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Government schemes by the numbers

Counted from the 4,751 entries on this site. Recounted every hour, last on 27 October 2026.

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How many schemes, scholarships and fellowships there are by state, ministry, beneficiary group and sector, counted from the entries on this site.

How many government schemes are there in India?

There is no single official count that covers every Central and State scheme, and schemes open, change and close every year. This site lists 4,751 entries: 4,751 schemes, each taken from an official listing. 703 of them are run by the Central government and 4,048 by State and UT governments.

  • 4,751Entries
  • 4,751Schemes
  • 703Central
  • 4,048State and UT
  • 36States and UTs covered
  • 52Central ministries
  • 367Departments
  • 3,136Added in the last 30 days

Central and State

Who runs the entries

  1. State4,048
  2. Central703

By state and union territory

State and UT entries, plus Central entries that the official listing limits to certain states

  1. Gujarat642
  2. Uttarakhand445
  3. Madhya Pradesh290
  4. Goa272
  5. Puducherry270
  6. Haryana249
  7. Tamil Nadu240
  8. Rajasthan159
  9. Bihar114
  10. West Bengal108
  11. Chhattisgarh108
  12. Jharkhand97
  13. Meghalaya89
  14. Kerala87
  15. Assam86
  16. Maharashtra85
  17. Odisha85
  18. Himachal Pradesh75
  19. Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu61
  20. Karnataka59
  21. Delhi54
  22. Andhra Pradesh52
  23. Uttar Pradesh47
  24. Jammu and Kashmir46
  25. Arunachal Pradesh45
  26. Tripura44
  27. Punjab41
  28. Manipur34
  29. Mizoram32
  30. Sikkim29
  31. Telangana23
  32. Nagaland22
  33. Chandigarh21
  34. Andaman and Nicobar Islands19
  35. Lakshadweep9
  36. Ladakh5

By Central ministry

The 25 ministries with the most entries

All ministries and departments
  1. Ministry of Education83
  2. Ministry Of Social Justice and Empowerment83
  3. Ministry Of Science And Technology68
  4. Ministry Of Commerce And Industry56
  5. Ministry Of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare41
  6. Ministry Of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises29
  7. Ministry Of Textiles23
  8. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology22
  9. Ministry Of Youth Affairs & Sports22
  10. Ministry Of Culture20
  11. Ministry Of Home Affairs18
  12. Ministry Of Finance18
  13. Ministry Of Health & Family Welfare15
  14. Ministry Of Defence14
  15. Ministry of Fisheries,Animal Husbandry and Dairying13
  16. Ministry Of Labour and Employment12
  17. Ministry Of Minority Affairs12
  18. Ministry Of Communication11
  19. Ministry Of Skill Development And Entrepreneurship11
  20. Ministry Of Tribal Affairs10
  21. Ministry Of Chemicals And Fertilizers10
  22. Ministry Of Rural Development10
  23. Ministry Of Ayush10
  24. Ministry Of New and Renewable Energy7
  25. Ministry of Women and Child Development7

By who it is for

The 25 largest beneficiary groups

  1. Women452
  2. Entrepreneurs422
  3. Workers397
  4. SC393
  5. Farmers373
  6. Students362
  7. ST341
  8. Divyang (PwD)302
  9. Children284
  10. Rural Families190
  11. OBC186
  12. BPL Families172
  13. Unemployed170
  14. Fishermen114
  15. Widows107
  16. Senior Citizens99
  17. Artists83
  18. Artisans81
  19. Minorities67
  20. PVTG40
  21. Sportspersons35
  22. Transgender32
  23. Urban Families28
  24. Ex-Servicemen27
  25. Journalists22

By sector

An entry can be in more than one sector

  1. Social welfare & Empowerment1,447
  2. Education & Learning1,103
  3. Agriculture,Rural & Environment862
  4. Business & Entrepreneurship766
  5. Women and Child468
  6. Skills & Employment396
  7. Banking,Financial Services and Insurance333
  8. Health & Wellness284
  9. Sports & Culture280
  10. Housing & Shelter136
  11. Science, IT & Communications122
  12. Transport & Infrastructure104
  13. Travel & Tourism96
  14. Utility & Sanitation58
  15. Public Safety,Law & Justice34

By type of benefit

What the entry gives

  1. Cash3,302
  2. In Kind801
  3. Composite648
  • Cash (money paid to your bank account)
  • In kind (goods, services or support, not cash)
  • Composite (cash plus goods or services)

Newest entries

The most recently added

Scheme for Interest Subvention to Nano Household EnterprisesBusiness ยท KeralaScheme to Provide Relief in Case of Death or Disability of Registered Building WorkersHealth ยท Andhra PradeshSathiyavanimuthu Ammaiyar Ninaivu Free Supply of Sewing Machine SchemeSocial welfare ยท Tamil NaduNagar Van YojanaRs. 50,000Agriculture ยท CentralState Senior Citizens HomeHousing ยท MizoramHealth Benefits for Pregnant Mothers and Newborns through Supraja-AYUSHHealth ยท UttarakhandLaxman Award / Rani Laxmi Bai Award SchemeSports ยท Uttar PradeshNational Livestock Mission: Establishment of State Semen BankAgriculture ยท Central

How these numbers are counted

Every number on this page is a count of the entries published on this site, grouped the way each entry is filed: by level, state or UT, ministry, beneficiary group, sector and type of benefit. The groups come from the official listing of each scheme.

An entry can belong to more than one group (a scheme for women farmers counts under both women and farmers), so a set of groups can add up to more than the total. Central entries that are open in every state are filed under All India and are not counted in the state list. The counts are not an official government statistic: they show what is listed here, which grows as new entries are added.

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