20 schemes for patent & ip support
Rajasthan · Active
Rajasthan runs its startup support through the iStart platform, and rates it by a Bronze-to-Platinum grading that decides how much grant and loan capital a startup can draw as it grows.
- Ideation grant: Up to Rs 2.4 lakh at the idea or prototype stage (Rs 3 lakh for women-led startups).
- Viability grant: Up to Rs 60 lakh for seed-stage startups rated Bronze or above.
- Scale-up fund: Up to Rs 2 crore for startups rated Gold or above.
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Maharashtra · Active
Approved in 2025 with a target of 50,000 recognised startups, the policy leans on a state-run Maha-Fund for early loans and pays for patent filing, quality certification and exhibition costs directly.
- Chief Minister's Maha-Fund: Loans of Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh for early-stage entrepreneurs, routed through partner financial institutions.
- Patent registration support: Financial support for domestic and international patent filing costs.
- Quality certification: Reimbursement for product quality certification expenses.
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Karnataka · Active
Karnataka is targeting 25,000 new startups over five years, with the ELEVATE programme as its flagship grant and a patent-reimbursement scheme carried over from the state's earlier policy.
- ELEVATE Idea2PoC grant: One-time grant of up to Rs 50 lakh, no equity dilution.
- Patent filing cost: Reimbursed up to Rs 2 lakh per Indian patent awarded, 75% on filing and 25% on grant.
- SGST reimbursement: Reimbursement of net SGST paid, under the policy's funding-and-grants pillar.
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Delhi · Draft
Delhi's cabinet approved a startup policy in 2022, and a much larger draft was put out for public comment in August 2025 with a Rs 200 crore venture fund and the richest lease and IPR reimbursements on this list. It is not yet final.
- Lease rental reimbursement: 100%, up to Rs 10 lakh a year, for 3 years.
- Operational allowance: Flat Rs 2 lakh per month for 12 months per recognised startup.
- IP filing support: Up to Rs 1 lakh for Indian filings and Rs 3 lakh for international filings.
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Madhya Pradesh · Active
MP backs this policy with a Rs 100 crore Startup Capital Fund routed through empanelled investment funds, on top of a direct seed grant and patent assistance for startups working with a state-recognised incubator.
- Seed grant: Up to Rs 30 lakh, through one of 72 state-recognised incubators.
- Startup Capital Fund: Rs 100 crore fund, co-investing in DPIIT-recognised MP startups via empanelled Alternative Investment Funds.
- Patent assistance: Up to Rs 5 lakh.
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Gujarat · Active
Gujarat's SSIP is aimed squarely at student and early-career innovators, run through a state-wide, university-based network with its own IP Facilitation Centre for patent, copyright and trademark costs.
- PoC / prototype support: Up to Rs 2.5 lakh for higher and technical education students, Rs 20,000 for classes 9-12.
- Srujan seed support: Up to Rs 10 lakh.
- Patent filing cost: Up to Rs 75,000 domestic, Rs 1.5 lakh international, through the IP Facilitation Centre at i-Hub.
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Telangana · Active
Run through the Telangana State Innovation Cell, the policy pays for patent and trademark filing directly and adds a turnover-linked performance grant once a startup is growing.
- Patent expenditure reimbursement: 100% of Indian patent registration cost up to Rs 2 lakh; up to Rs 10 lakh per awarded foreign patent; usable twice.
- Performance grant: 5% of annual turnover, up to Rs 10 lakh, for startups growing 15% year on year.
- SGST reimbursement: 100% for 3 years, capped at Rs 10 lakh overall.
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Tamil Nadu · Active
TN funds early-stage research and prototyping through a dedicated Rs 50 crore seed grant fund built with universities and financial institutions, alongside patent and technology-acquisition reimbursement.
- Prototype / PoC grant: Up to Rs 10 lakh, with an additional Rs 5 lakh for DeepTech and hardware startups.
- TN Startup Seed Grant Fund: Rs 50 crore fund for early-stage research and innovation financing.
- Patent and technology cost reimbursement: Domestic and international patent filing, quality certification and technology-acquisition costs reimbursed up to prescribed limits.
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Uttar Pradesh · Active
Backed by a Rs 1,000 crore state startup fund, UP reimburses patent costs for incubated startups and pays marketing assistance in place of a direct seed grant, with extra weight for women, transgender and Divyangjan-led teams.
- Patent filing cost: Rs 2 lakh for Indian patents, Rs 10 lakh for international patents, for incubated startups.
- Marketing assistance (seed capital): Up to Rs 7.5 lakh per startup, for up to 25 startups per incubator a year, to launch an MVP.
- Event participation reimbursement: Up to Rs 50,000 for national events, Rs 1 lakh for international events.
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Punjab · Active
Punjab's incentives run through the Startup Punjab Hub, and unusually for a state policy they include a standing interest subsidy on top of the seed grant and patent support.
- Seed grant: Up to Rs 3 lakh for idea validation, prototyping, travel, market research and initial setup.
- Patent filing support: Up to Rs 2 lakh domestic, Rs 10 lakh international.
- Interest subsidy: 8% a year on bank or NBFC loans, up to Rs 5 lakh a year for 5 years.
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West Bengal · Active
West Bengal's seed support is one of the wider bands on this list, Rs 5 to 25 lakh depending on the sector, and it is paired with an electricity duty exemption most other states do not offer at this stage.
- Seed funding: Rs 5 to 25 lakh for early-stage ventures in priority sectors, with a monthly sustenance allowance of Rs 10,000 to 25,000.
- Patent filing fee reimbursement: Up to Rs 2 lakh, for startups incubated under the state MSME policy.
- Lease rental reimbursement: 50%, capped at Rs 10,000 a month, for up to 3 years.
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Kerala · Active
Kerala's patent support was built with student inventors in mind as much as startups, and it is one of the few state schemes that also subsidises the interest on a loan taken to commercialise a patented product.
- Idea grant: Up to Rs 3 lakh at the design or concept stage, under the Innovation Grants scheme.
- Patent Support System: Reimburses patent cost including consultation fee, up to Rs 2 lakh per Indian patent, Rs 10 lakh for foreign patents on one subject matter.
- Loan interest subsidy: For 5 years, on loans taken to commercialise a patent-based product.
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Uttarakhand · Active
Uttarakhand pays a founder's monthly allowance alongside its seed capital, and reimburses SGST in full up to a Rs 5 lakh cap - useful to know if a client is filing from Dehradun rather than routing everything through DIPS in Doon.
- Monthly allowance: Rs 15,000 a month for one year (Rs 20,000 for women, SC/ST, Divyang or transgender founders).
- Seed capital: Up to Rs 10 lakh one-time (Rs 12.5 lakh for women and marginalised-group founders).
- Patent reimbursement: Up to Rs 1 lakh Indian, Rs 5 lakh international.
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Odisha · Active
Startup Odisha's equity-free grant is among the larger flat seed amounts on this list, and it comes with a monthly allowance that rises for women, transgender and SC/ST/SEBC/PH founders.
- Equity-free seed grant: Up to Rs 16 lakh for product development and marketing.
- Monthly sustenance allowance: Rs 20,000 (Rs 22,000 for women, transgender, or SC/ST/SEBC/PH founders).
- Patent filing and prosecution cost: Reimbursed per the state Industrial Policy.
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Bihar · Active
Bihar's seed fund is structured as a ten-year interest-free loan rather than a grant, only the principal comes back, and patent filing for domestic applications is covered in full.
- Interest-free seed fund: Rs 10 lakh, repayable after 10 years with no interest (Rs 10.5 lakh for women-led, Rs 11.5 lakh for SC/ST-led startups).
- Angel-investment matching grant: Up to Rs 3 lakh, matching funds raised from angel investors or VCs.
- Domestic patent filing: 100% of cost covered; 50% subsidy also available on product development.
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Himachal Pradesh · Active
HP's seed funding ceiling is one of the higher ones on this list, and its patent reimbursement follows the same two-stage pattern as most other hill states: part on filing, the rest on grant.
- Seed funding: Up to Rs 25 lakh through state-approved incubators.
- Patent and IPR cost reimbursement: Up to 100% for eligible startups; Indian patents capped at Rs 2 lakh, paid 75% on filing and 25% on grant; foreign patents up to Rs 10 lakh or actual cost, whichever is lower.
- Rental reimbursement: For registered startups, under the scheme's support package.
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Assam · Active
Assam's incentives sit behind its own MASI recognition (separate from DPIIT recognition), and the state adds a power subsidy alongside the more usual patent and GST reimbursements.
- Patent subsidy: Rs 1 lakh domestic, Rs 5 lakh international, paid 75% on filing and 25% on grant.
- GST reimbursement: Up to Rs 5 lakh a year for 3 years.
- Power subsidy: Up to 50%, capped at Rs 1 lakh, for 5 years.
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Goa · Active
Goa's patent reimbursement is uncapped in the sense that matters most, up to Rs 25 lakh per unit across successful filings, and it is one of the few states that also part-funds R&D salaries directly.
- Patent filing reimbursement: Up to Rs 25 lakh per unit: Rs 2.5 lakh per successful domestic patent, Rs 5 lakh per successful international patent.
- Seed capital grant: One-time grant up to Rs 10 lakh for a startup with a promising MVP.
- Local-hiring salary reimbursement: 50% of a fresher's salary, capped at Rs 15,000 a month per recruit.
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Jharkhand · Active
Jharkhand reimburses the full patent filing cost for both domestic and international applications, and adds a one-time marketing grant once the product is ready to sell.
- Patent filing cost: 100% reimbursed, for both domestic and international patents.
- Seed funding: Up to Rs 10 lakh for prototype development and product testing; up to Rs 25-50 lakh through government-approved incubators.
- Marketing grant: One-time grant of Rs 10 lakh for eligible startups.
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Chhattisgarh · Active
Chhattisgarh's newest policy carries a Rs 100 crore capital fund, and pairs a seed grant for a validated proof of concept with separate patent and technology subsidies that can add up to more than Rs 30 lakh combined.
- Seed / MVP grant: Up to Rs 10 lakh, for a startup incubated for at least 3 months with a validated proof of concept.
- Patent and technology subsidy: Cumulative support exceeding Rs 30 lakh across certification, patent filing and technology-procurement costs.
- Fundraise performance incentive: 20% of the amount raised, up to Rs 10 lakh, excluding grants and angel funding.
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Where these figures come from
Compiled from official sources, not a live feed. Every scheme
here is checked against the state's own start-up portal or policy notification,
or, where a state runs nothing of its own, the DPIIT-run Startup India state-policy
page. Last checked 23 Aug 2026.
Rates and caps change. A state policy is typically revised every
year or two, sometimes by a notification that adjusts one figure rather than the
whole document. Confirm the current cap with the state, or with us, before relying
on one.
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