Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) - Atal Incubation Centres (AICs)

AIM's flagship program establishing world-class incubation centres across India with grants up to ₹10 crore per centre, providing infrastructure, mentorship, and funding support to startups. Because AIM disburses AIC grants to host institutions rather than startups directly, the ₹10 crore figure describes the infrastructure investment behind a centre, not what an individual founder can expect to receive — actual startup-level support varies by AIC and is usually incubation, mentoring and market access first, with seed funding a secondary and centre-specific offering. This listing's broad entity-type eligibility (including not-yet-registered founders) and idea-through-MVP stage range reflect AIM's intent for AICs to serve as a first formal touchpoint for very early founders across sectors like health, energy, transport and agriculture. Founders should identify and apply to a specific AIC aligned with their sector rather than expecting a single unified funding process.