Programme "The Make in India" started on
- (a)November 2012
- (b)September 2014
- (c)January 2014
- (d)September 2016
Correct — B, September 2014. The Make in India initiative was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25 September 2014 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, to turn India into a global manufacturing hub. It began with 25 focus sectors and is symbolised by a striding lion built from gears.
- (a)November 2012 — No such launch; Make in India post-dates the government that took office in May 2014.
- (c)January 2014 — Earlier than the actual launch and before the launching government took office; the programme did not yet exist.
- (d)September 2016 — Two years too late — that period saw follow-up events (like the Make in India Week), not the launch.
Make in India is a flagship 2014 programme to raise the manufacturing share of GDP, create jobs, ease doing business, and attract FDI. It is coordinated by DPIIT (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and originally covered 25 sectors from automobiles to electronics.
Exams pair flagship schemes with their launch year and nodal ministry. The distractors are all plausible 'near' dates, so the exact anchor — 25 September 2014 — is what wins the mark.
- Launched on 25 September 2014 by PM Narendra Modi.
- Goal: make India a global manufacturing hub; initially 25 focus sectors.
- Nodal body: DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
- Emblem: a lion made of moving gears.
- Confusing Make in India (2014) with Atmanirbhar Bharat (2020) or Startup India (2016).
- Mixing the launch year up with a later 'Make in India Week' event.
Match the flagship scheme to its launch year or nodal ministry; occasionally the objective, logo, or number of focus sectors.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Make in India is coordinated by which department of the Government of India?
- (a)DPIIT (Ministry of Commerce and Industry)
- (b)Department of Economic Affairs (Finance)
- (c)Ministry of Electronics and IT
- (d)Ministry of MSME
Answer(a) DPIIT — the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, under Commerce and Industry.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The logo of the Make in India initiative is based on which animal?
- (a)Lion
- (b)Tiger
- (c)Elephant
- (d)Peacock
Answer(a) Lion — a striding lion built from gears.