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Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF)

Status

Status not published

Open on a rolling basis; the scheme period was extended and the eligible activity list broadened in 2024.

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Amount
20,000,000 INR

INR 1 lakh crore financing facility. 3% per annum interest subvention on loans up to INR 2 crore per project for a maximum of seven years, plus credit guarantee cover under CGTMSE for loans up to INR 2 crore. Eligible beneficiaries may hold up to 25 projects at separate locations.

Funder

Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — Open on a rolling basis; the scheme period was extended and the eligible activity list broadened in 2024.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

Farmers, FPOs, PACS, marketing cooperative societies, SHGs, joint liability groups, agri-entrepreneurs, startups, agri-tech players and central or state agency-sponsored PPP projects. The project must be post-harvest management infrastructure or a community farming asset. DPIIT recognition is not required.

How to apply

  1. Register and file the project on the AIF portal (agriinfra.dac.gov.in).
  2. The application is routed to the chosen lending institution.
  3. Bank sanctions the loan; interest subvention and credit guarantee are applied.
  4. Disbursement against project milestones.

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://agriinfra.dac.gov.in/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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