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Grants

Atal New India Challenge (ANIC)

Status

Closed for now

ANIC has historically been run as periodic themed editions. AIM 2.0 continues until March 2028, so further editions are plausible; monitor aim.gov.in.

Closed
Amount
10,000,000 INR

Grant-in-aid of up to INR 1 crore per selected innovation, plus mentoring and market access, awarded against published national problem statements from partner ministries.

Funder

Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog

public · national

Deadline: Closed — No ANIC round is currently accepting applications; ANIC 1.0 and 2.0 have concluded.

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
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Indian startups and MSMEs with a working prototype addressing a published ANIC problem statement.

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://aim.gov.in/anic.php · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: aim.gov.in

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