List of Renamed Government Schemes
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Original Name:
|
New Name:
|
|---|---|
| Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account | Jan Dhan Yojana |
| National Girl Child Day Program | Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana |
| Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan | Swachh Bharat Mission |
| Rajiv Awas Yojana | Sardar Patel National Mission for Urban Housing |
| Indira Awaas Yojana | Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awaas Yojana |
| Swavalamban Yojana | Atal Pension Yojana |
| Rajiv Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana | Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana |
| Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission | Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation |
| National Project on Management of Soil Health and Fertility | Soil Health Card scheme |
| Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana | Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana |
| Direct Benefits Transfer for LPG | PAHAL |
| Jan Aushadhi scheme | Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana |
| National Manufacturing Policy | Make In India |
| National e-governance Plan | Digital India |
| National Skill Development Programme | Skill India |
| Universal Immunisation Programme | Mission Indradhanush |
| National Rural Livelihood Mission | Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana |
| National Optic Fibre Network | Bharat Net |
List of Renamed Cities
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Old Name of City
|
New Name of City
|
Name of the State
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Changed Since
|
|---|---|---|---|
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Jubbulpore
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Jabalpur
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Madhya Pradesh
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1947
|
|
Cawnpore
|
Kanpur
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Uttar Pradesh
|
1948
|
|
Simla
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Shimla
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
1948
|
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Tanjore
|
Thanjavur
|
Tamil Nadu
|
1948
|
|
Calicut
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Kozhikode
|
Kerala
|
1949
|
|
Benares
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Varanasi
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Uttar Pradesh
|
1956
|
|
Allepey
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Alappuzha
|
Kerala
|
1957
|
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Panjim
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Panaji
|
Goa
|
1961
|
|
Trichinapoly
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Tiruchirapalli
|
Tamil Nadu
|
1971
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Baroda
|
Vadodara
|
Gujarat
|
1974
|
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Poona
|
Pune
|
Maharashtra
|
1978
|
|
Gauhati
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Guwahati
|
Assam
|
1983
|
|
Waltair
|
Vishakhapatnam
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
1987
|
|
Trivandrum
|
Thiruvananthapuram
|
Kerala
|
1991
|
|
Bombay
|
Mumbai
|
Maharashtra
|
1996
|
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Madras
|
Chennai
|
Tamil Nadu
|
1996
|
|
Cochin
|
Kochi
|
Kerala
|
1996
|
|
Calcutta
|
Kolkata
|
West Bengal
|
2001
|
|
Pondicherry
|
Puducherry
|
Union Territory
|
2006
|
|
Bangalore
|
Bengaluru
|
Karnataka
|
2006
|
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Belgaum
|
Belagavi
|
Karnataka
|
2014
|
|
Mysore
|
Mysuru
|
Karnataka
|
2014
|
|
Mangalore
|
Mangaluru
|
Karnataka
|
2014
|
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Trichur
|
Thrissur
|
Kerala
|
2014
|
|
Tumkur
|
Tumakaru
|
Karnataka
|
2014
|
|
Hubali
|
Hubbali
|
Karnataka
|
2014
|
|
Bellary
|
Ballari
|
Karnataka
|
2014
|
|
Gulbarga
|
Kalaburagi
|
Karnataka
|
2014
|
|
Bijapur
|
Vijapura
|
Karnataka
|
2014
|
|
Gurgaon
|
Gurugram
|
Haryana
|
2016
|
|
Mewat
|
Nuh
|
Haryana
|
2016
|
| Allahabad | Prayagraj | Uttar Pradesh | 2018 |
| New Raipur | Atal Nagar | Chattisgarh | 2018 |
| Faizabad | Ayodhya | Uttar Pradesh | 2018 |
List of Renamed Railway Stations
|
Old Name of Railway Station
|
New Name
|
Name of State
|
Changed Since
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Bangalore City
|
Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna
|
Karnataka
|
2015
|
|
Oshiwara
|
Ram Mandir
|
Maharashtra
|
2016
|
|
Elphinstone Road
|
Prabha Devi
|
Maharashtra
|
2016
|
| Mughalsarai station | Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction | Uttar Pradesh | 2018 |
| Manduadih | Banaras Railway Station | Uttar Pradesh | 2018 |
List of Renamed Airports
|
Old Name of Airport
|
New Name
|
Location
|
Changed Since
|
|---|---|---|---|
|
Bangalore International Airport (BIA)
|
Bengaluru Nadaprabhu Kempegowda International Airport.
|
Bengaluru, Karnataka
|
2013
|
|
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
|
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA)
|
Mumbai, Maharashtra
|
2016
|
|
Indian Air Force Airport, Gorakhpur
|
Mahayogi Gorakhnath Airport
|
Gorakhpur, U.P.
|
2017
|
|
Indian Air Force Airport, Agra
|
Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Airport
|
Agra, U.P.
|
2017
|
| Agartala Airport | Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Kishore Airport | Tripura, Agartala | 2018 |
Others:
Some of the approved name change proposals are:
- Rajahmundry as Rajamahendravaram in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh
- Outer Wheeler as APJ Abdul Kalam Island, situated in Bhadrak district of Odisha
- Arikkod as Areekode in Malappura district of Kerala
- Pindari as Pandu-Pindara in Jind district of Haryana
- Samphur as Sanphure in Kiphire district of Nagaland.
Other renaming proposals approved by the ministry include
- Landgewadi to Narsinhagaon in Sangali district of Maharashtra
- Garhi Sampla as Ch. Sir Chhotu Ram Nagar in Rohtak district of Haryana
- Khatu Kalan village as Bari Khatu in Nagour district of Rajasthan
- Mihgawan Chhakka and Mihgawan Tilia as Mihgawan Sarkar and Mihgawan Ghat respectively in Panna district of Madhya Pradesh
- Shukratal Khadar as Sukhtirth Khadar and Shukratal Bangar as Sukhtirth Bangar in Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh.
- Approval was also given to add the word "Maharaj" in Mumbai's iconic Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus. It is now known as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.
Things to Remember
- In the past, we also saw the iconic Connaught Place of New Delhi getting its name changed to Rajiv Chowk. and the
- Port Blair Airport of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands changing to Veer Savarkar International Airport.
- New Delhi’s Aurangzeb Road was changed to “Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam Road”
- Race Course Road got changed to “Lok Kalyan Marg”.
- Gurgaon of the National Capital Region got changed to “Gurugram”.
- India's Planning Commission became "NITI Aayog". 'NITI' is an acronym for "National Institution for Transforming India".
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