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The Most Discussed Schemes in Parliament — Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha

August 19, 2026

Cross-referencing the PIB announcement register (4,211 scheme-mapped announcements as of this post's build; the sibling Quarterly Reportage post may show a different total — figures are vintage-different, not contradictory) with the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha question registries (1,890 and 1,883 questions since 2019), all classified by one scheme map — so the join is exact. Which schemes does Parliament actively monitor, and which have been announced but never questioned in detail?

Industrial policy · Parliament · 19 August 2026

The Most Discussed Schemes in Parliament

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51 schemes actively discussed & monitored (≥10 questions across both houses, with at least one of those asked within the last 12 months) · 35 with some discussion · 10 announced but never questioned in either house. Each of the first two totals includes one row pair flagged below as a likely keyword-classification duplicate; excluding those, the unique-scheme counts are 50 and 34 respectively.

Acronym key for scheme names below: VGF = Viability Gap Funding, RCS = Regional Connectivity Scheme, SIGHT = Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition, NGHM = National Green Hydrogen Mission. ★ = starred (oral-answer) questions, combined across both houses.

The Rajya Sabha chamber in India's new Parliament building
Parliamentary answers are the most under-used official dataset in India. New Rajya Sabha chamber in the New Parliament building.jpg, Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, GODL-India, via Wikimedia Commons.

The ten Parliament asks about most · combined LS + RS questions

UDAN / RCS (VGF)566
Jal Jeevan Mission269
PM MITRA / textiles PLI260
EBP / ethanol interest subvention257
PM-KUSUM183
Pharma/medical-devices incentives172
PLI (general)163
NGHM / SIGHT161
India Semiconductor Mission / Semicon142
FAME / PM E-DRIVE140

UDAN is the outlier twice over: Parliament's most-questioned incentive scheme, and the one where the Rajya Sabha asks more than the Lok Sabha (293 vs 273). Note the inversions further down: PM-KUSUM draws about five times more parliamentary attention than government publicity, while the Semiconductor Mission is the reverse.

A. Actively discussed & progress-monitored · 51 schemes

SchemeFirst announcedPIB annsLS QsRS QsLast question
UDAN / RCS (VGF)2017-01-18140273293512026-08-10
Jal Jeevan Mission2019-08-26374141128332026-08-10
PM MITRA / textiles PLI2017-04-11185160100202026-08-11
EBP / ethanol interest subvention2017-11-01137136121172026-08-11
PM-KUSUM2018-03-153411073162026-08-12
Pharma/medical-devices incentives2017-01-2813610072162026-08-11
PLI (general)2018-04-176611647182026-08-12
NGHM / SIGHT2021-05-05163808182026-08-12
India Semiconductor Mission / Semicon2017-02-15200786462026-08-12
FAME / PM E-DRIVE2017-03-291298555122026-08-07
PMAY (U/G)2017-01-182044365102026-08-10
PM Surya Ghar2017-02-0966476072026-08-11
National Critical Mineral Mission2019-08-0184375372026-08-12
PM Vishwakarma2017-09-1591533752026-08-06
Gig-worker coverage (PM-JAY/e-Shram)2021-08-246579102026-08-13
Nuclear opening / BSR / SHANTI2017-02-0224186752026-08-12
Rare Earth Magnet scheme2020-06-0736353182026-08-13
PMMSY2020-05-2089361032026-08-04
Shipbuilding package2017-04-2149271952026-08-07
Coal gasification incentives2019-09-1753232282026-08-10
Green Credit Programme2023-10-135192332026-08-10
PM-DevINE / NESIDS2019-07-18434112026-08-13
PMKSY2017-04-0684191622026-07-24
PMFME2020-05-2051191512026-08-07
Namami Gange (HAM)2017-01-021113132026-08-03
Agriculture Infrastructure Fund2019-08-283720972026-03-27
NPDD / Rashtriya Gokul Mission2018-05-12602952026-04-01
SEZ framework2017-01-152318612026-07-31
PLI — Food Processing2021-03-311791242026-08-07
PLI — Textiles2021-09-083181322026-08-04
NAPS2020-03-021214632026-08-05
PLI — Pharma/MedDev2020-10-293510912026-08-07
PLI — Auto & Components2021-09-152510822026-08-11
Startup FoF / seed funding2017-03-221612632026-07-21
AHIDF2020-06-241711612026-07-29
NIP/NIPU urea investment policy2017-05-031410722026-07-28
ECLGS2020-05-20321612026-02-02
VGF schemes2018-08-071411512026-07-23
Interest subvention schemes (various)2017-01-2426782026-08-04
PLI — Solar Modules2021-04-071011312026-08-12
RDSS2021-06-30159512026-02-09
IndiaAI Mission (subsidized compute)2021-05-28551312026-07-31
NBS fertilizer subsidy2018-03-283910332026-08-11
PLI — Telecom2021-02-1797612026-02-11
PLI — Specialty Steel ⚠ likely duplicate row — a keyword-classification artifact under audit2021-02-1029842026-02-13
PLI — Electronics/LSEM2020-03-21114722026-02-06
PLI-FPI2023-03-2188322026-08-06
PLI Specialty Steel ⚠ likely duplicate row — a keyword-classification artifact under audit2021-02-1021822026-08-04
PM-eBus Sewa2023-08-16111012026-03-23
RoDTEP2020-03-1310642026-07-31
SATAT / CBG2018-09-2833822026-07-21

B. Some discussion, not sustained · 35 schemes

SchemeFirst announcedPIB annsLS QsRS QsLast question
Defence corridors / indigenisation2018-02-2648912022-08-01
EPR certificate markets2022-02-1812912025-04-03
PLI — ACC Battery ⚠ likely duplicate row — a keyword-classification artifact under audit2021-05-1224632026-03-27
Vehicle Scrapping / RVSF2021-03-182582026-08-05
BioE32024-08-242172026-08-13
PLI — Drones2021-09-1510432025-04-03
PLI — IT Hardware2021-02-24146112026-07-29
PLI-ACC ⚠ likely duplicate row — a keyword-classification artifact under audit2021-05-1222252026-08-11
PM-SETU2025-03-28295212026-08-10
Skill India Programme (incl. PM-NAPS)2021-12-20672026-03-18
Urban Challenge Fund2025-02-01472026-08-03
ATF/price stabilisation funds2017-03-28862025-04-01
ECMS2025-03-2812332026-08-07
SHAKTI coal allocation2017-09-151362026-02-02
ELI2018-09-08134112025-12-01
Nuclear Energy Mission (SMR)2025-02-01952026-08-06
Space reforms / IN-SPACe2017-06-0366232025-08-21
iDEX / ADITI2017-07-2145412023-03-27
BESS VGF (PSDF)2021-06-211532026-07-23
CGSS (startups)2022-10-07232026-08-04
Gati Shakti Cargo Terminals2022-03-1015312026-07-24
PRIP (pharma-medtech R&D)2023-09-259122026-02-10
BHAVYA industrial parks2026-03-181022026-08-07
MCGS-MSME credit guarantee2025-01-29422025-03-18
RDI Scheme2025-07-0123112026-07-29
RoSCTL2021-07-14422024-12-17
UNNATI 2024 (ex NEIDS)2019-01-17222025-03-21
UPI incentive scheme2017-01-036822020-03-04
BharatNet2017-11-121812023-03-29
Jan Vishwas (decriminalisation)2023-07-271212025-02-11
NIDHI (DST startups)2017-03-176712025-02-04
National Bioenergy Programme2017-09-263712020-02-06
SPECS2022-12-07112022-03-23
Solar PLI / ALMM2022-04-05812024-12-04
Telecom PLI2017-07-12212023-12-15

C. Announced, never questioned in either house · 10 schemes

SchemeFirst announcedPIB annsLS QsRS QsLast question
PLI — White Goods2021-04-0721
SASCI tourism challenge-mode2018-03-1221
Export Promotion Mission2017-10-0616
PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana2025-02-0110
Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses2025-10-018
SPMEPCI (EV import-duty scheme)2024-07-264
ADEETIE (EE interest subsidy)2019-09-233
MPMS (LSEM successor)2026-07-152
Diamond Imprest Authorisation2025-01-211
National Manufacturing Mission2025-02-011
Parliament's Most-Questioned Incentive Schemes Combined Lok Sabha + Rajya Sabha questions, as of Aug 2026 UDAN / RCS (VGF) 566 Jal Jeevan Mission 269 PM MITRA / textiles PLI 260 EBP / ethanol interest subvention 257 PM-KUSUM 183
Source: figures as stated in this article.

Read this list honestly: most entries are 2025–26 launches — zero questions mostly means not yet, since Parliament has not had a full session cycle. The exception is PLI — White Goods: still running since 2021 with not one subject-titled question in either house across five years of operation, though white-goods questions may hide under generic “PLI Scheme” subjects.

Method. Questions are captured by subject line only (a limitation of both houses' indexes), so zero captured questions is an upper bound on neglect, not proof of it. “Monitored” means Parliament keeps asking — whether the answers show progress is in the linked answer PDFs of the two registries, not in these counts. PIB counts include progress releases, not only launches; “first announced” is the scheme's first appearance in the register (which starts January 2017), so schemes older than 2017 show their first register mention, not their launch. Thresholds (≥10 questions, 12-month recency) are stated, tunable constants. Generated 2026-08-19 by scripts/build_scrutiny_matrix.py in digital-twin-for-ipa; the underlying analysis is backed up at github.com/herrrickshaw.

This page was built with AI assistance from the public PIB and sansad.in indexes linked above. AI-generated text can misstate figures even when working from real source material — verify any number that matters to a decision against the linked primary source.

About this article: Researched, written and edited by Umashankar Triplicane Dwarakanathan, with AI research assistance; every figure is meant to trace to the primary source cited. See the Editorial Policy for how sourcing, AI use and corrections work.

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