Special categories and priority groups
Questions in This Section
What extra support exists for women entrepreneurs?
Higher capital subsidy rates, 100% stamp duty exemption, 100% EPF reimbursement for women employees, and booster subsidies under IIEPP 2022 where a high share of the workforce is women. Several policies also relax the minimum investment threshold.
For SC/ST, Divyangjan and ex-servicemen entrepreneurs?
Enhanced capital subsidy, full stamp duty exemption and relaxed margin money requirements under the MSME Policy 2022 and district-level schemes.
What is ODOP and how does it interact with these policies?
One District One Product â the state's district-product programme, with its own margin money, common facility centre, toolkit and marketing schemes. ODOP benefits generally run in addition to MSME Policy incentives. For Gautam Buddh Nagar, the ODOP product is readymade garments, which also makes the Textile & Garmenting Policy 2022 directly relevant to the district.
Are there special provisions for units in Bundelkhand and Purvanchal?
Yes, across almost every policy: the highest slab of capital subsidy, 100% stamp duty exemption, longer incentive periods, and in newer policies (Data Centre 2026, Green Hydrogen 2024) explicit additional incentives for locating there.
What about startups and first-generation entrepreneurs?
The Startup Policy 2026 route (seed capital, sustenance allowance, prototype grant) plus the district-level self-employment schemes â CM Yuva Udyami Vikas Abhiyan, PMEGP, Mukhya Mantri Yuva Swarozgar Yojana, ODOP Margin Money.
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