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Policy Statistics

Overall Policy Impact (as on june 2025)

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    Investment Proposed (INR Cr) 1500
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    Incentive Amount disbursed (INR Cr) 122
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    LOC Issued 1
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    Investment Proposed (INR Cr) 5556
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    LOC Issued 6
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    No. of Disbursement Application NIL
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    Incentive Amount Disbursed (INR Cr) 212
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    Proposed Employment 40000

Policy Amendment

Uttar Pradesh Startup Policy, 2020

UP Startup Policy 2020 (first ammendment 2022) is valid for five (5) years from the date of its notification, and it supersedes all the clauses pertaining to the startup section of previous policies i.e. UP IT & Startup Policy 2016 and UP IT & Startup Policy 2017-2022.

14,000+ Startup India Recognised Startups
71Recognised Incubator's
7Center of Excellence

Incentives

Sr. No. Subject
  Sustenance allowance of INR 17,500 per month per startup for a period of one year.
  Prototype grant of up to INR 5 Lakhs is provided to startups to get their MVP ready.
  Seed Capital/Marketing Assistance up to INR 7.5 Lakhs to launch MVP in the market.
  Reimbursement of up to INR 2 Lakhs for Indian patents and INR 10 Lakhs for International Patents for filing the successful patent.
  Reimbursement to startups for participation in events - upto INR 50,000 for national events and INR 1 Lakh for international events.
  Startups having women/ Transgender/ Divyangjan cofounders with more than 26% equity shall be eligible to get additional 50% incentives on Sustenance Allowance and Seed Capital.
  Additional 50% shall also be given to startups having registered offices/operations in Purvanchal /Bundelkhand regions or cofounders hailing from Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) or startups working in the following sectors - Rural impact, Circular Economy, Sustainability, Renewable Energy & climate change. Whether a startup is covered under the above-mentioned sectors will be decided by PIU based on the recommendation of EC.
Sr. No. Subject
  Incubators are supported with INR 1/1.25 crore if they are est
  INR 1.5 Crore (30 Lakh per yea whichever is earlier.
  A matching grant of upto INR 1 to competent institutions, upto minimum 12 weeks for support a year under the policy.
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  Government of Uttar Pradesh envisages creation of world class infrastructure in the form of Center of Excellence (CoE). Financial support is provided in the form of grant-in-aid up to INR 10 Crores to CoE during span of 5 years from the date of establishment.
  CoE will house 100 most promising product based Startups from India and abroad in the domain of Emerging Technologies such as Quantum Computing, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Blockchain, Additive Manufacturing, AR/VR, Drones, Robotics, 5G, SpaceTech, Defense Tech, Agri-tech, EduTech, Health Tech and other areas of social or national importance.
  3 CoEs so far have already been established under the policy; MedTech CoE at SGPGI Lucknow being the first one followed by AI&ML CoE and Drone CoE at IIT Kanpur.