RAS question
FAME scheme is related to:
Correct answer: (C) Electric vehicles.
The FAME scheme is related to the faster adoption and manufacturing of hybrid and electric vehicles in India.
Explanation
FAME stands for Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles in India, so its direct policy area is electric vehicles, not a generic industrial sector. The PIB release places FAME under the National Electric Mobility Mission Plan 2020 and says the Ministry of Heavy Industries formulated it in 2015 to promote adoption of electric and hybrid vehicles. FAME-II ran from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2024 and focused on market creation, demand aggregation, domestic EV technology, and a manufacturing ecosystem for zero-emission and hybrid vehicles. FAME-II had a Rs 10,000 crore outlay and was followed in 2024 by PM E-DRIVE with Rs 10,900 crore.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Film industry is wrong because FAME here expands to Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles, not films or cinema policy.
- (B) Food processing is wrong because the scheme is anchored in electric mobility and hybrid/electric vehicle manufacturing, not food-sector value chains.
- (D) Fashion industry is wrong because FAME supports electric and hybrid vehicle adoption and manufacturing, with no link to apparel or fashion.
Concept
Government schemes in the Indian Economy syllabus require candidates to link abbreviations to their policy sectors. RAS economic development preparation often depends on connecting flagship scheme names with their sectors.