Startup hubs
Chandigarh, with Mohali and Panchkula next door
Nodal agency
Industries Department, Chandigarh Administration
Official portal
Tracks
By Women For Good
Straight talk: The Startup Policy 2025 routes benefits through the Start-in-Chandigarh portal as it rolls out; until your application window opens there, track the Industries Department and Startup India.
Chandigarh finally notified its Startup Policy in 2025 with operational guidelines following the same year, and the numbers are specific: an annual corpus of ₹10 crore, a target of 200 plus startups in five years, certification and patent reimbursements, a year of free incubation access and procurement relaxations. The tricity already punches above its weight, hundreds of startups and exits like PrepLadder came from here, so the policy is fuel on an existing fire.
Flagship support
Policy 2025 incentives
Certification support at 80 percent up to ₹1 lakh, patent filing support, and benefits for up to ten years or ₹100 crore turnover.
Free incubation year
Recognised startups get free access to incubation facilities for one year, plus subsidised stalls at major trade fairs.
Procurement and compliance relief
Relaxed norms in public procurement and self-certification under six labour laws cut early friction.
Incubator support
Technology upgrade grants and annual operational support for public and private incubators strengthen the support layer.
Who gets extra doors opened
For women founders
The policy explicitly targets inclusion of startups led by women, transgender persons and underrepresented groups in its selection and support design.
For startups solving public problems
Civic-scale problems in a well-run city make Chandigarh a clean testbed, and procurement relaxations give impact startups a route to a government first customer.
Getting started in Chandigarh
Get DPIIT recognition; it is the base eligibility for Chandigarh’s policy benefits.
Watch the Industries Department for Start-in-Chandigarh portal windows and apply when they open.
Use the tricity: Mohali and Panchkula institutions and investors are effectively the same ecosystem.
Official sources
Building in Chandigarh? 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 Chandigarh 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.