India Trade — Sector & Policy Recommendations · Scheme Registry

Every scheme's launch, window, applicants — and how the closed ones closed

One registry for the incentive schemes this program tracks: launch date with its Cabinet PRID, the incentive window (start → end), applicant and beneficiary counts only where a release or Parliament answer states them, and the closure record. Of the 14 PLI-family schemes: one completed its tenure and was succeeded (LSEM → MPMS), one expired with no successor (Drones), one is stalled at zero disbursal with a vanished awardee (ACC), and one lost 24% of its projects to withdrawal (Specialty Steel).

SOURCES: launch dates + PRIDs from data/pib_index.sqlite (Cabinet register 2020–2026); windows from scheme guidelines as stated in PIB/ministry releases; applicant counts from PIB releases and Lok/Rajya Sabha answers only — "not published" is recorded where no official count exists. Retrieved 2026-07-19.

The PLI family · 16 entries

Registry: launch → window → applicants → status

Scheme	Launched (PRID)	Incentive window	Applicants / beneficiaries (as officially reported)	Status
LSEM (smartphones)	01 Apr 2020 · 1662096	FY21–FY25 (+1y)	16 approved in first mobile round; Foxconn, Dixon, Samsung PIB-credited	TENURE CLOSED 31 Mar 2026 → MPMS
Bulk Drugs (KSM/API)	21 Mar 2020 · 1607483	FY21–FY30	Zero beneficiary names in any PIB release — not published	ACTIVE
Medical Devices	21 Mar 2020 · 1607485	FY21–FY28	28 applicants; 7 paid ₹157.15cr to Dec 2025 (PRID 2239576)	ACTIVE
Telecom & Networking	17 Feb 2021 · 1698685	FY22–FY26 (+1y opt)	42 named beneficiaries	ACTIVE · final years
IT Hardware 1.0 → 2.0	24 Feb 2021 · 1700425 → 17 May 2023 · 1924766	2.0: FY24–FY29	Per-scheme counts not in PIB; combined LSEM+ITHW disbursal ₹15,554cr	1.0 SUBSUMED 2.0 ACTIVE
Pharmaceuticals	24 Feb 2021 · 1700433	Sales FY23–FY28	List on DoP site; PIB reports outcomes (250% of investment target) without a count	ACTIVE · flagship
Food Processing	31 Mar 2021 · 1708691	FY22–FY27	171 approved applications (PRID 2230621); names only on MoFPI PDF	ACTIVE · sunset FY27, no successor announced
Solar PV T1 → T2	07 Apr 2021 · 1710113 → 21 Sep 2022 · 1861127	5y post-commissioning (→ early 2030s)	Count not in PIB; ~30 GW commissioned (MNRE)	ACTIVE · ₹0 by design
White Goods	07 Apr 2021 · 1710116	FY22–FY29	85 selected → 84 → 80; shrinkage never explained	ACTIVE · quiet attrition
ACC Battery	12 May 2021 · 1717938	5y post-commissioning (→ ~FY30)	4 awardees → 3 (Hyundai Global Motors' 20 GWh vanished); Ola 1 GWh of 40 in pilot since Mar 2024	STALLED · ₹0 · re-tender
Specialty Steel	22 Jul 2021 · 1737722	FY24–FY28 (+R1.2)	58 Round-1 projects, 14 withdrew (PRID 2114011); R1.2 MoUs Feb 2026	ACTIVE · 24% attrition
Textiles (MMF/technical)	08 Sep 2021 · 1753118	Incentives FY26–FY30	74 applicants R1/R2; only 26 commenced production; ₹54.5cr paid to 2 unnamed firms	ACTIVE · payouts just began
Auto & Components	15 Sep 2021 · 1755062	Sales FY24–FY28 (start delayed 1y)	Champion OEM/component approvals per MHI rounds; no consolidated PIB count	ACTIVE · accelerating
Drones & Components	15 Sep 2021 · 1755062	FY22–FY24	23 provisional beneficiaries; ₹30cr of ₹120cr disbursed (PRID 1913565)	EXPIRED 31 Mar 2024 · no successor
Semicon India 1.0 → 2.0	15 Dec 2021 · 1781723 → 15 Jul 2026 · 2284796	1.0 fully committed → 2.0 long-term	Unit approvals: Micron '23; Tata fab + TSAT + CG Power Feb '24; Kaynes Sep '24; +2 units May '26	1.0 COMMITTED 2.0 ACTIVE
ECMS → · MPMS	28 Mar 2025 · 2116172 · 15 Jul 2026 · 2284789	ECMS FY26–FY31; MPMS TBN	ECMS: 3 tranches in 10 months, 22 proposals in tranche 3 alone; MPMS applications not yet open	ACTIVE · fastest cadence

Aggregate applicant reporting: 836 approved applications across the PLI programme as of 31 Dec 2025 (PRID 2230621) — but only about half the schemes have ever had per-scheme counts published in a release or Parliament answer, and Bulk Drugs / Solar / ACC have zero beneficiary names in any PIB release. "Not published" is recorded in this registry deliberately: the absence is data, and AHIDF's nightly application funnel remains the proof that per-applicant transparency is a choice.

Closures & transitions

How schemes have actually ended (or un-ended)

31 Mar 2023

ECLGS sunset — the COVID credit line lapsed… then was revived three years later as ECLGS 5.0 (5 May 2026, PRID 2258114). A closure that un-closed.

17 May 2023

IT Hardware 1.0 replaced by 2.0 — ₹7,350cr design superseded by ₹17,000cr within 27 months. The quietest closure in the family.

31 Mar 2024

PLI Drones expired — the first PLI to complete its window and simply end, no successor. Sector turnover rose ~7× during it. Same day: FAME-II ended, succeeded by PM E-DRIVE (Sep 2024).

22 Mar 2025

Specialty Steel attrition disclosed — 14 of 58 Round-1 projects withdrew (one line in PRID 2114011, absent from the ministry's own pages); Round 1.2 re-opened with MoUs 9 Feb 2026.

2024–2026

ACC's shrinking bench — Hyundai Global Motors (20 GWh) vanished from every current DHI document; 10 GWh re-tendered under GSSS; zero disbursal five years post-launch. White Goods slid 85 → 84 → 80 beneficiaries with no explanatory release.

31 Mar 2026

LSEM tenure closed — the first PLI to complete a full five-year tenure. Successor MPMS approved 15 Jul 2026 in the same Cabinet as Semicon 2.0 — both continuations of committed lanes, not new production-linked lanes. Same day: IFLDP's ₹1,700cr window sunset (NSWS carries the formal application-portal closure notice). CORRECTION (20 Jul 2026): this registry's first edition recorded PM E-DRIVE as ending this day; the live scheme portal shows it was extended segment-wise — e-2W to 31 Jul 2026, e-rickshaws/carts to 31 Mar 2028, with only the L5 segment closed (26 Dec 2025).

FY2025-26

NMEO-Oil Palm reaches its scheduled end; NMEO-Oilseeds (₹10,103cr) carries the edible-oil mandate to 2030-31. Modified UDAN (25 Mar 2026) relaunches regional connectivity for FY27–FY36.

Next to watch

Food Processing's window closes FY2026-27 with no successor announced — the registry's next scheduled ending. Telecom PLI enters its optional final year.

Registry readings

Scheme endings are now observable, not hypothetical: one tenure completed (LSEM), one expiry without successor (Drones), one demand-side scheme ended on schedule (E-DRIVE) — end-date discipline exists, which makes the successor decision (or its absence) the real policy signal.
Attrition is disclosed only under duress: steel's withdrawals surfaced in one PIB sentence; White Goods' shrinkage and ACC's lost awardee were found by comparing documents, not by any announcement.
Applicant transparency is bimodal — Parliament-answer schemes report counts (MedDev 28/7), the rest report nothing. There is no middle tier.
Successions confirm the five-year instrument trend: both 15 Jul 2026 successors (MPMS, Semicon 2.0) continue committed lanes rather than opening new production-linked ones.