Digital India GENESIS (Gen-Next Support for Innovative Startups)

MeitY program building capacity in smaller towns through 65 incubation centres, with funding ranging from ₹10 lakh to ₹1 crore for deep-tech and hardware startups. GENESIS operates with roughly ₹490 crore in total outlay and is structured around four components — Ideation Support (EIR), Pilot/PoC Support, Deep-Tech Startup Support, and Investment Support — so the ₹10 lakh to ₹1 crore range in this listing corresponds to different components rather than a single flat grant. MeitY Startup Hub oversees the scheme through roughly 50 implementing agencies routed via 65 empanelled incubators, most of them based outside metro cities to reach Tier-II/III founders directly. Funding decisions and the specific component a startup is placed into depend on the recommendation of the implementing incubator that runs its cohort.