- Free allowance
- Up to INR 20 lakh as a milestone-based grant for proof of concept, prototype development or product trials, plus up to INR 50 lakh of investment through convertible debentures, debt or debt-linked instruments for market entry and commercialisation, disbursed through eligible incubators rather...
- Verdict
- fails: identitythe identity required is not reachable without it
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- institutionno card, no phone
- Binding limit
- write-gatedThe applicant must be 'A startup, recognized by DPIIT, incorporated not more than 2 years ago at the time of application', and DPIIT recognition requires an Indian incorporated entity, so a person with no Indian company fails before the...
- Evidence
- documented4 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-22checked 2026-10-22 (live); stale on 2026-11-22
| Free tier | Up to INR 20 lakh as a milestone-based grant for proof of concept, prototype development or product trials, plus up to INR 50 lakh of investment through convertible debentures, debt or debt-linked instruments for market entry and commercialisation, disbursed through eligible incubators rather than directly by the government. unit none; metered on wall-clock; grant |
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| Price | none stated |
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| Limits | - write-gated (binding) The applicant must be 'A startup, recognized by DPIIT, incorporated not more than 2 years ago at the time of application', and DPIIT recognition requires an Indian incorporated entity, so a person with no Indian company fails before the incubator sees the application. source
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| Identity | institution not published |
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| Egress | not stated |
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| Interface | unknown inferred from the tooling the provider documents; not probed |
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| Tooling | not stated |
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| Composes with | The two halves do not stack into one cheque: the INR 20 lakh is a grant and the INR 50 lakh is a repayable instrument, so the free portion is the smaller number. Because disbursement runs through an incubator, the practical gate after DPIIT is an incubator selection, which is a second discretionary review. |
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| Reliability | no reliability event recorded |
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| Notes | The number worth remembering is 20 lakh, because the 50 lakh beside it is debt-like and a reader who takes the pair as a grant overstates the free capacity by a factor of 3.5. DPIIT recognition is not open to foreign founders: recognition requires an entity incorporated in India. Whether the scheme accepts a sole proprietorship is unresolved: the FAQ says 'incorporated', which in Indian usage usually means a company or LLP rather than a proprietorship. The 2-year incorporation clock cannot be paused: it is measured at the time of application. |
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