🇮🇳 Government Schemes — India

Complete directory of 4,700+ Indian government schemes (central + state/UT), mirrored from the official myScheme.gov.in national platform (Digital India Corporation, MeitY).

Coverage: 713 Central · 4,019 State/UT schemes across 19 categories (Education, Health, Agriculture, Housing, Social Welfare, Women & Child, Skills & Employment…).

Endpoints

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/schemes	All schemes (paginated)
GET	/schemes?q=pm+kisan	Full-text search — name, short title, brief, tags
GET	/schemes?level=central	Filter by jurisdiction (central / state)
GET	/schemes?state=west+bengal	Filter by beneficiary state (includes All-India central)
GET	/schemes?ministry=agriculture	Filter by nodal ministry
GET	/schemes?category=education	Filter by scheme category
GET	/schemes/:slug	Single scheme detail
GET	/schemes/stats/levels	Central vs State counts
GET	/schemes/stats/categories	Category histogram

Query Parameters

Parameter	Values	Default	Required	Notes
q	any string	—	no	Keyword search (space-separated = AND)
level	central · state	—	no	Scheme jurisdiction
state	west bengal, bihar…	—	no	Beneficiary state; also matches All (central)
ministry	agriculture, education…	—	no	Case-insensitive substring
category	education, health…	—	no	Scheme category
limit	1–100	20	no	Results per page
page	1+	1	no	Page number

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Source scheme ID
slug	string	URL-friendly identifier (for /schemes/:slug)
scheme_name	string	Full scheme name
short_title	string	Acronym / short form (e.g. PM-KISAN)
level	string	Central or State
scheme_for	string	Individual / Family / etc.
ministry	string	Nodal ministry
beneficiary_state	string	State(s) or All
categories	string	Comma-separated categories
tags	string	Comma-separated search tags
brief	string	Short description
close_date	string	Application close date (if any)

Examples

Search PM-KISAN (central only)

curl "https://api.apimitra.in/schemes?q=pm+kisan&level=central" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

{
  "status": "ok",
  "total": 7,
  "page": 1,
  "limit": 20,
  "levels": [
    { "level": "Central", "count": 7 }
  ],
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "s7dGEMgBX-j3r2M0Gm1f",
      "slug": "pmkmy",
      "scheme_name": "Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maandhan Yojana",
      "short_title": "PM-KMY",
      "level": "Central",
      "ministry": "Ministry Of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare",
      "beneficiary_state": "All",
      "categories": "Social welfare & Empowerment",
      "tags": "Pension,Kisan,Social Security",
      "brief": "PM-KMY is a voluntary pension scheme for Small and Marginal Farmers..."
    }
  ]
}

State-wise filter (West Bengal)

curl "https://api.apimitra.in/schemes?state=west+bengal&limit=5" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Single scheme by slug

curl "https://api.apimitra.in/schemes/sui" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"

📌 Data is a read mirror of the public myScheme search index. Scheme info changes when the source platform updates — re-crawl cadence can be configured on request.