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ASPIRE - A Scheme for Promotion of Innovation, Rural Industries and Entrepreneurship

Status

Status not published

Host institution applications are received on the ASPIRE portal; confirm the current window with the Ministry, as the scheme has been folded into consolidated MSME programming.

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Amount
10,000,000 INR

Grant support to set up Livelihood Business Incubators and Technology Business Incubators in rural and agro-based sectors: up to INR 1 crore for a new LBI and up to INR 50 lakh for strengthening an existing one. The incubator, not the entrepreneur, is the grantee.

Funder

Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Government of India

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — Host institution applications are received on the ASPIRE portal; confirm the current window with the Ministry, as the scheme has been folded into consolidated MSME programming.

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

Applicants are host institutions (KVIC, NSIC, Coir Board, academic institutions, PSUs, private bodies) setting up rural livelihood or technology business incubators. Rural entrepreneurs benefit through the incubator.

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://aspire.msme.gov.in/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

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

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