Pusa Krishi Incubation Program (UPJA)
Grants Indian agri-founders up to Rs. 25 lakh across three incubation tracks by stage.
The Pusa Krishi Incubation Program (UPJA) is a grant scheme from the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare for Indian citizens with an innovation, idea, product or solution relevant to agriculture, run across three tracks by stage: MVP or already-commercialised startups (UPJA), idea/prototype-stage startups with a legal entity (ARISE), and students with an unregistered idea or prototype (STUDE…
Pusa Krishi backs Indian citizens with an innovation, idea, product or solution relevant to agriculture. It runs three separate tracks by stage: MVP or already-commercialised startups (UPJA), idea/prototype-stage startups with a legal entity (ARISE), and students with an idea or prototype whose startup isn't formally registered yet (STUDENT).
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