology management unit (horticulture). Location: Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, Karnataka. Offers: Non-exclusive technology licences for five years, fee Rs 4,000 to Rs 5,00,000 per technology plus 18 percent GST, no royalty since 6 Nov 2018. 255 technologies: seed and planting materials 106, post harvest 87, farm implements and machinery 31. Onsite incubation up to 12 months for licensees, annual membership fee and a refundable deposit of Rs 25,000, royalty of 5 to 10 percent on sales through the institute counter. Eligibility: Incubatees must buy an IIHR technology. Membership categories from start-up individuals to multinationals. Named programme: HTM-BPD membership; technology licensing. Application window: not found on the cited page (first-come, first-served wording not found). Latest visible activity: Yes. Active licence list shows 01.10.2026; page last updated 19-10-2026. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 4, 8. Unclear: 2, 3. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://iihr.res.in/itmu | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
319. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-34 | **name**: ICAR-NDRI Agri-Business Incubation, Karnal, with Technology Business Incubator | **provider**: ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 9; Unclear: 1, 6, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: ICAR ABI and TBI (dairy). Location: Karnal, Haryana. Offers: Entrepreneurship development programmes on commercial dairy farming and milk processing, modular training, business incubation with office and lab space, processing lines, test marketing, help with licences and bank submissions. Services include dairy and food testing, semen supply and straw testing, milk adulteration kits, HACCP and ISO audit, custom hiring of processing equipment. Eligibility: Target groups only (farmers, entrepreneurs, unemployed youth, students). No formal criteria or fees stated. Named programme: Entrepreneurship Development Programmes; business incubation. Application window: none found Latest visible activity: Yes. Document uploaded June 2026. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 9. Unclear: 1, 6, 10. Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: no dates or application window in the brief; 'June 2026' upload date is from the URL path). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://ndri.res.in/sites/default/files/2026-06/Brief_ABI_NDRI_Karnal.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
320. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-35 | **name**: CSIR-CFTRI BIRAC-BioNEST and Food Business Accelerator, Mysuru | **provider**: CSIR-CFTRI | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1; Unclear: 2, 3 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: CSIR food technology institute bio-incubator. Location: Mysuru, Karnataka. Offers: Floating or virtual incubatee: minimum 3 to 6 months; initial incubation period 24 months. Common office, pilot plant and analytical facilities at discounted rent, mentors from CFTRI staff, help with food licensing through external consultants, interaction with investors, assistance with seed funding. Other incubation programmes listed: RKVY CoE on Millets, PMFME Common Incubation Centre. Eligibility: Startups, MSMEs and companies; pre-application questionnaire, business plan and presentation to a selection committee; team of at most five. Named programme: BIRAC-BioNEST; Food Business Accelerator; PMFME Common Incubation Centre. Application window: Home page: 'Applications invited for incubates at Birac-Bionest, CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru' (rolling, no date). Latest visible activity: Yes (site live, banner open). Fits businesses (source names the activity): 1. Unclear: 2, 3. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://bionest.cftri.res.in/faqs.php | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
321. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-36 | **name**: NIFTEM Kundli (Sonepat): incubation, pilot plants, Centre for Entrepreneurship Development | **provider**: NIFTEM Kundli | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: National institute of food technology; incubation foundation and pilot plants. Location: Kundli, Sonepat, Haryana. Offers: Page lists NTIBIF (NIFTEM Technology Innovation and Business Incubation Foundation), pilot plants and a Centre for Entrepreneurship Development. Details sit behind linked pages that were not opened. Eligibility: not stated Named programme: none found by name. Application window: none found Latest visible activity: Unclear. No dated item on the page. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 1. Unclear: none. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.niftem.ac.in/incubation | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
322. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-37 | **name**: NIFTEM-Thanjavur (formerly IIFPT): Food Processing Business Incubation Centre and FPO incubation | **provider**: NIFTEM Thanjavur | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: National institute of food processing technology; incubation and training centre. Location: Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. Offers: Hands-on food processing training, technology transfer through trainings to entrepreneurs, rural youth and SHG members, incubation unit for product development and market testing, turnkey projects and consultancy. Training fee concession for FPOs, SHGs, disabled persons, transpersons, SC and ST. A separate FPO incubation page exists but was not opened. Eligibility: No formal criteria; target groups as stated. Named programme: Training calendar and registration (Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 virtual calendar page). Application window: Training calendar: October 2025 to March 2026 (search result title). Current calendar: none found. Latest visible activity: Yes. Page references 4th Convocation 2026. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 1. Unclear: none. Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: Oct 2025-Mar 2026 calendar dates not on page (links to a Training Calendar & Registration page). Current calendar not confirmed). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://niftem-t.ac.in/incubation_centre.php | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
323. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-38 | **name**: IIMA Ventures (CIIE), IIM Ahmedabad: Bharat Inclusion Initiative | **provider**: IIMA Ventures (CIIE) | **businesses**: Unclear: 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Institute incubator and accelerator; impact programme. Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat (no relocation required). Offers: Support for fintech, skilling and livelihood startups: funding stated in US dollars on the page (not converted here), training, mentoring, market access, fund-raising support, office hours with past themes including agri-finance. Run 'CIIE-NAARM food and agri-business accelerator' in 2015 (historical). Eligibility: Startups building technology solutions in fintech, skilling and livelihood for lower-income segments; prototype, MVP or early traction preferred; must be an Indian-registered entity before selection. Named programme: Bharat Inclusion Initiative; Office Hours. Application window: Rolling evaluation; programme impact measurement runs up to 2028. Latest visible activity: Yes (page current). Fits businesses (source names the activity): none marked. Unclear: 11. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://iimaventures.com/bharat-inclusion-initiative/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
324. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-39 | **name**: T-Hub and AIC T-Hub Foundation (Hyderabad): Sustainability Accelerator and Kotak BizLabs | **provider**: T-Hub | **businesses**: Unclear: 5, 6, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Large startup incubator; Atal Incubation Centre. Location: Hyderabad, Telangana. Offers: AIC T-Hub Sustainability Accelerator Cohort 4: 15-week hybrid, programme fee Rs 50,000 plus GST, sectors include AgriTech, 1-to-1 mentorship. Kotak BizLabs with T-Hub lists AgriTech among focus areas with grant support of Rs 15 lakh for select startups (deadline 15 Mar 2025, past). Eligibility: Early-stage startups with PoC or MVP (Sustainability); DPIIT-registered with revenue (Kotak BizLabs). Named programme: AIC T-Hub Sustainability Accelerator; Kotak BizLabs. Application window: Sustainability call 'September to October' with program launch in December (year not stated). Kotak BizLabs closed 15 Mar 2025. Current: UNVERIFIED. Latest visible activity: Yes. T-Hub programme list current. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none marked. Unclear: 5, 6, 11. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.t-hub.co/aic-sustainability-program | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
325. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-40 | **name**: Atal Incubation Centres (NITI Aayog, Atal Innovation Mission): list and rules | **provider**: NITI Aayog, Atal Innovation Mission | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: National AIC network (93 centres on the list seen). Location: National. Eastern/Bihar entries: Bihar Vidyapith Patna (2019), IIM Bodh Gaya (2026), Techno India University Kolkata (2026), Siksha O Anusandhan University Odisha (2025), Nalanda Institute of Technology and C.V. Raman College Khordha, Odisha (2019), Assam Agricultural University Jorhat (2018). Offers: AIM grant-in-aid of up to Rs 10 crore over five years to the incubator, not to startups. AIM says most AICs are sector-specific, with agriculture among sectors. Other agri-linked entries on the list include Assam Agricultural University Jorhat, ICAR-NDRI and Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (2025). Eligibility: Applicants for an AIC must be legal entities with at least 3 years of existence (guidelines, Nov 2023). Startups apply to each AIC separately. Named programme: AIC network. Application window: Per AIC. Latest visible activity: Yes. List includes 2026 entries. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none marked. Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: AIM grant-in-aid of up to Rs 10 crore over five years is not stated in this list PDF. NDRI is listed under Bengaluru Urban, Karnataka (not Karnal) in this list). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://aim.gov.in/pdf/AIC_List_data.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
326. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-41 | **name**: Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS), DPIIT | **provider**: DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1; Unclear: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Central scheme paid through approved incubators. Location: National; disbursed through incubators such as BIA VenturePark, Patna. Offers: Financial assistance for proof of concept, prototype development, product trials, market entry and commercialisation, disbursed through selected incubators; outlay Rs 945 crore. Preference for sectors including agriculture and food processing. Grant and debt or convertible debenture each once. Eligibility: DPIIT-recognised startup incorporated not more than 2 years ago, at least 51 percent Indian promoter shareholding, not more than Rs 10 lakh from other central or state schemes, using technology in the core product, service or model. Individual entrepreneurs are not eligible. Named programme: SISFS. Application window: Site notice: last date for startups to apply 31 May 2026 (extended), incubators to finish selection by 30 Jun 2026. Whether the scheme continues after that: UNVERIFIED. Latest visible activity: Unclear after 30 Jun 2026. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 1. Unclear: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Window closed (checked 19 October 2026), closing date 31 May 2026. Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: Rs 945 crore outlay not on home page. Page still says 'Year-round Call for Applications' as a feature, but the banner notice is the final one; window CLOSED as of 19 Oct 2026; continuation after 30 Jun 2026 UNVERIFIED. Read via Exa (WebFetch got a JS shell)). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://seedfund.startupindia.gov.in/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
327. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-42 | **name**: Startup India MAARG national mentorship portal | **provider**: DPIIT (Startup India) | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Government mentor-matching platform. Location: National, online. Offers: Startups registered on the Startup India portal create a mentorship requirement, an AI engine matches mentors, up to 3 requests per requirement, sessions on an in-built platform, plus cohort-based programmes hosted by ecosystem enablers. Eligibility: Startup India registered users (DPIIT-recognised startups per FAQ topic 'Am I eligible to be a startup?'). Named programme: Mentorship requests; cohort-based programmes. Application window: Rolling. Latest visible activity: Yes (user guide dated April 2023; portal live). Fits businesses (source names the activity): none marked. Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: 'up to 3 requests per requirement' not on home page (it is in the user guide, see RP11-73). Rolling; no window). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://maarg.startupindia.gov.in/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
328. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-43 | **name**: NIDHI (DST): PRAYAS and Entrepreneur-in-Residence | **provider**: Department of Science and Technology | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Central innovation scheme run through technology business incubators. Location: National; IIT Patna and IIM Calcutta Innovation Park are among listed executing partners. Offers: NIDHI-PRAYAS: proof-of-concept grant up to Rs 10 lakh per innovator, physical product only, priority areas include manufacturing, agriculture, healthcare, clean-tech, energy, water and IoT; software, service and app projects are not supported. NIDHI-EIR: monthly fellowship of Rs 10,000 to Rs 30,000, total not above Rs 3,60,000. Eligibility: PRAYAS: Indian citizen innovators or startups under two years, prototype stage. EIR: first-generation entrepreneur with a science or engineering degree or diploma and no prior income source. Named programme: NIDHI-PRAYAS; NIDHI-EIR. Application window: Through each partner incubator's call; none found centrally. Latest visible activity: Yes. EIR page dated 24 Apr 2024. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none marked. Unclear: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Standing [U]: not found on the cited page when checked on 19 October 2026. On the page: NIDHI-PRAYAS Rs 10 lakh PoC grant, physical-product rule, IIT Patna / IIM Calcutta Innovation Park not on home page. | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://nidhi.dst.gov.in/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
329. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-44 | **name**: BIRAC BioNEST bio-incubator network | **provider**: Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council | **businesses**: Unclear: 8 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: DBT/BIRAC network of 75 incubation and pre-incubation centres. Location: National; CSIR-CFTRI Mysuru and IIT Patna (BioNEST-ICIITP) appear in this evidence. Offers: Bio-incubators provide incubation space, shared high-end instruments, business mentorship, IP, legal and regulatory guidance and networking for biotechnology startups. Eligibility: Biotechnology startups (per scheme). Named programme: BioNEST; E-YUVA pre-incubation. Application window: Per centre. Latest visible activity: Compendium undated. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none marked. Unclear: 8. Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: IIT Patna / BioNEST-ICIITP does NOT appear anywhere in this compendium (searched 'Patna', 'ICIITP', 'Bihar'); CFTRI entry says 'currently being set up'. Compendium undated). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://birac.nic.in/webcontent/Bionest_Compendium.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
330. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-45 | **name**: APEDA BHARATI initiative for agri-food and export-enabling startups | **provider**: APEDA, Ministry of Commerce and Industry | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 3, 6; Unclear: 1, 2, 7 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Export promotion authority startup programme. Location: National, online forms. Offers: Application links for three categories: agri-food startups, export-enabling technology and services startups, solution providers for sanitary and phytosanitary challenges. Technology solutions listed include cold chain and IoT-based monitoring. Eligibility: Startup definition for BHARATI: private limited, partnership or LLP, not more than 5 years old, turnover not above Rs 10 crore in any year; MVP or commercialised product (except SPS solution providers); clear export intent. FPCs and APEDA-registered exporters are also eligible categories. Named programme: BHARATI. Application window: none found Latest visible activity: Unclear. Pages undated. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 3, 6. Unclear: 1, 2, 7. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://apeda.gov.in/bharati/Who_Can_Apply.html | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
331. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-46 | **name**: Villgro Innovations Foundation: agriculture programmes (RAIIn, Innovators for Bharat, Agriculture Grand Challenge) | **provider**: Villgro Innovations Foundation | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1, 5, 6, 11; Unclear: 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Social enterprise incubator (non-profit). Location: Chennai-based, programmes pan-India. Offers: RAIIn (2024 to present, applications closed): customised market access plans, access to 7+ last-mile distributors and 7+ end-user financiers, funding for pilots and demos. Innovators for Bharat: Climate Resilient Agricultural Livelihoods (2023, closed; Rs 3.25 crore combined grant and equity with SBI Foundation, per a 2023 news item). Agriculture Grand Challenge with the Ministry of Agriculture. Eligibility: RAIIn: startups offering farm-efficiency products (sprayers, drones, inputs, precision tech) with proven value and a few commercial sales, needing end-user or FPO financing. Named programme: RAIIn; Innovators for Bharat; Agriculture Grand Challenge. Application window: RAIIn: applications closed. Innovators for Bharat 2023: closed 11 Oct 2023. Current open calls: UNVERIFIED. Latest visible activity: Yes (programmes listed; no open call confirmed). Fits businesses (source names the activity): 1, 5, 6, 11. Unclear: 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://villgro.org/programs/raiin-rural-access-to-impact-innovations/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
332. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-47 | **name**: TiE (Delhi-NCR, Kolkata chapters) and Indian Angel Network (IAN) mentoring | **provider**: TiE Delhi-NCR; Indian Angel Network | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Entrepreneur network and angel network with mentoring programmes. Location: Delhi-NCR; Kolkata; New Delhi (IAN). A TiE Bihar chapter: none found. Offers: TiE Delhi-NCR: group and one-on-one mentoring, TiE Gold 6-month mentoring for selected startups; a Scaleup Mentoring Program for Women Entrepreneurs encourages agri-tech. IAN says it looks for sectors including agriculture and provides mentoring along with investment. Eligibility: TiE: membership offerings, with some programmes open to non-members (women's scaleup says any woman founder irrespective of membership). IAN: early-stage businesses it can invest in. Named programme: TiE Gold; Scaleup Mentoring Program; IAN mentoring. Application window: none found Latest visible activity: Yes (site pages live). TiE Kolkata presence taken from a 2025 event profile of an IAN mentor, secondary. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none marked. Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://delhi.tie.org/member/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
333. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-48 | **name**: KSHITIJ, ICAR-CIRCOT startup incubation programme (farm mechanisation and post-harvest) | **provider**: ICAR-CIRCOT | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1, 3, 4; Unclear: 2, 5, 6, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: ICAR NAIF pan-India incubation programme with hub and spoke institutes. Location: Hub: Mumbai, Maharashtra. Spokes: CIAE Bhopal, NINFET Kolkata, CAZRI Jodhpur, CCARI Goa, IIFSR Meerut. Offers: Structured incubation support, technical guidance, mentoring, testing and field validation, business modelling, market linkage and IP advice, with a one-month intensive training. Areas include farm mechanisation, precision agriculture, robotics, post-harvest processing, storage, digital agricultural solutions. Eligibility: Innovators, entrepreneurs and early-stage startups with proof of concept, prototype or MVP; online application only. Named programme: KSHITIJ. Application window: Last date 20 Jan 2026 (closed). Next: UNVERIFIED. Latest visible activity: Yes. Call closed Jan 2026. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 1, 3, 4. Unclear: 2, 5, 6, 11. Window closed (checked 19 October 2026), closing date 20 January 2026. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://circot.icar.gov.in/kshitij-icar-circot-startup-incubation-programme | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
334. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-49 | **name**: Institutions in the brief not opened or not confirmed in this run | **provider**: Not applicable | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Gap list. Location: Various. Offers: Not confirmed: ICAR-ATARI Patna (Zone IV, KVK parent), ICAR-CIPHET Abohar, SIDBI Innovation and Incubation Centre (IIT Kanpur), ICAR-CIFRI Barrackpore, ICAR-CIFE, CPRI Patna regional station, NIAM Jaipur programme pages, NDDB, COMFED/Sudha programmes, NFDB, MPEDA, CII Bihar, FICCI Bihar, FSSAI regional office Patna, TiE Bihar, Aavishkaar and Omnivore programmes (RP10), Syngenta, Bayer and Godrej Agrovet accelerators, ISB, BIT Mesra Patna, Patna University, Mithila University, Bihar Veterinary College, ICAR-NRC Litchi Muzaffarpur, Purnia Agriculture College. Eligibility: not applicable Named programme: none found. Application window: none found Latest visible activity: UNVERIFIED Fits businesses (source names the activity): n/a. Unclear: n/a. | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://www.nabard.org/office.aspx?id=6 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
335. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-50 | **name**: ICAR-ATARI Zone IV, Patna (parent body of the Bihar and Jharkhand KVKs) | **provider**: ICAR-ATARI Zone IV, Patna | **businesses**: Unclear: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: ICAR extension institute that oversees Krishi Vigyan Kendras. Location: Garbhuchak, Jagdeo Path, Patna, Bihar. Offers: Established 19 Aug 2015. The page says it oversees and assesses the programmes of the KVKs in Bihar and Jharkhand. Programmes it lists: ARYA, Farmers FIRST, Cluster Front Line Demonstrations on pulses and oilseeds, seed hub on pulses, model village projects, NICRA, Tribal Sub Plan, out-scaling of natural farming. No incubation, mentoring cohort, laboratory or funding window is described. Its KVK table gives hosts: BAU Sabour hosts Saharsa, Supaul, Purnea, Katihar and Bhagalpur; RPCAU Pusa hosts Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Samastipur and Madhubani II (Sukhet); Sitamarhi is hosted by Samta Seva Kendra; Buxar by ICAR-RCER Patna; Jamui by Bihar Animal Sciences University. Eligibility: Not applicable; KVKs serve farmers and entrepreneurs in their district. Named programme: none found by name (ARYA is the youth-in-agriculture programme). Application window: none found. Latest visible activity: Yes. Swachhata Hi Seva 2026 notice dated 17 Sep 2026; Annual Zonal Workshop at Ranchi on 17-19 Feb 2026. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none named. Unclear: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Quote: "The KVKs act as Single Window Agricultural Knowledge, Resource and Capacity Development Centre under the supervision of ATARI." Notes: CONFLICT on KVK counts: ICAR lists 68 KVKs under ATARI Zone IV (Bihar 44, Jharkhand 24) while the ATARI table has 65 numbered rows. The ATARI table does not list the Basaith (Chandpura) NGO-hosted KVK shown at RP11-13. Use ATARI as the route to the district KVK, not as a funder. Incubation: none found. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://ataripatnaicar.org.in/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
336. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-51 | **name**: ICAR-CPRI Regional Station, Patna (seed potato, breeder seed, tissue culture laboratory) | **provider**: PotatoPro (copy of ICAR-CPRI text) | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 8; Unclear: 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: ICAR regional research station (potato). Location: Patna, Bihar. Offers: Station of 26.17 ha with a library cum tissue culture laboratory, potato sheds and farm machinery. It produces about 2,500 quintal of breeder seed of potato varieties and supplies various agencies. Research is aimed at the north-eastern plains (eastern UP, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Odisha, Jharkhand). No incubation programme, licensing window or training calendar found. The CPRI Shimla aeroponic technology is licensed through Agrinnovate (RP11-30), not by this station. Eligibility: Not stated. Named programme: none found. Application window: none found. Latest visible activity: Unclear. Directory text last updated 14 Aug 2026; the CPRI page it links (cpri.icar.gov.in) was not opened. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 8. Unclear: 11. Quote: "the centre is also producing about 2500 quintal breeder seed of different potato varieties and supplying to various agencies in order to cater the seed demand of the region." Notes: Standing is SECONDARY because only the PotatoPro directory copy of the station profile was read. A 2025 review article (Kumar and Ranjan, Phyto Journal) says CPRI Patna is engaged in micropropagation and disease indexing and that private firms are exploring early-generation seed partnerships in Bihar; the review gives seed-replacement figures without a primary citation, so none is repeated. Pair with RP11-52 for the state buyer. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.potatopro.com/companies/icar-cpri-patna | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
337. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-52 | **name**: Bihar Horticulture Development Society: empanelment tender for tissue-culture breeder/G-3 potato seed (2025-26) | **provider**: Bihar Horticulture Development Society, Department of Agriculture, Government of Bihar | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 8 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: State procurement empanelment (buyer of tissue-culture seed potato); not an incubator. Location: Krishi Bhawan, Mithapur, Patna, Bihar (supply to block headquarters). Offers: Very short e-tender notice (documents downloadable from 19 Sep 2025; last date for bids 26 Sep 2025 15:00 hrs) inviting empanelment of agencies to secure supply of tissue-culture produced Breeder/G-3 potato (Lady Rosetta) seed at a uniform price. Indicative requirement 15,600 quintal. Empanelment fee Rs 25,000 for one year, non-refundable; tender document cost Rs 5,000; EMD Rs 5 lakh; rates valid for FY 2025-26; payment after beneficiary-farmer consent through DBT; BHDS may test up to 10 percent of supplied seed. Eligibility: Government or semi-government organisations, or registered private tissue-culture producers with their own tissue-culture laboratory accredited by the Department of Biotechnology, or their dealers; hardening units and basic infrastructure are also required. Named programme: Tissue Culture Breeder/G-3 Potato (Lady Rosetta) seed empanelment. Application window: The FY 2025-26 rate validity ended on 31 Mar 2026. A 2026-27 notice: none found. Latest visible activity: Unclear. Notice dated 26 Sep 2025. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 8. Unclear: none. Quote: "for empanelment to ensure timely availability of quality Tissue Culture produced Breeder/ G-3 Potato (Lady Rosetta) seed on uniform price" Notes: Business 8 note: a demand-side document that shows what a state buyer asks of a tissue-culture lab (own DBT-accredited laboratory, hardening capacity, stated laboratory capacity per month). It is a sample of conditions, not an offer to a founder. The notice threatens forfeiture of EMD and blacklisting for quality failure. Window closed (checked 19 October 2026), closing date 26 September 2025 (bids; rates to 31 March 2026). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://horticulture.bihar.gov.in/MainSite/Documents/Tender/Tender_2025-09-26_173.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
338. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-53 | **name**: NDDB (National Dairy Development Board), Anand: entrepreneurship training and NDDB Dairy Services | **provider**: National Dairy Development Board | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 9; Unclear: 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: National dairy development statutory body with a Section 8 subsidiary (NDDB Dairy Services). Location: Anand, Gujarat (national). Offers: Training calendar 2024-25 lists a 12-day Dairy Entrepreneurship Programme on Animal Rearing (batch of 15, for milk producers, open in all months) and a 5-day Entrepreneurship Development Programme on Dairy Products (batch of 5, for entrepreneurs, three dated slots). An NDDB keynote says more than 350 rural youth have been trained and that NDDB is the nodal agency for A-HELP (Pashusakhi) training, about 2,700 trained across 8 States. NDDB Dairy Services (a wholly-owned Section 8 subsidiary) assists with Milk Producer Organisations, breed quality and productivity. Annual Report 2022-23 records a Startup Conclave on 28 Feb 2023 organised with DAHD, Startup India and CII. Eligibility: Dairy Entrepreneurship Programme: milk producers. EDP on Dairy Products: entrepreneurs. Named programme: Dairy Entrepreneurship Programme on Animal Rearing; EDP on Dairy Products; A-HELP training. Application window: Calendar 2024-25 is the latest seen; a 2026-27 calendar: none found. Latest visible activity: Unclear. Calendar for 2024-25; Annual Report 2022-23; no 2026 notice opened. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 9. Unclear: 10, 11. Quote: "a dairy entrepreneurship programme on animal rearing is being offered by NDDB." Notes: The nddb.org business-opportunities page returned no usable text. For the milk collection and testing business (9) NDDB is the national cooperative apex; the Bihar milk federation (COMFED/Sudha) remains not examined. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.nddb.coop/sites/default/files/pdfs/Training_Calendar_2024_25.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
339. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-54 | **name**: NFDB (National Fisheries Development Board): FIDF, PMMSY entrepreneur model, fisheries startups, Eastern Regional Centre | **provider**: National Fisheries Development Board; Press Information Bureau | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 7; Unclear: 3, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Autonomous board under the Department of Fisheries, Government of India. Location: Regional centres at Bhubaneswar (Odisha) and Guwahati (Assam); head office not stated in the pages opened. Offers: Annual Report 2022-23: NFDB is implementation agency for the Entrepreneur Model, insurance schemes and Fish Farmer Producer Organisations under PMMSY, nodal agency for start-ups, pilot projects and training, and implementation agency for FIDF. Its Eastern Regional Centre at Bhubaneswar runs a National Freshwater Fish Brood Bank that multiplies genetically improved broodstock and distributes breeder seed to accredited hatcheries and seed growers; it monitors projects in Odisha, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal (Bihar is not named). The FIDF portal lists who can apply, including private companies, entrepreneurs, SHGs and cooperatives. PIB of 1 Apr 2025: Fisheries Startup Grand Challenge 2.0 (launched 8 Mar 2025) with 10 winners at Rs 10 lakh cash each (Rs 1 crore in all), plus incubation and mentorship from ICAR, NFDB and attached offices. Eligibility: FIDF: State governments, cooperatives, SHGs, NGOs, private companies, entrepreneurs, SC/ST, women and others as listed. Grand Challenge: fisheries startups. Named programme: FIDF; PMMSY Entrepreneur Model; Fisheries Startup Grand Challenge 2.0. Application window: Grand Challenge 2.0 closing date: not captured. FIDF and PMMSY run through their portals (rules sit in RP7). Latest visible activity: Yes. PIB release 1 Apr 2025; FIDF portal live. Annual Report is for 2022-23. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 7. Unclear: 3, 11. Quote: "Winning Startups will gain access to incubation facilities and mentorship provided by ICAR, National Fisheries Development Board, and attached offices of the Department of Fisheries, GoI." Notes: PIB says the Department has supported five fisheries business incubation centres but names four (LIFIC at Guwahati Biotech Park, MANAGE Hyderabad, ICAR-CIFE Mumbai, ICAR-CIFT Kochi); the fifth is not named in the text opened. FIDF rates and rules belong to RP7. Standing [U]: not found on the cited page when checked on 19 October 2026. On the page: NFDB autonomous-board description, Bhubaneswar/Guwahati regional centres and Grand Challenge 2.0 closing date not on this PIB page. | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2117253 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
340. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-55 | **name**: MANAGE-FISHub (Fisheries Innovation and Startup Hub), MANAGE Hyderabad | **provider**: National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE) | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 7, 11; Unclear: 3, 4, 6 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: National fisheries incubation and innovation hub (Department of Fisheries support) hosted at MANAGE. Location: Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Telangana (national, largely online). Offers: Established 2025. Services listed: angel or venture capital access, advisory boards and mentors, business training, regulatory compliance help, IP and legal counsel, marketing, technology commercialisation. Cohort II: one-month mentoring cum hands-on programme with 60+ hours of mentoring; selected startups may be recommended for mentoring and grant-in-aid under RKVY-RAFTAAR subject to eligibility. Focus areas include aquaculture inputs, fisheries extension and advisory, logistics and cold chain, AI and IoT, mechanisation. The updates page lists events with Bihar Animal Sciences University (Aqua Yuva, Aqua Udhyami, Aqua Reach; registration last dates 13, 16 and 19 Sep 2026, closed) and the Aqua Eureka 2026 national challenge (last date 15 Oct 2026, closed). Eligibility: Proposed idea in fisheries or aquaculture, an initial business plan and full-time entrepreneurial commitment; registration and online training free. Named programme: Cohort II incubation programme; Aqua Yuva; Aqua Udhyami; Aqua Reach; Aqua Eureka 2026. Application window: Cohort II: last date 31 Mar 2026 (closed; that date is not on the cited page). Next cohort: UNVERIFIED. On 19 Oct 2026 the only open registrations on the updates page are stakeholder meets and Aqua events with SKUAST-Kashmir, registration deadlines 25, 26 and 27 Oct 2026 (not 28 Oct); four Tripura events 7 to 10 Nov 2026 and the International Summit on Agri-Startups 10 Jan 2027 are also listed. Latest visible activity: Yes. The updates page lists items to 28 Oct 2026. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 7, 11. Unclear: 3, 4, 6. Quote: "MANAGE-Fisheries Innovation and Startup Hub (MANAGE-FISHub) is a national-level incubation and innovation hub hosted at the National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE)." Notes: Marks: 7 (aquaculture inputs) and 11 (fisheries extension and advisory) are named. The cold-chain focus is for fisheries, so 3 is shown as ? only. The Rs 25 lakh figure appears only on aggregator pages, not on the official brochure, and is not relied on. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.manage.gov.in/managefishub/RecentUpdates.aspx | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
341. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-56 | **name**: ICAR SHITIJ 2.0 (CIRCOT hub, farm mechanisation and post-harvest) and ICAR-CIFT KSHITIJ 2.0 Blue Horizon (fisheries) | **provider**: ICAR-CIRCOT; ICAR-CIFT; ICAR-IARI Pusa Krishi | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1, 3, 4, 7; Unclear: 2, 5, 6, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: ICAR NAIF hub-and-spoke online incubation cohorts (the round after RP11-48). Location: Hubs: ICAR-CIRCOT Mumbai and ICAR-CIFT Kochi; spokes are ICAR institutes (CIFA Bhubaneswar and CIFRI Barrackpore are named for fisheries). Offers: CIRCOT SHITIJ 2.0: two-month training and mentoring, one-to-one mentoring, field trials and validation, IP help, licensing advice, investor connect, lab support; training window 1 Sep to 31 Oct 2026. Focus: farm mechanisation and post-harvest (robotics, precision agriculture, grading and sorting, smart storage and warehousing, processing and value addition). CIFT KSHITIJ 2.0 Blue Horizon: two-month virtual programme for fisheries and aquaculture; topics include fish farming and feed technology, post-harvest, fish health, cold chain, packaging, digital marketing. The Pusa Krishi page says the programme connects all 50 ICAR Agribusiness Incubation Centres. No grant amount is stated on the pages seen. Eligibility: CIRCOT: innovators, early-stage startups and entrepreneurs with proof of concept, prototype or MVP in farm mechanisation and post-harvest. CIFT: innovators, startups, entrepreneurs, fish farmers, student innovators, FFPOs, FPCs, MSMEs and business entities in fisheries. Pusa page: Indian citizens with an agriculture-relevant idea. Named programme: SHITIJ 2.0 (CIRCOT spelling); KSHITIJ 2.0 (CIFT spelling). Application window: CIRCOT: closed (15 Aug 2026 after extension from 28 Jul). CIFT: 10 to 31 Jul 2026, closed. Pusa Krishi page: 3 to 31 Jul 2026, closed. Next round: UNVERIFIED. Latest visible activity: Yes. Results 30 Aug 2026 and training 1 Sep to 31 Oct 2026 per the brochure, so the training is still running on 19 Oct 2026. The CIFT Kochi hub is not named in the brochure. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 1, 3, 4, 7. Unclear: 2, 5, 6, 11. Quote: "SHITIJ 2.0 adopts a Hub-and-Spoke model, connecting all 50 ICAR Agribusiness Incubation Centres across the country" Notes: CONFLICT on closing dates: the first CIRCOT brochure says 28 Jul 2026, the revised brochure and CIRCOT post say 15 Aug 2026, Pusa Krishi says 31 Jul 2026, and a circular in the Andaman Islands says 25 Aug 2026 (a local deadline). All fall before 19 Oct. Mark 7 comes from the CIFT cohort, mark 4 from the CIRCOT brochure, marks 1 and 3 from the brochure topic list (processing and value addition; smart storage and warehousing). Window closed (checked 19 October 2026), closing date 15 August 2026. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://circot.icar.gov.in/sites/default/files/Revised_SHITIJ_2_0_Brochure_2026_0.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
342. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-57 | **name**: ICAR-NDRI SINED-TBI (Technology Business Incubator) and one-month virtual incubation cohort | **provider**: ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 7, 9; Unclear: 1, 10 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: DST-supported technology business incubator hosted at an ICAR institute. Location: Karnal, Haryana. Offers: Thrust areas: dairy and food processing, feed technology, dairy farming, fish farming, apiculture and honey processing, biofertilisers and panchgavya products. Services: awareness camps, EDPs, specialised services to SMEs, short courses, incubation and mentoring, infrastructure, prototype support, help getting funding. The institute page invites applications for physical incubation. A PDF titled A One-Month Virtual Incubation Cohort for Early-Stage Start-ups is listed with date 06/01/2026 (contents not opened). A BPD/TBI Training Calendar 2026-27 is listed (not opened). The AIC list in a Lok Sabha answer shows ICAR-NDRI (2019) under Bengaluru Urban, a different campus. Eligibility: Innovative entrepreneurs (physical incubation); early-stage startups (virtual cohort). Named programme: SINED-TBI physical incubation; one-month virtual incubation cohort. Application window: No dated window for physical incubation. Virtual cohort PDF dated 6 Jan 2026; its closing date was not read. Latest visible activity: Unclear. The page lists a 2026-27 calendar. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 7, 9. Unclear: 1, 10. Quote: "Applications are invited for physical incubation at SINED-TBI, NDRI from innovative entrepreneurs." Notes: The separate site ndritbi.com carries placeholder insurance text and a CEO recruitment notice, so it is treated as unreliable; ndri.res.in is the source. Adds detail to RP11-34 (the ABI brief). Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: 'DST-supported' and the 6 Jan 2026 virtual cohort PDF are not on the page; only an application call for physical incubation at SINED-TBI, NDRI, undated. No dated window). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.ndri.res.in/technology-business-incubatortbi | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
343. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-58 | **name**: CII Bihar (Confederation of Indian Industry state office): Food NXT Summit 2026 | **provider**: CII Eastern Region (LinkedIn) | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 9 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Industry association state council. Location: Bihar (Patna); CII Eastern Region. Offers: The association convened the CII Bihar Food NXT Summit 2026 on food processing: brand building, the dairy value chain, modern trade, logistics and policy support, with state ministers and officials and more than 200 delegates. No mentoring programme, laboratory, funding window or cohort for startups was found. The CII state page on cii.in loaded only its title. Eligibility: Not applicable. Named programme: none found. Application window: none found. Latest visible activity: Yes. Post of CII Eastern Region listed with date 30 Sep 2026 (the event date is not stated in the text). Fits businesses (source names the activity): none named. Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 9. Quote: "CII Bihar convened the CII Bihar Food NXT Summit 2026 on the theme "From Farm Resilience to Global Markets: Bihar is Writing a New Chapter in Food Processing Ecosystem"" Notes: Standing SECONDARY: only a social-media post of the association was read. Useful as a buyer and policy-network event for processing and dairy businesses, not a founder programme. NDDB reports that CII co-organised its 2023 Startup Conclave (RP11-53). | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/cii4er_cii4er-ciieasternregion-ciibihar-activity-7510912914778656768-wsGX | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
344. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-59 | **name**: FICCI and Bihar: no Bihar state council, incubator or mentoring programme found | **provider**: FICCI | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Industry association (national); Bihar presence not found. Location: New Delhi (national). Offers: A FICCI press release of 25 Sep 2024 reports the Bihar agriculture minister addressing the India Maize Summit 2024 organised by FICCI in New Delhi. No Bihar state page, startup mentoring, laboratory, funding window or cohort was found. The Bihar RAMP document on ramp.msme.gov.in names FICCI among bodies that Bihar MSME associations aim to link with. Eligibility: Not applicable. Named programme: none found. Application window: none found. Latest visible activity: Unclear. Press release dated 25 Sep 2024. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none named. Unclear: none. Quote: "State govt committed to support industry coming forward for farmers welfare" Notes: Negative finding: absence of a Bihar programme was searched on FICCI pages and press releases and not found; it is not proof of absence. The quote is the headline of the release. | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://ficci.in/press_release_details/4944 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
345. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-60 | **name**: TiE Patna chapter (CIMP campus): correction to RP11-47, a TiE chapter does exist in Bihar | **provider**: TiE Patna Foundation; Chandragupt Institute of Management Patna | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Entrepreneur network chapter (The Indus Entrepreneurs) with mentoring and an equity-free seed programme. Location: Chandragupt Institute of Management Patna (CIMP) campus, Mithapur, Patna, Bihar. Offers: Chapter inaugurated 5 Aug 2024 at CIMP as the 62nd TiE chapter (CIMP press release). Site lists mentoring, networking, education, incubating, investing. Initiatives: TiE Navigate (sector and stage agnostic: equity-free seed fund, deep mentoring, complimentary TiE membership), TiE Smash Up, TiE Binds, Open Mic, TiE Startup Premier League. The site has a Submit Mentoring Request button and charter and associate membership options. BRIDGE Summit 1.0 held 25 Mar 2025. CIMP announced a Bihar Ideas Yatra and Festival with the Department of Industries and YourStory on 13 Jun 2025. Eligibility: Not stated for Navigate beyond sector and stage agnostic; seed amount, membership fee and cohort size were not found. Named programme: TiE Navigate; Open Mic; mentoring request; TiE Smash Up; TiE Binds. Application window: none found (no dated call on the site). Latest visible activity: Yes. LinkedIn listing shows a TiE Patna post of 27 Aug 2026; site headline Welcome to TiE Patna 2026; newsletters on the site end at March 2024. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none named. Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Quote: "sector and stage-agnostic, focusing on providing sustained support through a three-pronged approach— equity free seed fund, deep mentoring, and network access through complimentary TiE Membership" Notes: CORRECTION: RP11-47 says a TiE Bihar chapter was not found; TiE Patna is that chapter. Sector-agnostic, so every business is ?. Membership terms and the seed-fund size are UNVERIFIED. Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: 5 Aug 2024 inauguration / 62nd chapter not on site; no dated call). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://tiepatna.org | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
346. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-61 | **name**: TiE Kolkata: Mentoring Clinic, TiE Women Program 2026 and ThriveX pitch competition | **provider**: TiE Kolkata | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Entrepreneur network chapter. Location: Kolkata, West Bengal. Offers: Site lists TiECON Kolkata (annual conference), the TiE Young Entrepreneurs programme for school students, and a monthly Mentoring Clinic for entrepreneurs. TiE Women Program 2026 (equity-free cash prizes up to USD 50,000, mentoring, investor access) and ThriveX Startup Pitch Competition (cash prizes worth Rs 3 lakh) were run in mid-2026. Eligibility: TiE Women: female-founded or co-founded, at least 33 percent equity with a female founder, registered after 1 Jan 2019, actively raising funds. Named programme: Mentoring Clinic; TiE Women Program 2026; ThriveX. Application window: TiE Women: deadline 15 Jun 2026 in two TiE Kolkata posts, 25 Jun 2026 in a repost (closed). ThriveX: extended to 30 Aug 2026 (closed). Mentoring Clinic: monthly, no date read. Latest visible activity: Yes. Posts dated 15 Apr, 19 May and 19 Aug 2026. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none named. Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Quote: "TiE Kolkata's ThriveX Startup Pitch Competition is an opportunity for early- and growth-stage startups to pitch in front of investors, gain visibility, access mentorship and build valuable connections." Notes: CONFLICT on the TiE Women closing date (15 Jun versus 25 Jun 2026), closed either way. Standing SECONDARY because dates come from social posts. Kolkata is the nearest big-city TiE chapter to Bihar but TiE Patna now exists (RP11-60). TiE Delhi-NCR stays in RP11-47. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://kolkata.tie.org/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
347. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-62 | **name**: RPCAU Centre for Start-up Facilitation and Agri-Innovation & Incubation Centre (AIIC), Pusa: contents now read | **provider**: Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1, 8; Unclear: 7, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: University agri-incubation centre (technology transfer from university products). Location: Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar. Offers: The centre page now loads. Mission: enabling environment and technology commercialisation for agri-preneurs. Technologies ready for commercialisation: mushroom production and processing, honey, jaggery products, herbal gulal, Bal Shakti infant energy food, solar-powered boat-mounted pumping unit. Services: DPR preparation, technology transfer, technical guidance for starting an enterprise. An undated call for expression of interest (file path 2021/01) listed products for commercialisation including a tissue-culture laboratory with hardening facility for seed and seedling production (unit at SRI Pusa), fish farming, silage and honey processing, asking for registration certificate and work profile. The AIIC LinkedIn page reports an outreach event on Scale-Up and Market Access on 22 Aug 2026 with makhana value-addition speakers and a Kisan Mela outreach on 13 Mar 2026. The RPCAU events page lists a National Seminar on Makhana Research and Development on 26-27 Feb 2026 and plant tissue culture courses (1-5 Nov 2026). Eligibility: Entrepreneurs, farmers and agri-preneurs for the listed technologies (EOI of 2021). Named programme: Centre for Start-up Facilitation; AIIC outreach. Application window: none found (the expression of interest seen is from 2021). Latest visible activity: Yes. AIIC post 22 Aug 2026; RPCAU events to 5 Nov 2026. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 1, 8. Unclear: 7, 11. Quote: "The centre provides services such as preparation of DPR, technology transfer and technical guidance for starting an enterprise." Notes: Replaces the Unverified status of RP11-02 for content (centre page OFFICIAL); event dates come from LinkedIn posts (SECONDARY). Relationship between the Centre for Start-up Facilitation and AIIC is not stated on the pages read. The 2021 EOI includes a personal phone and email on the page; they are not copied. Mark 7 is ? because the fish-farming listing is old. Standing [U]: not found on the cited page when checked on 19 October 2026. On the page: Mission and technology list (mushroom, honey, jaggery, herbal gulal, Bal Shakti) not in fetched text; Call for Expression of Interest linked, undated. | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://rpcau.ac.in/centre-for-start-up-facilitation/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
348. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-63 | **name**: National Research Centre for Makhana (NRCM), Darbhanga: licensed machines, training and enterprise support | **provider**: Press Information Bureau; ICAR-RCER; Hindustan | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1; Unclear: 7, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: ICAR research centre (called Research Centre for Makhana under ICAR-RCER in RP11-12). Location: Darbhanga, Bihar. Offers: PIB (4 Feb 2025): NRCM developed makhana seed washer, grader, primary roasting machine, popping machine and popped-makhana grader and licensed them to manufacturers; it trained over 3,000 farmers (2012-2023), assisted 24 enterprises, and distributed 15,824.1 kg of seed. A 7-day training on makhana processing was held 28 Jul to 3 Aug 2025 with participants from Bihar, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and West Bengal (Hindustan news). ICAR-RCER held an Institute-Industry Meet in Patna on 24 Sep 2024 where 10 MoUs were signed for varieties and technologies at a nominal total of Rs 6 lakh (none for makhana). Eligibility: Not stated; training was open to entrepreneurs. Named programme: Training on makhana processing; technology licensing via manufacturers. Application window: none found (training dates are announced irregularly). Latest visible activity: Yes. Training Jul-Aug 2025; PIB Feb 2025; RPCAU makhana seminar 26-27 Feb 2026 (RP11-62). Fits businesses (source names the activity): 1. Unclear: 7, 11. Quote: "Several equipment/machines for Makhana popping and value-added products have been developed and licensed to manufacturers for commercialization" Notes: CONFLICT on naming: PIB calls it National Research Centre for Makhana, the RCER pages call it Research Centre for Makhana. The CIPHET licence to a Bihar firm (Feb 2025) is at RP11-28. Mark 7 is ? because PIB also names makhana-cum-fish farming but not fish seed. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2099490 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
349. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-64 | **name**: Bihar Animal Sciences University: planned food-processing incubation centre at Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Dairy Technology | **provider**: Dainik Bhaskar | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 3, 4; Unclear: 1, 2, 9 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: University incubation centre planned under a Department of Industries MoU (custom-hiring model). Location: Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Dairy Technology (SGIDT), Patna, Bihar. Offers: Dainik Bhaskar (30 Jul 2025, Hindi) reports that the incubation centre will be built by 31 Mar 2026, with 150 metric tons a year of food processing, costly processing equipment, testing, storage and cold storage; lines named are vegetable primary processing with cold storage, potato chips, pickle, tomato ketchup and puree. It will be run by a selected agency on a custom-hiring model with business support for micro enterprises. MoU shown by Department of Industries and BASU officials. Eligibility: Not stated; startups and entrepreneurs in food processing. Named programme: BASU incubation centre (custom hiring). Application window: none found. Latest visible activity: Unclear. Report is 30 Jul 2025; whether the centre opened after 31 Mar 2026: UNVERIFIED. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 3, 4. Unclear: 1, 2, 9. Quote: "इसका संचालन एक चयनित एजेंसी कस्टम हायरिंग मॉडल पर करेगी।" Notes: Standing SECONDARY (one newspaper report). The wording is Hindi; the offers above are my translation. If it exists it matches businesses 3 and 4 directly (cold storage, custom hiring); call BASU and the Department of Industries before relying on it. Replaces the none-found incubation entry at RP11-14. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/patna/news/an-incubation-center-will-be-built-in-basu-150-metric-tons-of-food-will-be-processed-every-year-135567768.html | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
350. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-65 | **name**: NIFTEM-Kundli NTIBIF: N-SIP, NINE programme and the NIFTEM-K and Nestle R&D Startup Challenge 2026 | **provider**: NTIBIF, NIFTEM Kundli | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 3 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Institute of national importance incubator (NTIBIF, backed by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries). Location: Kundli, Sonipat, Haryana. Offers: N-SIP: Phase I a one-week residency workshop, Phase II incubation and seed grant with lab access, mentors and investor connect; NINE: concessional use of NIFTEM facilities for food ventures. Startup Challenge 2026: assistance of Rs 5 to 20 lakh per startup from a Rs 50 lakh corpus, part as cash grant in tranches and the rest as incubation support; NTIBIF may demand 3 to 5 percent equity in lieu of incubation support; pilot plants and testing facilities. Eligibility: Challenge: early-stage startups registered as private limited companies, LLPs or proprietorships under DPIIT, under 5 years old, at least 2 members, MVP or prototype, not funded beyond Rs 50 lakh. Named programme: N-SIP; NINE Program; NIFTEM-K and Nestle R&D Startup Challenge 2026. Application window: Challenge: 14 Apr to 5 May 2026, results by 30 Jun 2026 (closed). N-SIP: opens when a call is announced; none open on 19 Oct 2026. Latest visible activity: Yes. Job advertisement on the site with last date 25 Sep 2026. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none named. Unclear: 1, 3. Quote: "NTIBIF as an incubator offers Food-Agri based Startups unparalleled access to our wide network of industry experts including NIFTEM Faculty, State-of-the-art research resources and office infrastructure." Notes: Adds detail to RP11-36. The challenge themes (protein, low-price nutrition, beverages) are not among the eleven businesses; shed or cold-room operators are unlikely to fit N-SIP. Phone and email on the page are not copied. Standing [U]: not found on the cited page when checked on 19 October 2026. On the page: Startup Challenge 2026 Rs 5-20 lakh, 14 Apr-5 May 2026 and results 30 Jun 2026 not on home page; N-SIP/NINE descriptions present. | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://www.ntibif.com/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
351. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-66 | **name**: Startup Bihar registration and seed funding: current application window (October 2026) | **provider**: Department of Industries, Government of Bihar | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 1, 5; Unclear: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: State startup portal run by the Department of Industries (Bihar Start-up Policy 2022). Location: Department of Industries, Vikas Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna, Bihar. Offers: Policy terms (startupindia.gov.in state page, policy leaflet): seed grant up to Rs 10 lakh as an interest-free loan for 10 years, released against milestones (category B: Rs 4 lakh then Rs 6 lakh once 80 percent of the first tranche is used); matching loan of 100 percent of funds raised from angel groups or Category I AIFs up to Rs 50 lakh at 5 percent a year with 2-year moratorium and 7 years of EMI; 2 percent success fee on angel funding; acceleration reimbursement up to Rs 3 lakh; patent cost reimbursement. The SABAGRIs page lists focus areas including Agri-tech and Allied Sector, Food Processing and IoT, Drones and Robotics, and post-seed support of Rs 15 lakh. Eligibility: Private limited company, registered partnership firm or LLP, within 10 years of registration, turnover not above Rs 100 crore in any year, innovation or a scalable employment model, incorporated or registered in Bihar with an office in Bihar and taxes payable in Bihar. A sole proprietorship is not on that list. Named programme: Startup Bihar Recognition and Seed Funding; YUVA stream. Application window: Earlier call: last date 30 Apr 2026 (official post of 1 Apr 2026). October 2026: two news-aggregator pages (6 and 12 Oct 2026) report registration open 1 Oct 2026, 11:00 am, to 31 Oct 2026, 11:59 pm; no official notice was found and the portal text opened carries no date. Another aggregator gave 31 Jul 2026. Latest visible activity: Yes. Portal live; Startup Bihar Stakeholder Dialogue reported 28 Aug 2026. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 1, 5. Unclear: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Quote: "A Seed Grant of up to Rs 10 Lakhs per Start-up as interest free loan for 10 years shall be provided to start-ups." Notes: UNVERIFIED window: 31 Oct 2026 is 12 days from 19 Oct. CONFLICT between the 30 Apr, 31 Jul and 31 Oct dates (possibly separate rounds). The portal claims 1500+ startups funded while the 2026 Startup India state report counts 815+ registered; do not quote either as a success rate. The policy defines a startup narrowly and a proprietor-run cold room or shed may not qualify. Replaces the none-found window at RP11-09. | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://startup.bihar.gov.in/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
352. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-67 | **name**: SIDBI Patna Regional Office and the Bihar Startup Scale-up Financing Fund (fund of funds) | **provider**: SIDBI; Entrepreneur India | **businesses**: None found | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Development finance institution regional office; fund-of-funds manager. Location: Sone Bhawan, Veer Chand Patel Path, Patna, Bihar (regional office jurisdiction as listed: Patna, Jamshedpur, Ranchi). Offers: SIDBI manages the Rs 50 crore Bihar Startup Scale-up Financing Fund for the Bihar Start-up Fund Trust. It contributes to SEBI-registered AIFs that invest in startups and does not invest directly (Entrepreneur.com, 24 Feb 2024). SIDBI Fund of Funds page: SIDBI is seeking applications from AIFs for the Fund of Funds for Startups, ASPIRE, UP, Odisha and Bihar Startup Funds. A Patna branch office is also listed. No SIDBI mentoring, incubation or direct-loan product for the eleven businesses was examined. Eligibility: AIFs (fund managers), not individual startups. Named programme: Bihar Startup Scale-up Financing Fund (BSSFF). Application window: none found for founders. Latest visible activity: Yes. Pages are current; press release dated Feb 2024. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none named. Unclear: none. Quote: "SIDBI to manage Bihar Start-up Fund Trust’s ₹50 Crore Bihar Startup Scale-up Financing Fund (Fund of Funds)." Notes: Detail on how the fund works comes from a news article (SECONDARY); the title is on the SIDBI site. Refer to RP10 for investors and RP9 for loans. Names and numbers of officers on SIDBI pages are not copied. Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: only headline returned (body text not extracted); 'contributes to AIFs, does not invest directly' and Entrepreneur.com 24 Feb 2024 attribution not on fetched text. FoF general model is on sidbivcf.in (RP10-24). No founder window). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://www.sidbi.in/en/pressrelease-doc/216 | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
353. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-68 | **name**: IIM Bodh Gaya INSPIRE: AIC status confirmed by the Atal Innovation Mission list (2026) | **provider**: Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog (via Lok Sabha) | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Management institute incubator, Atal Incubation Centre. Location: Bodh Gaya, Gaya, Bihar. Offers: A Lok Sabha answer of 29 Jul 2026 lists IIM Bodh Gaya (Gaya, Bihar) as an Atal Incubation Centre established in 2026, and Bihar Vidyapith (Patna) as one established in 2019. The same answer states that AIM does not give financial support to startups directly under the AIC programme; the AIM grant is for the incubator. Bihar AICs and ACICs are shown as having incubated 112 startups. INSPIRE LinkedIn profile says it focuses on mentorship and funding for agri-tech based enterprises; events in 2026 were a Business Sprints Bootcamp (Jan) and Pitch Perfect 7.0 (4-6 Feb 2026, prize money up to Rs 1 lakh). Eligibility: Not stated. Named programme: IIMBG INSPIRE; AIC-INSPIRE. Application window: none found. Latest visible activity: Yes. Events Jan-Feb 2026; AIC list July 2026. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none named. Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Quote: "AIM doesn't provide financial support to the startups directly under AIC and ACIC program." Notes: Resolves the CONFLICT flag in RP11-07 on when the AIC began: the AIM list gives 2026. Generic articles on iimbginspire.com about rolling intakes carry no author or office and were not used. Agri-tech is named only on a LinkedIn profile, so marks stay ?. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://sansad.in/getFile/lsapps/loksabhaquestions/annex/188/AU1696_bi062k.pdf | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
354. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-69 | **name**: Incubation Centre IIT Patna (IC IITP): terms and 2026 calls | **provider**: Incubation Centre IIT Patna | **businesses**: Unclear: 5, 6 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Institute incubator (electronics, ICT and hardware focus). Location: Amhara Road, Bihta, Patna, Bihar. Offers: Apply page: mentors, seed fund up to Rs 10 lakh, furnished office, labs for electronic design, PCB prototyping, testing and calibration, mechanical packaging and product prototyping, micro-nano fabrication. Resident incubation takes 5 percent preference shares, non-resident 3 percent, a refundable deposit of Rs 20,000 and lab charges only for consumables; incubation 12 months extendable to 24; 3-month pre-incubation has no charge. 2026 calls: Pre-Incubation Program (grant up to Rs 2 lakh, last date 20 Jun 2026, support at Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, Gaya and Darbhanga engineering colleges, AgriTech among focus areas) and GENESIS EiR 3.0 (up to Rs 10 lakh, last date 3 Sep 2026, AgriTech among domains, relocation to IC IIT Patna required). Eligibility: Team or company of Indian nationals between prototyping and early scaling, with no equity investment from another incubator; ESDM and ICT technology areas. GENESIS EiR 3.0: Tier-II or III innovators, TRL 1-5, startups up to 2 years old. Named programme: Pre-Incubation Program 2026; GENESIS EiR 3.0; NIDHI; SISF; BioNEST-ICIITP. Application window: No open window on 19 Oct 2026: Pre-Incubation 20 Jun 2026, GENESIS EiR 3.0 3 Sep 2026, CSR EOI 28 Jun 2026 (all closed). The apply page itself carries no dated window. Latest visible activity: Yes. LinkedIn call posted 14 Aug 2026. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none named. Unclear: 5, 6. Quote: "Seed fund : Up to Rs 10 Lakhs" Notes: CONFLICT: an aggregator says the Vision 2 Venture programme takes no equity; the official apply page states 5 percent or 3 percent preference shares. The official page is followed. Adds detail to RP11-04. The related Vishlesan I-Hub (TIH) works on speech, text and video analytics and invited spoke-institution EoIs until 12 Jan 2026; not relevant to the eleven businesses. Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: the dated closures (Pre-Incubation 20 Jun 2026, GENESIS EiR 3.0 3 Sep 2026, CSR EOI 28 Jun 2026) are not on the apply page; page carries no dated window, so open/closed cannot be confirmed from it). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://iciitp.com/index.php/apply/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
355. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-70 | **name**: Incubation Center, NIT Patna: contents of the institute page | **provider**: National Institute of Technology Patna | **businesses**: Unclear: 5, 6 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Institute incubator. Location: Ashok Rajpath, Patna, Bihar. Offers: About page: office space, mentorship programmes, networking, affordable shared workspaces and maker facilities, access to funding through cohorts, grants and investor connects. Named successes on the page: Shekhar Telesystems, Busy Mechanic, Vendospot. No dated call, fee, equity term or sector list found. Eligibility: Not stated. Named programme: none found by name. Application window: none found. Latest visible activity: Unclear. Page undated. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none named. Unclear: 5, 6. Quote: "Affordable shared workspaces and maker facilities to prototype and build." Notes: Sector-agnostic; useful for prototype and workshop access for sensors or drone payloads only. Names of the officer in charge are not copied. Adds detail to RP11-06. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://nitp.ac.in/Facilities/IncubationCenter | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
356. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-71 | **name**: MSME-DFO Patna: jurisdiction and services; MSME-DFO Muzaffarpur is the other Bihar office | **provider**: Office of the Development Commissioner (MSME) | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Central MSME development and facilitation office. Location: Patliputra Industrial Estate, Patna, Bihar. Offers: Office page (Hindi): regional office of the Development Commissioner (MSME), set up in 1957, nodal office for Bihar with another at Muzaffarpur. Jurisdiction is 17 districts: Patna, Arwal, Aurangabad, Banka, Bhabua (Kaimur), Bhagalpur, Bhojpur, Buxar, Gaya, Jamui, Jehanabad, Lakhisarai, Munger, Nalanda, Nawada, Rohtas and Sheikhpura. Services: techno-economic and managerial consultancy, common facilities, extension services, training and skill upgrading, technology upgradation, quality improvement. The national ESDP calendar (msmedi.dcmsme.gov.in) was opened but the visible rows were for other states, so no Bihar programme is confirmed. Eligibility: MSMEs and prospective entrepreneurs; ESDP courses list class 8 or 10 pass eligibility and zero fee in the rows seen (other states). Named programme: Entrepreneurship Development Programmes; National SC/ST Hub. Application window: none found for Bihar. Latest visible activity: Yes. Directory page dated 15 Oct 2026; DC (MSME) post on a Bihta event 28 Apr 2026. The Patna office site still shows a 2022-23 news item. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none named. Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Quote: "एमएसएमई-डीएफओ, पटना के अधिकार क्षेत्र में बिहार के सत्रह जिले शामिल हैं" Notes: Which of the northern and eastern Bihar districts (Madhubani, Darbhanga, Saharsa, Supaul, Purnia, Katihar, Muzaffarpur, Samastipur) fall under Muzaffarpur is not stated on the page opened. District lists are my translation. Adds detail to RP11-19; phone numbers on the pages are not copied. | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://msmedipatna.gov.in/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
357. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-72 | **name**: MSME Technology Centre, Bihta, and extension centres at Muzaffarpur, Rohtas, Darbhanga and Munger | **provider**: Times of India; Office of the Development Commissioner (MSME) | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Central MSME technology centre with four extension centres (opened April 2026). Location: Sikandarpur, Bihta, Patna; extension centres at Muzaffarpur, Rohtas, Darbhanga and Munger. Offers: Times of India (29 Apr 2026): the centre on 15 acres was inaugurated on 28 Apr 2026 with assistance from the Union MSME ministry; training in three thematic areas: quality control of products, packaging of products and national and international marketing, with diploma or degree certificates at the end. The report also says the National SC/ST Hub programme was launched, under which loans are provided to SC and ST entrepreneurs, and a vendor development programme. A DC (MSME) post shows an Entrepreneur Awareness and Special Vendor Development Programme at the centre. Eligibility: Not stated; youths and MSME entrepreneurs. Named programme: Technology centre training; National SC/ST Hub programme. Application window: none found. Latest visible activity: Yes. Inaugurated 28 Apr 2026. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none named. Unclear: 1, 2, 3. Quote: "The training would be provided in three thematic areas – quality control of products, packaging of products, and their national and international marketing." Notes: Standing SECONDARY (newspaper). The Darbhanga extension centre is the nearest to the makhana belt. The SC/ST Hub loan claim is the newspaper's wording and is not checked against the scheme guidelines (RP7). Marks are ? because the training areas are generic. | **standing**: SECONDARY | **url**: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/cm-samrat-opens-bihta-technology-centre/articleshow/130588943.cms | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
358. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-73 | **name**: Startup India MAARG mentorship portal: how a request works (update to RP11-42) | **provider**: DPIIT (Startup India) | **businesses**: Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Government mentor-matching platform. Location: National, online. Offers: User guide: log in with Startup India credentials; the startup dashboard shows the startup's DPIIT ID; create a mentorship requirement and the portal builds an AI match table of mentors; a startup can send up to 3 mentor requests per requirement; sessions run on the portal or another video platform with session notes and ratings. The home page says ecosystem enablers can host custom programmes (cohort-based). The FAQ lists the questions Is this a paid mentorship platform and Do I need to pay any fee for the mentorship, but the answers did not load. Eligibility: Startups registered on the Startup India portal; whether DPIIT recognition is required is not stated in the text that loaded. Named programme: Mentorship requests; cohort-based programmes. Application window: Rolling; no dated window. Latest visible activity: Yes (portal live; guide dated Apr 2023). Fits businesses (source names the activity): none named. Unclear: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Quote: "A startup can send up to 3 Mentor Requests for each requirement." Notes: Fee and eligibility answers are UNVERIFIED. Mentors on the platform are not named by agriculture domain in the text read, so all marks are ?. Standing [U]: not found on the cited page when checked on 19 October 2026. On the page: Dashboard/DPIIT ID, 3 mentor requests per requirement not on the portal home page. | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://maarg.startupindia.gov.in/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
359. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-74 | **name**: ICAR-CIFA Agri-Business Incubation Centre: producer-organisation incubatees (update to RP11-31) | **provider**: ICAR | **businesses**: Applies as per source: businesses 7 | **what_it_offers**: Kind: ICAR agri-business incubation centre (freshwater aquaculture). Location: Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Offers: On 18 Dec 2025 ICAR-CIFA signed MoUs with three incubated enterprises: a fish farmers producers co-operative society, a seed farmers producer company and a private limited company, covering technology transfer, enterprise handholding and commercialisation of proven aquaculture practices. CIFA is also named as a spoke in the CIFT-hub KSHITIJ 2.0 fisheries cohort (RP11-56). Eligibility: Not stated; incubatees included producer organisations. Named programme: ABIC-CIFA incubation MoUs. Application window: none found. Latest visible activity: Yes. Release dated 18 Dec 2025. Fits businesses (source names the activity): 7. Unclear: none. Quote: "signed Memoranda of Understanding with three incubated enterprises at Agri-Business Incubation Centre (ABIC-CIFA)" Notes: Shows that producer organisations, not only startups, have been incubated at an ICAR fish centre. Terms, fees and fish-seed licensing remain UNVERIFIED (see RP11-31). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://icar.org.in/en/icar-cifa-signes-mou-incubatees-incubation-agri-business-incubation-centre | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
360. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-75 | **name**: Application windows checked on 19 Oct 2026: open, rolling and closed | **provider**: Multiple | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Ledger of windows found in RP11 and in this gap-fill. Location: Various. Offers: OPEN on 19 Oct 2026: a-IDEA Krishiboot 10.0 for early-stage agri innovators with prototypes, last date 28 Oct 2026 (9 days; RP11-22, official site). Startup Bihar registration, reported 1 to 31 Oct 2026 on aggregator pages only (12 days; UNVERIFIED, RP11-66). MANAGE-FISHub stakeholder meets with SKUAST-Kashmir, registration to 24-28 Oct 2026 (J&K, not incubation, RP11-55). ROLLING or undated: ABIF IIT Kharagpur (up to 12 months, RP11-25), CFTRI BioNEST (banner Open for Incubation, RP11-35), NDRI SINED-TBI physical incubation (RP11-57), CIFT ZTM-ABI direct incubation (registration fee Rs 2,000 plus GST, RP11-32), IIHR and ICAR licences (RP11-33, RP11-29), MAARG (RP11-73). CLOSED: SABAGRIs SAIP-IX/AOP-X/SOP-IV 31 Aug 2026; NaaViC cohort 11 on 10 Sep; HAU cohort 8 on 10 Sep; TNAU ABIS-TBI cohort 8 on 31 Aug; SHITIJ 2.0 15 Aug and KSHITIJ 2.0 31 Jul (RP11-56); GENESIS EiR 3.0 3 Sep and IIT Patna Pre-Incubation 20 Jun (RP11-69); NIFTEM-K Nestle challenge 5 May (RP11-65); MANAGE-FISHub Cohort II 31 Mar and Aqua Eureka 15 Oct (RP11-55); Pusa Krishi UPJA/ARISE 17 May (RP11-03); VIKAS R-ABI cohort 7 on 15 Oct, Odisha residents only (RP11-26); SKUAST-J cohort 15 Oct, J&K (not for Bihar); TiE Women 15/25 Jun and ThriveX 30 Aug (RP11-61). Eligibility: See each item. Named programme: Windows ledger. Application window: See Offers. Latest visible activity: Checked 19 Oct 2026. Fits businesses (source names the activity): none named. Unclear: none. Quote: "Last date to apply : 28 October 2026" Notes: Only one dated, official, open window that a Bihar founder can use was found (a-IDEA Krishiboot 10.0, 28 Oct 2026), plus one unconfirmed state window. The only Bihar R-ABI call (SABAGRIs) closed 31 Aug and its next date is unpublished. Re-check each official page before print. Page supports only part of this entry (verification note: Startup Bihar registration 1-31 Oct 2026 is aggregator-only (UNVERIFIED) and was not tested here; the official startup.bihar.gov.in home page shows no registration window). | **standing**: OFFICIAL | **url**: https://aidea.naarm.org.in/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19
361. **type**: institution | **id**: RP11-76 | **name**: Bodies still not examined after this gap-fill | **provider**: RP11b research | **what_it_offers**: Kind: Gap list. Location: Various. Offers: Not confirmed: ICAR-CIPHET Abohar, SIDBI Innovation and Incubation Centre (IIT Kanpur), ICAR-CIFRI Barrackpore, ICAR-CIFE Mumbai, NIAM Jaipur, COMFED/Sudha programmes, MPEDA, FSSAI regional office Patna, the Bihar Innovation Lab and Bihar Startup Hub named on the Startup Bihar portal, CIMP-BIIF at Chandragupt Institute, NIELIT Patna incubation, Bihar Veterinary College incubation, LIFIC Guwahati, the official CPRI Patna page, the official cii.in Bihar page, TiE Patna membership terms and Navigate seed size, MAARG FAQ answers, and any official Startup Bihar notice for October 2026. Eligibility: not applicable Named programme: none found. Application window: none found Latest visible activity: UNVERIFIED Fits businesses (source names the activity): none named. Unclear: none. Quote: "not applicable" Notes: Replaces the not-examined list in RP11-49 for the bodies now covered (ATARI, CPRI Patna, NDDB, NFDB, CII, FICCI, TiE, RPCAU, BASU, NIFTEM-K, SIDBI, MSME-DFO, MAARG, IIM Bodh Gaya, IIT Patna, NIT Patna, NDRI, CIFA, CIFT). | **standing**: UNVERIFIED | **url**: https://startup.bihar.gov.in/ | **checked_on**: 2026-10-19