District Wise Share for Startup Businesses on Population Base

Grant Size

Grant size will vary from case to case based on their field assessment however, maximum limits of grants will be as under:

Subcomponent Maximum Grant Size (PKR) upto Preferred Payment Mode Share of SME and Project
Up-gradation (individual SME) 2.0 million Reimbursement 50:50
Up-gradation (cluster development program) 5.0 million Reimbursement 50:50
Cottage industry promotion 1.0 million Reimbursement 50:50
Establishment of New Enterprises (Startup) 1.0 million • 50% on approval of the business plan
• 50% on achievement of milestone of 1st tranche 		70:30

District Wise Share for Startup Businesses Base on Population:(As per latest detail)

S.No Name of District Nos of startups SMEs
1 Peshawar 139
2 Mardan 78
3 Swat 76
4 Dera Ismail Khan 52
5 Swabi 52
6 Charsadda 53
7 Mansehra 51
8 Nowshera 50
9 Lower Dir 47
10 Abbottabad 44
11 Bannu 38
12 Haripur 33
13 Kohat 33
14 Upper Dir 31
15 Buner 29
16 Lakki Marwat 28
17 Kohistan (Lower Kohistan - Upper Kohistan) 26
18 Shangla 25
19 Malakand 25
20 Karak 23
21 Hangu 17
22 Batagram 16
23 Chitral 15
24 Tank 13
25 Tor Ghar (Kala Dhaka) 6
Total 1000

1. The District wise quota for SMEs has been calculated on the basis of population census, 2017 projected 2020.

NOTE: Kohistan District divided into 03 Districts after 2017 census. Upper Kohistan, Lower Kohistan and Kolai-Palas District. The seats and funds will be distributed according to population. Chitral District divided into 02 Districts i.e. Upper and Lower Chitral, the seats and funds will be distributed according to population.

District wise share for Business Up-Gradation (As per latest detail)

S.No Name of District Nos of startups SMEs
1 Peshawar 350
2 Mardan 194
3 Swat 189
4 Dera Ismail Khan 133
5 Swabi 133
6 Charsadda 132
7 Mansehra 127
8 Nowshera 124
9 Lower Dir 118
10 Abbottabad 109
11 Bannu 96
12 Haripur 82
13 Kohat 81
14 Upper Dir 78
15 Buner 73
16 Lakki Marwat 72
17 Kohistan (Lower Kohistan - Upper Kohistan) 64
18 Shangla 62
19 Malakand 61
20 Karak 58
21 Hangu 42
22 Batagram 39
23 Chitral 37
24 Tank 32
25 Tor Ghar (Kala Dhaka) 14
Total 2500

NOTE: Kohistan District divided into 03 Districts after 2017 census. Upper Kohistan, Lower Kohistan and Kolai-Palas District. The seats and funds will be distributed according to population. Chitral District divided into 02 Districts i.e. Upper and Lower Chitral, the seats and funds will be distributed according to population.