SUPI
What this is
A scheme by Ministry of Finance for financing SC/ST and Women Entrepreneurs by facilitating bank loans for setting up a greenfield project Enterprise in manufacturing, services, trading sector and activities allied to agriculture.
In detail
A scheme by Ministry of Finance for financing SC/ST and/or Women Entrepreneurs by facilitating bank loans for setting up a greenfield project enterprise in manufacturing, services, trading sector and activities allied to agriculture. The objective of this scheme is to facilitate bank loans between Rs. 10 lakh and Rs. 1 Crore to at least one Scheduled Caste (SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST) borrower and at least one woman borrower per bank branch for setting up a greenfield enterprise. In case of non-individual enterprises, at least 51% of the shareholding and controlling stake should be held by either an SC/ST or Woman entrepreneur.
Who qualifies
- Finance is provided for Greenfield Enterprises.
- If the applicant is a male, he must be from SC / ST category.
- The age of the applicant must be at least 18 years.
- The applicant must not be in default to any bank/financial institution.
What you get
- Facilitation of composite loan (inclusive of term loan and working capital) between ₹10 Lakhs and ₹100 Lakhs. Rupay debit card to be issued for convenience of the borrower.
- The web portal by SIDBI provides hand-holding support through a network of agencies engaged in training, skill development, mentoring, project report preparation, application filling, work shed / utility support services, subsidy schemes etc.
Found elsewhere in government
| Budget allocation | ₹0 cr for 2026-27
Central Sector
· Demand No. 32
· matched to budget line “Stand-Up India (through NCGTC)”
at 1.0 (strong) |
Union Budget, Expenditure Profile Statement 4B |
not about the scheme.
www.standupmitra.inapplication field: scheme is missing
Provenance
| schemeName | Stand-Up India | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| schemeOpenDate | 2016-04-05 | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| schemeCloseDate | 2025-03-31 | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| nodalMinistryName | Ministry Of Finance | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| dbtScheme | False | myScheme · 2026-09-02 |
| achievement data | ... | no source publishes this for any central scheme |