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Fact Check: Scan in modi schemes

“scan in modi schemes”
No such scheme
Confidence: High Checked on March 29, 2026

Summary

The Modi government has not introduced a specific “scan” scheme. The only related measure was the 2017 Union Budget exemption of scanners, POS machines and similar devices from customs duties, not a dedicated program. No official initiative named “scan” exists.

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  • Factsheet: Narendra Modi - Bridge Initiative

    , Narendra Modi · Protected: Factsheet: Narendra Modi · Back · by Bridge Initiative Team · Published on 12 Jan 2024 · ... Print · Sharable Link Copy Link · Tags · BJP · Gujarat · Hindu nationalism · Hindutva · India · Islamophobia · Narendra Modi ·

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  • List of schemes of the government of India - Wikipedia

    Rationalisation is a means to improve governance of schemes. In 2002 (Vajpayee govt) there were about 360 CSSs. In 2022(Modi govt) there were 704 CSs.

  • Premiership of Narendra Modi - Wikipedia

    In the 2017 Union Budget of India, POS machines, scanners, fingerprint readers, iris scanners and micro ATMs were exempted from all kinds of custom duties. The internet penetration in India rose from 20 percent in 2014 to 28.7 percent in 2016.

  • Narendra Modi - Wikipedia

    The Planning Commission had in previous years been criticised for creating inefficiency in the government and of not fulfilling its role of improving social welfare but since the economic liberalisation of the 1990s, it had been the major government body responsible for measures related to social justice. In its first year of administration, the Modi government launched investigations through the Intelligence Bureau into numerous civil society organisations and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on the grounds these organisations were slowing economic growth.

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