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# Why India Keeps Renaming Old Government Schemes

From the Total Sanitation Campaign to Swachh Bharat, and now MGNREGA's rebrand as the Viksit Bharat Gram Yojana, India recycles old policies under new names. This short explores how rebranding lets governments claim credit for old ideas