Category Public Policies, Programs and Schemes

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The ₹10,000 Crore SME Growth Fund & MSME Credit Assessment Model: Building Risk Capital and Dismantling Collateral Bottlenecks for Micro-Enterprises

The Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise (MSME) sector represents the foundational engine of India's macroeconomic growth, industrial development, and employment landscape. According to the Economic Survey 2025-26, MSMEs contribute approximately 31.1% of India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 35.4% of manufacturing output, and 48.58% of national exports, while supporting the livelihoods of over 32.82 crore people across more than 7.47 crore enterprises.

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Central Sector Interest Subsidy Scheme for Higher Education Loan (2009)

The Central Sector Interest Subsidy Scheme (CSIS) was launched on 1 April 2009 to ease the financial barrier to higher education for students from economically weaker sections. It works by covering the full interest on eligible education loans during the moratorium period, so students aren't accumulating interest while they're still studying.

Sikkim Himalayan landscape representing government schemes and development initiatives in 2026

Sikkim Department Schemes Update 2026

Sikkim, India’s second-smallest state by area (7,096 sq km), is defined by its Himalayan geography, with elevations ranging from 280 metres to 8,586 metres. The state’s population stood at approximately 6.8 lakh in 2021, up from 6.1 lakh in the 2011 Census. Urbanisation has risen sharply, from 11.1% in 2001 to 25.1% in 2011, with growth concentrated around Gangtok and along main roads at higher elevations.

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Lakshadweep Department wise Schemes Update 2026

Lakshadweep is the smallest Union Territory (UT) in India with an area of 32 sq km, a most remarkable outlier of all the States and Union Territories of India. The Union Territory has 36 islands, consisting of 12 atolls, 3 reefs, 5 submerged banks of which only 10 are inhabited (Kavaratti, Agatti, Amini, Kadmat, Kiltan, Chetlat, Bitra, Andrott, Kalpeni and Minicoy) and are treated as a single uni-district administration. According to Census 2011, Lakshadweep has a population of 64,473, with its literacy rate, since then, having risen to the second highest in the country, at 91.85 percent, and sex ratio at 946 females per 1,000 males. More than 93 percent of the native people are Muslims and the islands (excluding Minicoy) are counted as a tribal area with the maximum percentage of Scheduled Tribe population in all the Union territories.

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Puducherry Government Schemes: Department-Wise Analysis [2026]

Puducherry is a Union Territory with a distinctive administrative geography. Unlike most states and Union Territories that form one continuous geographical unit, Puducherry consists of four separate regions—Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe, and Yanam—located along different parts of India's southern coastline.

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