Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached a historic milestone on Wednesday, June 10, becoming India’s longest-continuously serving elected prime minister. By completing 4, PM Modi has surpassed the previous record of 4,398 days held by India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.
This milestone of PM Modi becoming the longest-continuously serving elected prime minister coincides with the 12th anniversary of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government.
To commemorate this achievement, PM Modi will chair a high-level conclave at the Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. It will be attended by Chief Ministers, Deputy Chief Ministers, and senior leadership from all NDA-ruled states and Union Territories.
As PM Modi achieves the historic first and the NDA completes 12 years in power, we have gathered a list of few economic schemes that the BJP-led government launched in past 12 years.
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) was announced by PM Modi on August 15, 2014 during an address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort. It was launched on August 28. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana is a national mission on financial inclusion to provide banking services to all households in the country.
It ensures access to a range of financial services like availability of basic savings bank account, access to need based credit, remittances facility, insurance and pension.
Make In India
Make in India scheme was launched to facilitate investment, innovation, enhance skill development, ad build best in class manufacturing infrastructure and encourage companies to make products in India.
According to the PMIndia, the initiative is based on four pillars, which have been identified to give boost to entrepreneurship in India, not only in manufacturing but also other sectors – new processes, new infrastructure, new sectors and new mindset.
New Processes: Under this, the Central government took a number of initiatives to ease business environment to de-license and de-regulate the industry during the entire life cycle of a business.
New Infrastructure: Under this pillar, the government intended to develop industrial corridors and smart cities to provide infrastructure based on state-of-the-art technology with modern high-speed communication and integrated logistic arrangements.
New Sectors: ‘Make in India’ identified 25 sectors in manufacturing, infrastructure and service activities and detailed information is being shared through interactive web-portal and professionally developed brochures.
New Mindset: Under this, the government intended to partner industry in economic development of the country.
Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY)
is a scheme launched on April 8, 2015 for providing collateral-free loans up to ₹20 lakh to support small-scale business ventures for non-corporate and non-farm income-generating activities.
The loans are given by Commercial Banks, RRBs, Small Finance Banks, MFIs and NBFCs. The borrower can approach any of the lending institutions mentioned above or can apply online through this portal www.udyamimitra.in.
So far, as many as 39,701,047 PMMY loans worth ₹180,528.54 crore have been sanctioned under this scheme.
PLI Scheme
The Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme was launched in 2020 to strenghten India’s manufacturing capabilities. Under this scheme, incentives are offered to eligible companies based on their incremental sales. It started targeting three sectors and over years, has expanded to include 14.
“With an incentive outlay of ₹1.97 lakh crore, the scheme is more than just a financial package. Today, with 806 applications approved across 14 strategic sectors, the scheme reflects strong industry confidence and robust adoption,” the official press release mentioned.
Laucnhed in 2020, the scheme began with “Mobile Manufacturing and Specified Electronic Components, Critical Key Starting materials/Drug Intermediaries and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients and Manufacturing of Medical Devices.”
“Following its initial success, the scheme was progressively extended to cover 13 key sectors of the economy, including pharmaceuticals, automobiles and auto components, Textile Products, white goods, and specialty steel, among others,” it said.
IndiaAI Mission
Under the IndiaAI Mission, the government aimed to expand access to “computing power, supporting research, and helping startups and institutions create solutions that directly benefit people.”
It aims to ensure that AI is made open, affordable and accessible.
“Since its launch, the mission has made strong progress in expanding the country’s computing infrastructure. From an initial target of 10,000 GPUs, India has now , providing affordable access to world-class AI resources,” the PIB said in a release.
Ujjawala Yojana
Under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) was launched in May 2016 to provide deposit-free LPG connections to women from poor households. Beneficiaries were initially entitled to 12 subsidised 14.2-kg cylinders a year.
The subsidised quota was reduced to nine cylinders last year and . When nine subsidised cylinders were being provided, the government had approved subsidy of ₹300 per 14.2 kg cylinder for up to 9 refills per year for PMUY beneficiaries.
As of July 2025, the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana has provided over 10 crore LPG connections, empowering rural households with access to clean cooking fuel.
(With agency inputs)