Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries SFURTI
Grants for clusters of traditional artisans and producers to get shared facilities, training, design and marketing help through an implementing agency.
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- Cost to apply
- 10% of hard intervention cost from the implementing agency
- Status
- Open
- Run by
- Ministry of MSME, with KVIC, Coir Board and other nodal agencies
What you get
- Up to ₹2.5 crore for regular clusters of up to 500 artisans and ₹5 crore for major clusters above 500
- Hard interventions such as common facility centres and raw material banks funded 90%, with 10% from the implementing agency
- Soft interventions such as training and design development funded 100%, up to 10% of hard intervention cost or ₹25 lakh
Who can apply
- Businesses that are already running.
- Open to businesses in handicrafts, manufacturing and farming, fisheries and livestock.
- Nano and micro enterprises.
- Only for artisans.
- Project cost up to ₹5 crore.
- Applies to clusters, proposed through a nodal agency and run by an implementing agency or SPV
- Normally at least 100 artisans (50 in the North East and hill areas)
- Implementing agency pays 10% of hard intervention cost in cash (5% in NER, J&K and hill states)
Where to apply
In person, through a nodal agency such as KVIC or the Coir Board
In Kerala, KVIC state office and Kerala Khadi and Village Industries Board for khadi and village industry clusters, Coir Board for coir clusters
Worth knowing
513 clusters approved and 376 functional since 2014-15 (December 2024). Guidelines revised 9 September 2022.
Where we found this
- Revised SFURTI guidelines, 9 September 2022 (external site) Official
- PIB, Budget 2025-26 Fuelling MSME Expansion (external site) Official announcement
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