UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Auto PLI cost advantage used to capture e2W domestic market rather than build export-ready platforms: C-DEP

Question 1

As per the Ministry of Heavy Industries (status as of 30 November 2025), how many applicants stand approved under the PLI Scheme for Automobile and Auto Components?

Accepted Answer

82

Answer

63

Answer

95

Answer

115

Question 2

The PLI Scheme for Automobile and Auto Components — under which the C-DEP (2026) flagged a 13–16% cost advantage being directed at domestic market capture rather than exports — is administered as the nodal scheme by which one of the following Union Ministries?

Accepted Answer

Ministry of Heavy Industries

Answer

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

Answer

Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Answer

Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Auto PLI cost advantage used to capture e2W domestic market rather than build export-ready platforms: C-DEP

Q1. As per the Ministry of Heavy Industries (status as of 30 November 2025), how many applicants stand approved under the PLI Scheme for Automobile and Auto Components?

Q2. The PLI Scheme for Automobile and Auto Components — under which the C-DEP (2026) flagged a 13–16% cost advantage being directed at domestic market capture rather than exports — is administered as the nodal scheme by which one of the following Union Ministries?