The scheme architecture is designed to disburse on milestones, not on intent. Eligibility is the entry; the disbursement chain is where the scheme actually operates.
The Production Linked Incentive scheme across fourteen sectors, the India Semiconductor Mission, the National Manufacturing Mission, the Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme, the Green Hydrogen Mission, all designed within the last decade, all running on their own appraisal cadences and Empowered Committee timelines. The schemes converted from a generic incentive logic to milestone-linked disbursement, and the operational geometry, from the Standard Operating Procedures to the Project Management Agency to the Empowered Group of Secretaries, became as consequential as the eligibility criteria itself.