Startup hubs
Port Blair (Sri Vijaya Puram)
Nodal agency
Directorate of Industries, A&N Administration
Official portal
startupindia.gov.in (central; no verified state portal)
Tracks
By Women For Good
Straight talk: No dedicated UT startup portal we could verify at review time; start with Startup India and the Directorate of Industries.
The islands run on tourism and the sea, and both are under-built: dive and marine-tourism experiences, fisheries value chains, island logistics and clean energy for remote grids. Central schemes apply in full, the Directorate of Industries is the local door, and the government’s push on island development keeps infrastructure improving. For a founder who wants a defensible niche, an island economy is a moat by geography.
Flagship support
Central Startup India stack
DPIIT recognition, Seed Fund Scheme and tax benefits apply fully and face almost no local competition for attention.
Directorate of Industries support
The UT industries office handles registration and routes founders to applicable MSME and island-development schemes.
Blue-economy openings
Marine tourism, fisheries processing, island logistics and renewable microgrids are first-mover categories here.
Who gets extra doors opened
For women founders
Central women-founder schemes apply in full, and community tourism plus seafood processing are natural women-led enterprise lines.
For startups solving public problems
Reef protection, waste on islands and fisher livelihoods are urgent local problems where even small ventures create visible change.
Getting started in Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Get DPIIT recognition; the central stack does the heavy lifting here.
Register with the Directorate of Industries in Port Blair.
Build tourism-season cash flow first, then reinvest into the year-round blue-economy play.
Official sources
Verify everything here before applying
startupindia.gov.in (central schemes)Building in Andaman & Nicobar Islands? Do not build alone.
Join the hub for the Starter Boost: volunteer expert consultations, curated resources and webinars, at no cost. Then use the community to find your people in Port Blair (Sri Vijaya Puram) and beyond. Founders never pay to be here.
Scheme details, amounts and eligibility change over time and by notification. This page is a plain-language starting point, not official or legal advice. Always confirm the current rules on the official portal above before applying, and if a link has moved, search the program name to find its new home.