Objectives:

(i) Create new jobs and reduce employment,
(ii) Promote entrepreneurship culture in India,
(iii) Grassroots economic development at district level,
(iv) Facilitate innovative business solution for unmet social needs, and
(v) Promote innovation to further strengthen the competitiveness of MSME sector.

ELIGIBILITY:

• Any individual, above 18 years of age as an incubate can be skilled; 
• Any entrepreneur who wants to set up start-ups; 
• Any technical/research institutes/universities including those in the field of rural and agro based industry; 
• Any institution or agency under the Government of India or any State Govt. in the field of technology, rural development and entrepreneur development, business management or any body corporate under PPP mode can set up LBI; 
• Any existing incubation centres operating currently under different Ministries and departments of the Govt. of India or institutions including National/regional level institutions of GOI/state Govts. To set up such centre dedicated to incubation and enterprise creation in the area of Agro based Industries and also new incubation centres to be set up by eligible private institutions including industry Association, along with the Academic Institutions, R&D laboratories, Universities, Govt. entities and Technology Parks; 
• Institutions registered under Societies Registration Act, 1860;
• Production Co-operative Societies and Charitable Trusts; 
• Existing Incubators and the incubators that have already availed Govt. Subsidy under any other scheme of Govt. of India or State Govt. for the same set of activities under Incubation are not eligible.

APPLICATION PROCESS:

http://msme.gov.in/aspire/aspire/Home.aspx

HOW TO AVAIL:

BENEFITS:

NODAL AGENCY: MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises)

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED:

Proposal in the prescribed Performa along with necessary enclosures and endorsement from the Head of the existing incubator or from the Head of the Institution interested in setting up of new incubator may be sent to the following addresses:- 
The Member Convener, 
Scheme Steering Committee, ASPIRE,
O/o The Joint Secretary (ARI) Division,
Room No.171 Udyog Bhawan,
New Delhi-110011.
Tel-011-23061543, Fax-011-23062858.
Email: js.ari@nic.in

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE:

TAGS/ CATEGORIES:

WEBSITE:

http://msme.gov.in/WriteReadData/Whatsnew/MSME-ASPIRE-FINALBOOK.pdf

http://msme.gov.in/WriteReadData/Whatsnew/ASPIRE-Guidelines-Final-03Jun15.pdf