{
  "purpose": "A single scheme registry: for every major incentive scheme this program tracks -- launch date (Cabinet approval, PRID-cited from the PIB index), the scheme's incentive window (start/end), applicant and beneficiary counts where officially reported, and closure/wind-down/succession events. Answers 'when did each scheme start, when does it end, who applied, and which have closed' in one table.",
  "retrieved": "2026-07-19",
  "method": "Launch dates and PRIDs from the repo's PIB index (data/pib_index.sqlite, Cabinet register 2020-2026); windows from scheme guidelines as reported in PIB/ministry releases; applicant/beneficiary counts ONLY where a PIB release or Parliament answer states them (counts the government has never published are marked 'not published' -- that opacity is itself a documented finding of this program); disbursal context from the PLI report card bulletin.",
  "headline": "Of the 14 PLI-family schemes: one has completed its tenure and been succeeded (LSEM -> MPMS), one expired without a successor (Drones, 31 Mar 2024), one never started paying and lost an awardee (ACC), and one lost 14 of 58 projects to withdrawal (Specialty Steel). Applicant reporting is the weakest link: 836 approved applications exist in aggregate (PRID 2230621) but only ~half the schemes have ever had their applicant counts published individually.",

  "pli_family_registry": [
    {"scheme": "PLI Large-Scale Electronics Mfg (LSEM)", "launched": "2020-04-01 (notified; smartphones/components)", "launch_prid": "1662096 (16 eligible applicants approved 6 Oct 2020)", "window": "FY2020-21 to FY2024-25 (+1 optional year)", "status": "TENURE CLOSED 31 Mar 2026", "applicants": "16 approved in the first mobile round (PRID 1662096); Foxconn, Dixon/Padget, Samsung PIB-credited", "closure_note": "Succeeded by Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme (MPMS), Cabinet 15 Jul 2026 (PRID 2284789)"},
    {"scheme": "PLI Bulk Drugs (KSMs/APIs)", "launched": "2020-03-21", "launch_prid": "1607483", "window": "FY2020-21 to FY2029-30 (sales-linked, 6y per participant)", "status": "ACTIVE", "applicants": "Project counts appear only in ministry ARs; PIB names zero beneficiaries -- 'not published' at release level", "closure_note": "Penicillin-G production restored after ~30 years (repo's clean-win case)"},
    {"scheme": "PLI Medical Devices", "launched": "2020-03-21", "launch_prid": "1607485", "window": "FY2020-21 to FY2027-28", "status": "ACTIVE", "applicants": "28 applicants; 7 paid Rs 157.15cr to Dec 2025 (Lok Sabha reply, PRID 2239576); earlier 18 firms paid Rs 133.95cr to FY25", "closure_note": null},
    {"scheme": "PLI Telecom & Networking", "launched": "2021-02-17", "launch_prid": "1698685", "window": "FY2021-22 to FY2025-26 (+1y option to FY2026-27)", "status": "ACTIVE (final years)", "applicants": "42 named beneficiaries (PIB); disbursal accelerating (FY26 RE Rs 1,944cr)", "closure_note": null},
    {"scheme": "PLI IT Hardware 1.0 -> 2.0", "launched": "1.0: 2021-02-24; 2.0: 2023-05-17", "launch_prid": "1700425; 1924766", "window": "2.0: 6 years from FY2023-24 (to FY2028-29)", "status": "1.0 SUBSUMED by 2.0 (outlay raised Rs 7,350cr -> Rs 17,000cr)", "applicants": "Not published per-scheme in PIB; combined LSEM+ITHW disbursal Rs 15,554cr (PRID 2246089)", "closure_note": "1.0's Rs 7,350cr design was replaced within 27 months -- an early quiet closure"},
    {"scheme": "PLI Pharmaceuticals (formulations)", "launched": "2021-02-24", "launch_prid": "1700433", "window": "Sales years FY2022-23 to FY2027-28", "status": "ACTIVE (flagship performer)", "applicants": "Applicant list on DoP site; PIB reports outcomes (investment 250% of target, PRID 2247771) without a count", "closure_note": null},
    {"scheme": "PLI Food Processing", "launched": "2021-03-31", "launch_prid": "1708691", "window": "FY2021-22 to FY2026-27 (ends next FY)", "status": "ACTIVE (sunset approaching)", "applicants": "171 approved applications (PRID 2230621); beneficiary names only on MoFPI's own PDF, never in PIB", "closure_note": "No successor announced; window closes FY2026-27"},
    {"scheme": "PLI Solar PV Modules T1 + T2", "launched": "T1: 2021-04-07; T2: 2022-09-21", "launch_prid": "1710113; 1861127", "window": "5-year payouts post-commissioning (into the early 2030s)", "status": "ACTIVE -- zero disbursed BY DESIGN (payouts start 1y after commissioning; Lok Sabha, Mar 2026)", "applicants": "Not published as a count in PIB; ~30 GW commissioned per MNRE", "closure_note": "T1 (Rs 4,500cr) effectively folded into T2's Rs 19,500cr design"},
    {"scheme": "PLI White Goods (ACs & LEDs)", "launched": "2021-04-07", "launch_prid": "1710116", "window": "FY2021-22 to FY2028-29 (7y incl. gestation)", "status": "ACTIVE", "applicants": "85 selected at announcement; Round-3 list of 84 quietly became 80 -- attrition never explained", "closure_note": "Beneficiary-count shrinkage is undocumented in any release"},
    {"scheme": "PLI ACC Battery Storage", "launched": "2021-05-12", "launch_prid": "1717938", "window": "5-year payouts post-commissioning (program to ~FY2030)", "status": "STALLED -- ZERO disbursed (PRID 2214039, 31 Dec 2025)", "applicants": "4 original awardees -> 3 (Hyundai Global Motors' 20 GWh vanished from all current DHI documents); Ola's 1 GWh of 40 allocated in 'pilot production' since Mar 2024", "closure_note": "10 GWh GSSS capacity re-tendered; Parliamentary Committee demanded beneficiary-wise review"},
    {"scheme": "PLI Specialty Steel", "launched": "2021-07-22", "launch_prid": "1737722", "window": "FY2023-24 to FY2027-28 (Round 1.2 joins later)", "status": "ACTIVE with heavy attrition", "applicants": "58 Round-1 projects -- 14 WITHDREW (disclosed only in PIB, PRID 2114011); Round 1.2 MoUs signed 9 Feb 2026 (+Rs 11,887cr)", "closure_note": "Round-1 attrition of 24% is the largest disclosed withdrawal in the PLI family"},
    {"scheme": "PLI Textiles (MMF + technical)", "launched": "2021-09-08", "launch_prid": "1753118", "window": "Incentive years FY2025-26 to FY2029-30 (investment 2022-24)", "status": "ACTIVE (payouts just began: Rs 54.5cr to exactly 2 unnamed companies)", "applicants": "74 Round-1/2 applicants; only 26 had commenced production at last ministry count", "closure_note": null},
    {"scheme": "PLI Automobile & Auto Components", "launched": "2021-09-15", "launch_prid": "1755062", "window": "Sales years FY2023-24 to FY2027-28 (start delayed 1y)", "status": "ACTIVE (payouts accelerating: Rs 1,350.83cr Dec 2025 -> Rs 2,377.56cr Mar 2026)", "applicants": "Champion OEM + component approvals; per-round counts in MHI releases, not consolidated in PIB", "closure_note": null},
    {"scheme": "PLI Drones & Components", "launched": "2021-09-15", "launch_prid": "1755062", "window": "FY2021-22 to FY2023-24", "status": "EXPIRED 31 Mar 2024 -- no successor", "applicants": "23 provisional beneficiaries (Asteria, Garuda, IdeaForge...); Rs 30cr disbursed in FY2022-23 (PRID 1913565)", "closure_note": "The only PLI to complete its window and simply end; sector turnover rose ~7x during it"},
    {"scheme": "Semicon India 1.0 -> 2.0", "launched": "1.0: 2021-12-15; 2.0: 2026-07-15", "launch_prid": "1781723; 2284796", "window": "1.0: Rs 76,000cr programme (fully committed); 2.0: long-term continuation", "status": "1.0 FULLY COMMITTED -> 2.0 APPROVED", "applicants": "Unit-level approvals: Micron (2023), Tata fab + TSAT + CG Power (Feb 2024), Kaynes (Sep 2024), 2 more units Rs 3,900cr (May 2026, PRID 2258116)", "closure_note": "Design continuity, not closure -- capex-subsidy model retained across both"},
    {"scheme": "ECMS (Electronics Components)", "launched": "2025-03-28", "launch_prid": "2116172", "window": "FY2025-26 to FY2030-31", "status": "ACTIVE -- fastest approval cadence in the family", "applicants": "3 tranches approved within 10 months; 22 proposals in tranche 3 alone (PRID 2210864, 2 Jan 2026)", "closure_note": null},
    {"scheme": "MPMS (Mobile Phone Mfg Scheme)", "launched": "2026-07-15", "launch_prid": "2284789", "window": "Successor window to be notified", "status": "LAUNCHED (LSEM successor)", "applicants": "Applications not yet opened at retrieval date", "closure_note": null}
  ],

  "aggregate_applicant_reporting": {
    "total": "836 approved applications across the PLI programme as of 31 Dec 2025 (PRID 2230621)",
    "the_gap": "Only ~half the schemes have EVER had per-scheme applicant counts published in a PIB release or Parliament answer; Bulk Drugs, Solar and ACC have zero beneficiary names in any PIB release. AHIDF (a livestock scheme) publishes a nightly application funnel -- the standing proof that per-applicant transparency is a choice, not a constraint."
  },

  "closures_and_transitions": [
    {"event": "PLI-LSEM tenure closed", "date": "2026-03-31", "detail": "Five-year window ended; successor MPMS approved 15 Jul 2026 (PRID 2284789) -- continuity for smartphones, India's #1 export item"},
    {"event": "PLI Drones expired", "date": "2024-03-31", "detail": "Three-year window ran out; no successor. Rs 30cr of Rs 120cr disbursed; 23 beneficiaries"},
    {"event": "FAME-II ended -> PM E-DRIVE (REVISED: extended, not ended)", "date": "2024-03-31; segment-wise from 2025-12-26", "detail": "FAME-II closed Mar 2024 (bridged by EMPS Apr-Sep 2024). CORRECTION 2026-07-20 (site-verified on pmedrive.heavyindustries.gov.in, superseding this registry's first edition which recorded E-DRIVE as ended 31 Mar 2026): PM E-DRIVE was EXTENDED segment-wise -- e-2W to 31 Jul 2026, e-3W rickshaws/carts to 31 Mar 2028; only the e-3W L5 segment closed 26 Dec 2025 (final OEM claims 25 Apr 2026). Portal live with new E-Truck and E-Bus sub-portals."},
    {"event": "ECLGS sunset -> revival as 5.0", "date": "2023-03-31 -> 2026-05-05", "detail": "The COVID credit-guarantee line lapsed in 2023 and was revived three years later (PRID 2258114) -- a closure that un-closed"},
    {"event": "IT Hardware PLI 1.0 replaced by 2.0", "date": "2023-05-17", "detail": "Rs 7,350cr design superseded by Rs 17,000cr within 27 months (PRID 1924766)"},
    {"event": "Specialty Steel Round-1 attrition", "date": "disclosed 2025-03-22", "detail": "14 of 58 projects withdrew (PRID 2114011); Round 1.2 re-opened with MoUs 9 Feb 2026"},
    {"event": "ACC awardee removal + re-tender", "date": "2024-2026", "detail": "Hyundai Global Motors (20 GWh) vanished from DHI documents; 10 GWh re-tendered under GSSS; zero disbursal to date"},
    {"event": "White Goods quiet list shrinkage", "date": "Round 3", "detail": "Announced 85 -> Round-3 84 -> current 80 beneficiaries, with no explanatory release"},
    {"event": "NMEO-Oil Palm window ends", "date": "2025-26 (scheduled)", "detail": "2021 mission reaches its stated end; NMEO-Oilseeds (Rs 10,103cr, PRID 2061646) runs to 2030-31"},
    {"event": "UDAN 1.0 -> Modified UDAN", "date": "2026-03-25", "detail": "Regional-connectivity scheme relaunched for 10 years FY2026-27 to FY2035-36, Rs 28,840cr (PRID 2245096)"},
    {"event": "Solar PLI T1 folded into T2", "date": "2022-09-21", "detail": "Rs 4,500cr Tranche-1 design absorbed into Rs 19,500cr Tranche-2 (PRID 1861127)"}
  ],

  "corrections": [
    {"date": "2026-07-20", "what": "PM E-DRIVE status revised from 'ended 31 Mar 2026' to 'EXTENDED segment-wise' (e-2W -> 31 Jul 2026; e-3W R/C -> 31 Mar 2028; L5 closed 26 Dec 2025) after direct verification of the live scheme portal during the ministry-catalog sweep. The original entry relied on the scheme's announced two-year window; the portal shows the extensions."},
    {"date": "2026-07-20", "what": "Added from NSWS verification: IFLDP (DPIIT/leather, Rs 1,700cr, 2021-26) -- NSWS carries a formal notice of closure of its application portal, consistent with the scheme's 31 Mar 2026 sunset; a closure the ministry-side pages do not surface."}
  ],
  "readings": [
    "The scheme lifecycle now has observable ends: LSEM is the first PLI to complete a full tenure and be succeeded; Drones is the first to simply expire. End-dates are no longer hypothetical -- Food Processing's window closes FY2026-27 with no successor announced, the next one to watch.",
    "Attrition is reported only under duress: steel's 14 withdrawals surfaced in one PIB line; White Goods' 85->80 has never been explained; ACC's lost awardee was discovered by document comparison, not disclosure.",
    "Applicant transparency is bimodal: schemes either publish counts in Parliament answers (MedDev: 28 applicants/7 paid) or publish nothing at all (Bulk Drugs, Solar, ACC) -- there is no middle. The registry marks 'not published' explicitly because the absence is data.",
    "Successor design confirms the five-year instrument trend: LSEM's successor (MPMS) and Semicon 2.0 arrived in the same 15 Jul 2026 Cabinet -- both continuation-of-committed-lanes, not new production-linked lanes."
  ],
  "see_also": ["data/pli_report_card_2026-07-19.json (grades + disbursals)", "data/pib_five_year_incentive_evolution_2026-07-19.json (all 93 launches)", "data/pib_index.sqlite (the register)"]
}