<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>DeshFacts | DeshFacts</title><link>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/</link><description>A sourced record of public policy and accomplishments under India’s governments since 2014. Specific claims. Clear credit. Evidence you can read.</description><language>en-IN</language><atom:link href="https://deshfacts.pages.dev/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Thorium and nuclear power: The longer fuel cycle</title><link>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/thorium-and-nuclear-reactor-programme/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/thorium-and-nuclear-reactor-programme/</guid><description>The fast-breeder reactor's first criticality advances a decades-old programme, while commercial thorium power remains a future stage.</description></item><item><title>State expressways: Roads built across governments</title><link>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/state-expressway-expansion/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/state-expressway-expansion/</guid><description>Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra built major expressways through their own agencies. Their openings show a larger road network, with state credit and operating obligations attached.</description></item><item><title>Skill India: Training and the job beyond</title><link>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/skill-india-mission/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/skill-india-mission/</guid><description>Skill India expanded short courses and apprenticeships after 2015. PMKVY's training totals and placement records measure different results, as the CAG's audit shows.</description></item><item><title>Semiconductors: Beyond the first packaging plants</title><link>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/semiconductor-industry-beyond-micron/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/semiconductor-industry-beyond-micron/</guid><description>India’s semiconductor push has produced operating units beyond Micron, alongside a larger pipeline. Packaging, wafer fabrication and chip design remain different parts of that industry.</description></item><item><title>PM Vishwakarma: Tools, training and credit</title><link>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/pm-vishwakarma-artisan-support/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/pm-vishwakarma-artisan-support/</guid><description>PM Vishwakarma registered 30 lakh artisans and delivered training, tools and credit. Parliamentary scrutiny shows why registration alone is an incomplete measure.</description></item><item><title>PM Vidyalaxmi: Credit for higher education</title><link>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/pm-vidyalaxmi-education-loans/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/pm-vidyalaxmi-education-loans/</guid><description>PM Vidyalaxmi added collateral-free education loans and targeted interest support. Sanctions and disbursements show delivery, while the guarantee, subsidy and repayment obligation remain distinct.</description></item><item><title>Noida Airport: Jewar’s first passenger flights</title><link>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/noida-international-airport-jewar/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/noida-international-airport-jewar/</guid><description>Noida’s first phase was inaugurated in March 2026 and began commercial flights in June. The operating airport followed earlier targets, approvals and a long-term private concession.</description></item><item><title>NEP 2020: Changing the classroom</title><link>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/nep-2020-education-reform/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/nep-2020-education-reform/</guid><description>NEP 2020 brought early childhood learning, curriculum reform and portable college credits into one policy. Implementation is visible; learning gains require a separate test.</description></item><item><title>Naxalism: A shrinking insurgency</title><link>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/naxalism-decline-and-remaining-insurgency/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/naxalism-decline-and-remaining-insurgency/</guid><description>Official records show a steep decline in Maoist violence, alongside remaining cadres and continued security operations after the 2026 deadline.</description></item><item><title>Navi Mumbai Airport: From ceremony to flights</title><link>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/navi-mumbai-international-airport/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/navi-mumbai-international-airport/</guid><description>Inaugurated in October 2025, Navi Mumbai’s airport began commercial flights that December and international services in July 2026. The opening followed a project stretching back across governments.</description></item><item><title>Mumbai Coastal Road: A new edge to the city</title><link>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/mumbai-coastal-road-south/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/mumbai-coastal-road-south/</guid><description>The southern Coastal Road opened to traffic in stages from March 2024. Built by BMC, it also changed a shoreline whose fishing access and public spaces remain part of the project’s story.</description></item><item><title>Metro expansion: More cities on the map</title><link>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/metro-expansion-operating-networks/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/metro-expansion-operating-networks/</guid><description>India’s metro network expanded far beyond its 2014 footprint. Operating lines and passenger journeys show the change, while useful access still depends on fares, feeders and the walk to a station.</description></item><item><title>Mangalyaan: Eight years around Mars</title><link>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/mangalyaan-mars-orbiter-mission/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/mangalyaan-mars-orbiter-mission/</guid><description>India reached Mars orbit in September 2014 with a mission approved and launched before the change of government. Mangalyaan’s long life left scientific data as well as an engineering milestone.</description></item><item><title>Make in India: Factories and the larger promise</title><link>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/make-in-india-manufacturing-outcomes/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/make-in-india-manufacturing-outcomes/</guid><description>Manufacturing output and registered-factory employment have grown. The larger ambition of changing manufacturing’s place in the economy remains a different test.</description></item><item><title>Labour Codes: Twenty-nine laws into four</title><link>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/labour-codes-consolidation/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/labour-codes-consolidation/</guid><description>Four labour codes came into force in November 2025, consolidating 29 central laws. Wider wage protections accompany contested changes to industrial relations.</description></item><item><title>International Solar Alliance: A shared solar platform</title><link>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/international-solar-alliance/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/international-solar-alliance/</guid><description>India and France turned a 2015 solar initiative into a treaty organisation. Demonstration projects and training show delivery, while membership and investment ambitions require different measures.</description></item><item><title>GIFT City: Bringing offshore finance onshore</title><link>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/gift-city-international-finance/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/gift-city-international-finance/</guid><description>GIFT’s international financial centre grew from a Gujarat city project into an operating banking and fund-management hub. Actual funds raised remain distinct from commitments and trading headlines.</description></item><item><title>EV subsidies: From FAME to PM E-DRIVE</title><link>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/ev-subsidies-fame-and-pm-edrive/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/ev-subsidies-fame-and-pm-edrive/</guid><description>Purchase incentives supported electric-vehicle sales, while localisation disputes and infrastructure delays complicate the record of FAME and its successor.</description></item><item><title>e-Shram: Putting workers on the register</title><link>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/eshram-worker-registration/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/eshram-worker-registration/</guid><description>e-Shram recorded 31.89 crore registrations by August 2026. Its national worker database can connect services, while registration and benefit receipt remain different milestones.</description></item><item><title>Dwarka Expressway: A road and its cost</title><link>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/dwarka-expressway-opening-and-cost/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0530</pubDate><guid>https://deshfacts.pages.dev/articles/dwarka-expressway-opening-and-cost/</guid><description>Haryana’s section opened in 2024 and Delhi’s in 2025. The completed link followed a long planning history and a dispute over the cost of its elevated design.</description></item></channel></rss>