Department of Industries & Commerce, Government of Haryana

The Department of Industries & Commerce is the principal state government body overseeing industrial development in Haryana. It serves as the nodal department for Startup Haryana, the state’s startup facilitation initiative. Haryana hosts more than 11,000 DPIIT-registered startups spanning IT, engineering, electronics, automobiles, textiles, and hi-tech industries, with significant concentrations in Gurugram, Faridabad, and Hisar.

The department administers the Haryana State Startup Policy 2022, a sector-agnostic framework designed to support the creation of at least 5,000 new startups. The policy rests on four pillars: infrastructure augmentation, fiscal support, regulatory easing, and entrepreneurship development. Under this policy, the department offers a range of fiscal incentives, including seed grants of up to ₹10 lakh, lease rental reimbursements (30% for general startups and 45% for women-led startups, capped at ₹5 lakh per year), patent cost reimbursement up to ₹25 lakh, net SGST reimbursement of 50% for seven years, cloud storage reimbursement of 75% on Haryana-based data centres, and support for national-level acceleration programmes.

On the infrastructure side, the department has approved 17 incubators and supports district-level incubation centres aligned with local sector strengths. It collaborates with institutions such as IIT Delhi, IIM Rohtak, and NIT Kurukshetra. Startups incorporated in India, ideally based in or operating in Haryana, with DPIIT recognition, are eligible to apply across any sector, with particular emphasis on IT, healthcare, agriculture, green technology, and energy. Women-led startups receive enhanced benefits under multiple schemes.