RAS question
PLI 1.2 for Specialty Steel is part of which national vision?
Correct answer: (C) Atmanirbhar Bharat.
PLI 1.2 for Specialty Steel is part of the Atmanirbhar Bharat vision.
Explanation
The PLI scheme for Specialty Steel was approved as part of the Atmanirbhar Bharat vision, and the PIB release on PLI 1.2 uses the same policy framing. The PLI Scheme for Specialty Steel, approved by the Cabinet in July 2021, is a key initiative under Atmanirbhar Bharat to make India a global hub for steel production. The third round, called PLI 1.2, continues that approach by attracting new investment in emerging and advanced steel products. That is why the national vision asked in the question is Atmanirbhar Bharat, not a digital, sanitation, or skilling programme.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Digital India is not the vision for the Specialty Steel PLI scheme in the PIB release; the policy framing is Atmanirbhar Bharat.
- (B) Swachh Bharat is a sanitation mission, while the Press Information Bureau places the Specialty Steel PLI scheme under Atmanirbhar Bharat.
- (D) Skill India concerns skilling, but the Specialty Steel PLI scheme is described as an industrial initiative under the Atmanirbhar Bharat vision.
Concept
This tests the linkage between production-linked incentive schemes and India's self-reliance policy frame. It recurs in RAS because industrial policy questions often ask candidates to connect a scheme with its parent national vision.