Central Government Schemes 2026 - 2,839+ Sarkari Yojanas

🏠 HOUSING 🇮🇳 Central

AMRUT 2.0 Universal Water

500 cities Phase 1 + 4,800 ULBs

🏛️ Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

AMRUT 2.0 (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation Phase 2 - 2021-2026) ₹2.99 lakh crore - covers ALL 4,800+ ULBs (vs Phase 1 500 cities). Universal water supply target: 100% household

📅 Since 2015

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👴 PENSION 🇮🇳 Central

APY - Atal Pension ₹1K-5K/Month

India's national pension for unorganised

🏛️ Ministry of Finance

Atal Pension Yojana gives ₹1,000-5,000/month pension after 60. Premium varies by age + pension chosen: ₹42-1,454/month for 18-40 year olds. 6.5+ crore enrolled. Government co-contribution discontinued

📅 Since 2015

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🏠 HOUSING 🇮🇳 Central

ARHC - Affordable Rental Housing

Migrant workers - 6 lakh planned

🏛️ Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

ARHCs (Affordable Rental Housing Complexes) under PMAY-U for urban migrants - launched July 2020 post-COVID migrant crisis. Two models: Model 1 (existing govt vacant houses converted), Model 2 (new co

📅 Since 2020

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🏥 HEALTH 🇮🇳 Central

ASHA Worker Welfare & Incentives

Comprehensive Support for ASHAs

🏛️ Ministry of Health

Multiple incentives, training, and welfare for Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs).

📅 Since 2005

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ASI - Archaeological Survey of India

Article 49 - 3,650 protected monuments

🏛️ Ministry of Culture

ASI (Archaeological Survey of India 1861 - founded by Alexander Cunningham!) - 3,650+ Centrally protected monuments. 38 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India (40 with intangible - 6th globally!). ₹1,50

📅 Since 1861

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ASI Monuments - Adopt a Heritage

100+ monuments adopted by corporates

🏛️ Ministry of Culture

ASI maintains 3,693 protected monuments - too many for direct funds. Adopt-a-Heritage lets corporates/CSR adopt: Indian Oil adopted Hampi, Yatra adopted Sun Temple, Apeejay adopted Jallianwala Bagh, G

📅 Since 2017

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💼 BUSINESS 🇮🇳 Central

ASPIRE - Aspiring Promotion through Innovation

Rural India's startup mission

🏛️ Ministry of MSME

ASPIRE focuses on rural entrepreneurship - food processing in villages, agricultural value-addition, rural BPOs. Setting up Livelihood Business Incubators (LBI) and Technology Business Incubators (TBI

📅 Since 2015

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🏠 HOUSING 🇮🇳 Central

AWHO - Army Welfare Housing

60,000+ homes for Army families

🏛️ Ministry of Defence

Army Welfare Housing Organisation (AWHO 1978) - 60,000+ homes built across India for Army officers + jawans. ₹2,000-3,000/sq ft cost (~50% market rate). Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Chandigarh, Bengaluru, Hyd

📅 Since 1978

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🏠 HOUSING 🇮🇳 Central

AYUSH Sector - $43 Billion 2025

Ayurveda+Yoga+Unani+Siddha+Homeopathy

🏛️ Ministry of AYUSH

AYUSH (Ayurveda + Yoga + Unani + Siddha + Homeopathy + Sowa Rigpa) - $24 billion industry growing to $43 billion 2025. Separate ministry since 2014 (PM Modi). 7+ lakh AYUSH practitioners. ₹3,000+ cror

📅 Since 2014

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🤝 SOCIAL WELFARE 🇮🇳 Central

Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AePS)

Banking Through Aadhaar Biometrics

🏛️ Ministry of Electronics and IT

Bank transactions using Aadhaar number and biometric (fingerprint/iris) authentication.

📅 Since 2014

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🤝 SOCIAL WELFARE 🇮🇳 Central

Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana (AABY)

Insurance for Rural Landless Households

🏛️ Ministry of Finance

Group insurance for rural landless households administered by LIC.

📅 Since 2007

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🇮🇳 GENERAL 🇮🇳 Central

Accessible India Campaign (Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan)

Universal Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities

🏛️ Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabili

Make built environment, transport, ICT accessible to persons with disabilities.

📅 Since 2015

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🇮🇳 GENERAL 🇮🇳 Central

Account Aggregator Framework

Your data, your consent - financial revolution

🏛️ Reserve Bank of India

Imagine getting a loan without paper bank statements - just one click consent. Account Aggregator (AA) framework lets you securely share your financial data with consent. 16 AAs licensed by RBI. 8.5+

📅 Since 2021

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🤝 SOCIAL WELFARE 🇮🇳 Central

Act East Policy - NE Connectivity

India's ASEAN engagement

🏛️ Ministry of External Affairs

Act East Policy upgraded "Look East" of 1990s. NE states are gateway to Myanmar, Thailand, ASEAN. Major: India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway (1,360 km - largely complete), Kaladan Multimodal (Mi

📅 Since 2014

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🤝 SOCIAL WELFARE 🇮🇳 Central

Adi Janjatiya Tourism Circuit

Tribal tourism - PRASAD + Swadesh

🏛️ Ministry of Tourism

Tribal tourism through PRASAD (Pilgrimage Rejuvenation 47 sites) + Swadesh Darshan (15 thematic circuits). Tribal Tourism Circuit covers Nagaland (Hornbill Festival Kisama), Odisha (Mayurbhanj Chhau d

📅 Since 2015

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💧 WATER & SANITATION 🇮🇳 Central

Adventure Tourism + Eco Tourism

$11B 2030 - mountain water aerial

🏛️ Ministry of Tourism

Adventure Tourism India: $5 billion 2024 → $11B target 2030. ₹1,500+ crore Niche Tourism. Major segments: Mountain (Himalayan trekking - Nehru Institute of Mountaineering Uttarkashi, ATOAI 350+ tour o

📅 Since 2018

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🤝 SOCIAL WELFARE 🇮🇳 Central

AePS - Aadhaar-enabled Payment System

Banking for 1 lakh+ villages without ATMs

🏛️ Ministry of Finance

In remote villages, no ATM exists for 20-30 km. AePS turns local kirana shop into mini-ATM. Customer puts Aadhaar, biometric authentication, withdraws money from bank account. ₹3.6 lakh crore transact

📅 Since 2014

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🤝 SOCIAL WELFARE 🇮🇳 Central

Aero India & DefExpo - Showcase Events

Asia's biggest defence-aerospace shows

🏛️ Ministry of Defence

Aero India (biennial Bengaluru) and DefExpo (rotating cities) are Asia's largest defence-aerospace shows. Aero India 2025: 700+ exhibitors, 80+ countries, ₹75,000+ crore deals signed. Famous flyovers

📅 Since 1996

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🏠 HOUSING 🇮🇳 Central

Affordable Rental Housing Complexes (ARHC)

Dignified housing for urban migrants

🏛️ Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

COVID exposed migrant worker housing crisis - 8 in a 100 sqft room. ARHC has 2 models: Model 1 - converting government-funded vacant houses into rental complexes; Model 2 - private developer construct

📅 Since 2020

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🤝 SOCIAL WELFARE 🇮🇳 Central

Agnipath - 4-Year Service

Controversial but operational

🏛️ Ministry of Defence

Agnipath Scheme (June 2022) - 4-year tour of duty for jawans. Aged 17.5-21 (initial), raised to 23 after protests. ₹30,000-40,000/month + Seva Nidhi corpus ₹11.71 lakh on retirement. 25% retained for

📅 Since 2022

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🤝 SOCIAL WELFARE 🇮🇳 Central

Agnipath Defence Recruitment

Short-Term Defence Recruitment

🏛️ Ministry of Defence

Short-term recruitment in armed forces for 4 years as Agniveers.

📅 Since 2022

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🤝 SOCIAL WELFARE 🇮🇳 Central

Agnipath Scheme (Agniveer)

4-Year Military Service Recruitment

🏛️ Ministry of Defence

4-Year Military Service Recruitment

📅 Since 2022

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🤝 SOCIAL WELFARE 🇮🇳 Central

Agniveer Corpus Fund Scheme

Savings for Agniveer Soldiers

🏛️ Ministry of Defence

Savings corpus for Agniveer soldiers - 30% from salary + matched contribution by govt.

📅 Since 2022

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🤝 SOCIAL WELFARE 🇮🇳 Central

Agra Municipal Welfare Schemes

Agra-Specific Welfare Programs

🏛️ Various

Welfare schemes for Agra residents through Agra Nagar Nigam.

📅 Since 2018

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