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🤝 SOCIAL WELFARE 🇮🇳 Central

Krishna Circuit Development

Krishna Heritage Tourism
🏛️ Ministry of Tourism
Krishna Circuit covering Mathura, Vrindavan, Dwarka, and other Krishna heritage sites.
📅 Since 2014
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🤝 SOCIAL WELFARE 🇮🇳 Central

LIC - Life Insurance Corporation

290 million policies - $4 trillion AUM
🏛️ Ministry of Finance
LIC (Life Insurance Corporation since 1956 - merged 245 private insurers nationalised by Pandit Nehru!) - 29+ crore policies + $4+ trillion AUM (Assets Under Management - 5th largest globally!). LIC I
📅 Since 1956
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👩 WOMEN 🇮🇳 Central

Lakhpati Didi - 3 Crore Target

Women earning ₹1+ lakh annually
🏛️ Ministry of Rural Development
Lakhpati Didi (August 2023) targets 3 crore SHG women earning ₹1+ lakh/year through scaled livelihoods. Status: 1.5+ crore Lakhpati Didis (over 50% target achieved). ₹2 lakh crore SHG credit + skills
📅 Since 2023
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🤝 SOCIAL WELFARE 🇮🇳 Central

Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Grant

Grant for Punjabi Diaspora & Heritage
🏛️ Ministry of Culture
Grant for preserving Punjabi heritage and supporting diaspora cultural activities.
📅 Since 2010
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🤝 SOCIAL WELFARE 🇮🇳 Central

Lalit Kala Akademi Awards

Visual Arts Recognition
🏛️ Ministry of Culture
Awards and grants for visual arts - painting, sculpture, photography.
📅 Since 1954
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🤝 SOCIAL WELFARE 🇮🇳 Central

Leather + Footwear PLI ₹2,750 cr

$5B exports + Kanpur Agra Chennai
🏛️ Ministry of Commerce
India 5TH LARGEST LEATHER PRODUCER GLOBALLY (10% world share) + 4TH LARGEST FOOTWEAR (250+ crore pairs/yr). $5+ billion exports 2024. PLI Footwear & Leather Goods ₹2,750 crore March 2024 Cabinet. 50+
📅 Since 2021
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👴 PENSION 🇮🇳 Central

Liberalised Family Pension Scheme (Defence)

Special Pension for Battle Casualty Families
🏛️ Ministry of Defence
Enhanced family pension for families of defence personnel killed in action or due to attributable causes.
📅 Since 1972
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🏠 HOUSING 🇮🇳 Central

Light House Projects - 6 Cities

6 cities - 1,000 houses each in 1 year
🏛️ Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
GHTC India (Global Housing Technology Challenge - 2019) demonstrated 6 alternate construction technologies. Light House Projects: Indore MP (precast structural panels), Rajkot GJ (monolithic concrete)
📅 Since 2019
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🤝 SOCIAL WELFARE 🇮🇳 Central

Limestone & Dolomite Mines Workers Welfare

Welfare for Mine Workers
🏛️ Ministry of Labour
Welfare benefits for limestone, dolomite, iron ore, manganese mine workers.
📅 Since 1972
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🇮🇳 GENERAL 🇮🇳 Central

Lokpal + Lokayuktas - Anti-Corruption

2013 Act - 100+ corruption cases
🏛️ Department of Personnel and Training
Lokpal & Lokayuktas Act 2013 - PM-Modi era 1st Lokpal appointment March 2019 (Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose Chairperson). Investigates corruption against PM, Cabinet, MPs, Group A officers, etc. ₹100+
📅 Since 2013
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🏠 HOUSING 🇮🇳 Central

Lucknow Metro Phase 1A + 2

UP's 1st metro 23 km
🏛️ Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Lucknow Metro since 2017 - 23 km North-South Corridor (Munshi Pulia-Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport). Phase 2 (Charbagh-Vasant Kunj-Ekana Stadium 11.16 km) ₹6,000+ crore approved 2024. CM Yogi BJP gove
📅 Since 2017
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🤝 SOCIAL WELFARE 🇮🇳 Central

Lucknow Municipal Welfare Schemes

Lucknow-Specific Welfare Programs
🏛️ Various
Welfare schemes specifically for Lucknow residents through Lucknow Municipal Corporation.
📅 Since 2017
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🤝 SOCIAL WELFARE 🇮🇳 Central

Ludhiana Municipal Welfare Schemes

Ludhiana-Specific Welfare
🏛️ Various
Welfare schemes for Ludhiana residents through MC Ludhiana.
📅 Since 2018
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🤝 SOCIAL WELFARE 🇮🇳 Central

MEA Budget 2024-25 - ₹22,150 cr

Diaspora-Strategic-Aid balance
🏛️ Ministry of External Affairs
MEA Budget 2024-25: ₹22,150 crore total - largest in MEA history. Components: Aid + Cooperation ₹5,000+ cr (Bhutan Nepal Maldives Sri Lanka Bangladesh Mauritius African Union), Embassies + Operations
📅 Since 1947
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🤝 SOCIAL WELFARE 🇮🇳 Central

MGPSY - Migrant Workers Welfare

₹4,000 cr + ₹2 lakh insurance
🏛️ Ministry of External Affairs
Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana (MGPSY 2008+) - voluntary pension + life insurance for ECR (Emigration Check Required) workers + their families. ₹4,000+ crore corpus. Components: pension (₹1,00
📅 Since 2008
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🤝 SOCIAL WELFARE 🇮🇳 Central

MICE - Meetings Conferences Tourism

$30B MICE industry by 2030
🏛️ Ministry of Tourism
India MICE (Meetings Incentives Conferences Exhibitions) industry: $5 billion 2024 → $30B target 2030. Major venues: Bharat Mandapam Delhi (G20 venue 2023 - 50,000+ delegates September 2023!), Yashobh
📅 Since 2017
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🌾 AGRICULTURE 🇮🇳 Central

MIDH - Floriculture Sub Mission

Flower Cultivation Subsidies
🏛️ Ministry of Agriculture
Floriculture promotion - rose, marigold, jasmine, gerbera, orchid cultivation.
📅 Since 2014
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🌾 AGRICULTURE 🇮🇳 Central

MIDH - Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture

From mango orchards to mushroom units
🏛️ Ministry of Agriculture
India's horticulture has overtaken food grain production - thanks largely to MIDH. Whether you want to plant a mango orchard (40-50% subsidy), set up a polyhouse (50% subsidy), or build a cold storage
📅 Since 2014
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🌾 AGRICULTURE 🇮🇳 Central

MIDH - Mushroom Cultivation

Mushroom Farming Subsidies
🏛️ Ministry of Agriculture
Mushroom cultivation promotion with infrastructure subsidy.
📅 Since 2014
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🌾 AGRICULTURE 🇮🇳 Central

MIDH - Vegetables Sub Mission

Vegetable Cultivation Promotion
🏛️ Ministry of Agriculture
Vegetable cultivation including hi-tech farming, polyhouse, hybrid seeds.
📅 Since 2014
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🤝 SOCIAL WELFARE 🇮🇳 Central

MISHTI - Mangrove Initiative

540 sq km mangroves restoration
🏛️ Ministry of Environment
MISHTI (Mangrove Initiative for Shoreline Habitats and Tangible Incomes) - Budget 2023. 540 sq km mangrove restoration over 5 years across 11 states/UTs. ₹500+ crore allocation. India's mangroves: Sun
📅 Since 2023
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🤝 SOCIAL WELFARE 🇮🇳 Central

MISHTI - Mangrove Initiative

Mangrove Restoration Mission
🏛️ Ministry of Environment
Mangrove Initiative for Shoreline Habitats & Tangible Incomes.
📅 Since 2023
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🤝 SOCIAL WELFARE 🇮🇳 Central

MPEDA - Marine Products Export

India seafood exports $7 billion
🏛️ Ministry of Commerce
India is 2nd largest fish producer (16+ million tonnes), $7+ billion seafood exports (2024). MPEDA (Marine Products Export Development Authority) schemes: shrimp aquaculture support (Vannamei farming
📅 Since 1972
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💼 BUSINESS 🇮🇳 Central

MSE-Cluster Development Programme

Strength in numbers - cluster approach to MSME
🏛️ Ministry of MSME
Why does Tirupur dominate India's knitwear exports? Why is Sivakasi the fireworks capital? Cluster effect - hundreds of MSMEs co-located, sharing knowledge, suppliers, markets. MSE-CDP funds Common Fa
📅 Since 1998
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