Cabinet Clears ₹10,000-Crore Container Manufacturing Scheme, ₹1,857-Crore Sports Goods Push And PM Viksit Gram Swaraj Yojana

Pune, 29th October 2026: The DA hike got most of the attention, but the Union Cabinet also cleared three schemes on Wednesday, October 28. One is aimed at getting India to make its own shipping containers, another at sports equipment, and the third at gram panchayat planning.

₹10,000 crore for containers

India imports most of the steel containers its exporters use, and every time global supply gets tight, shipping costs go up. The Container Manufacturing Promotion Scheme, worth ₹10,000 crore and running until 2039-40, aims to raise domestic capacity from about 70,000 to 7.5 lakh TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) a year, and push local content from 70% to 90%.

The money is split three ways: ₹859 crore for a 3% interest subsidy, ₹8,891 crore in operational support, and ₹150 crore for testing and certification. The government expects about 3,000 direct jobs and more than 50,000 indirect ones.

Closer to home, Pune’s exporters, especially the auto component and engineering firms in Chakan and Ranjangaon, could benefit in the long run if containers become cheaper and easier to get.

Sports goods

The Khelo India Sports Goods Manufacturing Scheme has an outlay of ₹1,856.67 crore from 2026 to 2033-34. It includes ₹1,130 crore for anchor investments and turnover-linked incentives, and ₹105 crore to help manufacturers get the international certifications they need to sell abroad.

PM Viksit Gram Swaraj Yojana

This centrally sponsored scheme will run from 2026-27 to 2030-31, matching the 16th Finance Commission period. Of the ₹7,395.55 crore total, the Centre will put in ₹4,869.48 crore and the states ₹2,526.07 crore. It will support around 2.55 lakh Gram Panchayat development plans every year and train about 32 lakh elected representatives and officials.

Read about the other big decision of the day: DA hiked to 63% for central government employees.

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