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PLI: ₹2.16 lakh crore investment, 14.39 lakh jobs

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: PLI: ₹2.16 lakh crore investment, 14.39 lakh jobs (GS3 · Industry, 27 March 2026)

What happened

  • PLI schemes have attracted over ₹2.16 lakh crore investment, ₹20.41 lakh crore production and 14.39 lakh jobs [PIB].

Background

  • Make in India 2.0 covers 27 sectors [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Compare jobs with production value when you assess PLI.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Infrastructure: energy, ports, roads, airports, railways; investment models

  1. As per PIB (2026-03-27): PLI schemes have attracted over ₹2.16 lakh crore investment, ₹20.41 lakh crore production and 14.39 lakh jobs.
  2. Compare jobs with production value when you assess PLI.
Quotable data point

PLI schemes have attracted over ₹2.16 lakh crore investment, ₹20.41 lakh crore production and 14.39 lakh jobs.

PIB: PLI results, 27 Mar 2026

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: none.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Jobs attributed to PLI (Mar 2026)

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

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Official source: PIB: PLI results, 27 Mar 2026

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