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A Scheme in Indian English does not include the “evil” connotations. So it’s more like an initiative or project.

There are many such idiosyncrasies that make more sense if you accept that it’s a different dialect (rather than assuming they’re using American/UK English incorrectly).

Indian English is different. For example a ‘promoter’ is someone who has fiduciary responsibilities towards shareholders in a company (CEO, founder, board member,etc) and not someone who is trying to get patrons to visit a nightclub

https://www.legalserviceindia.com/article/l276-PromoterPromo....

> They keep using that word, I don't think it means what they think it means

Definition of "scheme" in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary:

"(British English) a plan or system for doing or organizing something"

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/englis...

Very common in the subcontinent in the context of a planned residence area, even after their completion some may be called xyz scheme 1, xyz scheme 2 ...