PM SHRI (Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India) Scheme is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme for the upgradation and development of around 14,500 schools across the country. The schools will be selected from among the schools run by the Central Government/State Govt./UT/Local Bodies. The scheme will showcase the implementation of the National Education Policy 2020 and emerge as exemplar schools over a period of time, and also offer leadership to other schools in the neighbourhood.