aIDEA ICAR NAARM may give CCF to support its startup start-ups in the form of a soft loan, debt, equity, or a combination of these. In the case of a soft loan or debt fund, a repayment schedule shall be developed on realistic scenarios by looking at the cash flow of the supported startups individually. Attempts to ensure that the incubated repays the entire amount of seed assistance received as a loan within 5 years, with at least 30% of the soft loan/debt balance being repaid within 3 years from the date of soft loan/debt received. In seed support instances costing more than Rs. 10 lakhs, only the equity model should be promoted and followed, setting a maximum time limit of 5 years duration in case of equity investment.

Focus Areas

Agriculture and Agritech, Food Technology, Supply/ Value Chain, Precision Farming, Agriculture/ Animal, Genomics & Biotechnology, Plant /Animal Breeding, Bio Environmental Engineering, Micro/Macro Molecules, Post-harvest Processes & Value addition, Microbiology, Diagnostics, Veterinary, Fisheries, Forestry, Dairy Technology, Horticulture, Farm machinery, Soil and Irrigation, Bio-Fuels/Energy, Bioinformatics, other allied areas related to agriculture and allied sciences, Irrigation, Seed Bio-Pesticides/Bio-Fertilizers, Agri-Marketing, Drinking Water, Health/Sanitation, Rural Based, Non/Traditional activities, Rural - Education Any other Directly/indirectly benefitted areas