LG Vinai Saxena approves major wage rationalisation reforms for daily wagers in LadakhLadakh's Lieutenant Governor has approved a significant wage increase for daily, part-time, seasonal, and need-based workers. Skilled worke...
UPI growth 2.0: Efforts on to crack DBT codeUPI user base has been hovering around 300 million for some time; RBI, banks are trying to push up this number.
MSDE to transfer its share of apprenticeship stipend directly to candidatesThe ministry of skills development and entrepreneurship will now transfer its share of apprenticeship stipend directly to candidates, a mov...
Maharashtra govt has not carried out security certification of MahaDBT portal since 2020, says CAG reportIt was found that business rules were not properly mapped in the system, which resulted in instances wherein applications were processed th...
Assam CM Sarma launches Orunodoi DBT scheme, projected to cost Rs 4,142 crore per annumAltogether 10.54 lakh fresh beneficiaries have been newly added under the greater version of Orunodoi 2.0. With the new inclusion, the tota...
ET Financial Inclusion Summit: DBT scheme’s proved to be a boon for crores of IndiansDigital adoption was also accelerated by the pandemic as withdrawals by DBT beneficiaries increased two-thirds last fiscal.
Haryana, Uttarakhand lead in Direct Benefit Transfer payoutsThe UTs of J&K and Ladakh clubbed together got the number eight spot among 36 states and UTs, reporting DBT payouts worth Rs 1,190 crore th...
PDS biggest saver for government in DBT in 2019-20As much as Rs 19,263 cr of savings have accrued till end-December due to the DBT-linked scheme, the govt said.
Centre plans DBT push to plug gaps in J&KThe total payout stands at a mere Rs 44 crore and 87 central government schemes offered by 16 central departments are covered under the DBT...
Centre launches fertiliser DBT 2.0 initiativesThe Centre Wednesday launched three new technology initiatives to transfer over Rs 70,000-crore fertiliser subsidy directly to farmers' ban...
Budget 2019: Govt's subsidy bill 13.32% up at Rs 3,01,694 cr for 2019-20Of the total subsidy bill, much of the increase has been made in the fuel subsidy, which is pegged at Rs 37,478 crore for the current fisca...
2 lakh point-of-sale machines installed for roll out of fertiliser DBTThe PoS machines have reached almost all of the two lakh outlets where the DBT for fertiliser will be rolled out, Minister of State for Fer...
Centre to pay out Rs 1 lakh crore via direct benefit transfer scheme in 2017-18The government has been quickly adding more schemes under DBT — the number has increased to 220 as of now from 134 in 2016-17.
Government plans massive reboot of DBT scheme for easy transfer of moneyDBT 2.0 envisages the use of post offices and roping in the friendly postman as a delivery agent for door-to-door disbursal of payments.
DBT rollout: Key dept shifted from Planning Commission to Finance MinistryPrime Minister Manmohan Singh today shifted a key department overseeing its implementation from the Planning Commission to the Finance Mini...
LPG in DBT: PMO writes to Oil MinistryWith LPG set to be included in the DBT subsidy scheme, the PMO has written to the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas asking it to expedi...
- Economic Survey 2013: Direct Benefit Transfer scheme not to substitute for delivery of public services
"The DBT scheme will not substitute entirely for delivery of public services for now.