Agri-Clinics and Agri-Business Centres Scheme 2026: Up to 44% Subsidy, Eligibility & How to Apply

At a glance

About the scheme

Launched by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare with NABARD as the subsidy channelising agency, the Agri-Clinics and Agri-Business Centres (AC&ABC) scheme supports agricultural development and creates gainful self-employment for agriculture professionals. Agri-Clinics offer paid or free clinical and advisory support to farmers on cropping practices, soil health, and plant protection. Agri-Business Centres provide commercial services such as custom hiring of machinery, farm inputs sales, and post-harvest management. The initiative provides full financial support for training, handholding, and bank loans backed by composite capital subsidies.

Benefits

• 45 days of full residential start-up training and handholding support for agriculture graduates.
• Credit-linked back-end composite subsidy of 36% of the Total Financial Outlay (TFO) for General category candidates.
• Composite subsidy of 44% of TFO for Women, SC, ST, North-Eastern, and Hilly State candidates.
• Ceiling on project cost eligible for subsidy is ₹20 lakh for individual projects, extendable to ₹25 lakh for extremely successful ventures.
• Group project cost ceiling eligible for subsidy is up to ₹100 lakh for groups of 5 or more trained individuals.
• Opportunity to establish ventures across 18+ agricultural activities including testing labs, veterinary dispensaries, seed processing, IT kiosks, and cool chains.

Who can apply (eligibility)

• Applicants must be between 18 and 60 years of age.
• Graduates in agriculture and allied subjects from State Agricultural Universities (SAUs), Central Agricultural Universities, or ICAR/UGC recognised universities.
• Diploma holders with at least 50% marks, or Post Graduate Diploma holders in agriculture and allied subjects from recognised state universities or boards.
• Biological Science graduates holding a Post Graduation in agriculture and allied disciplines.
• Holders of UGC-recognised degrees where over 60% of course content is in agriculture and allied subjects.
• Post-B.Sc. Biological Science candidates with diploma/PG diploma courses containing more than 60% agriculture-allied content.
• Candidates passing intermediate (10+2) level courses in agriculture-related streams with at least 55% marks.

Who cannot apply

• Retired employees drawing pensionary benefits are ineligible for the subsidy (they can only participate in training and start self-financed projects).

Documents required

• Educational certificates and degree/diploma mark sheets verifying agriculture or allied qualifications.
• Class 10 or birth certificate for age verification.
• Identity proof documents.
• Passport-size photograph for online registration.

How to apply

1. 1Visit the official AC&ABC MIS registration portal at acabcmis.gov.in.
2. 2Complete the registration form by entering personal, contact, and educational details.
3. 3Upload the required educational mark sheets and relevant documents in the specified format.
4. 4Review all filled information and submit the application form online.
5. 5Track the progress of your application through the Application Status page on the AC&ABC MIS portal.

Frequently asked questions