Over 58 crore Jan Dhan accounts bring crores of Indians into formal banking system: Nirmala SitharamanFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced over 58 crore Jan Dhan accounts have integrated millions into formal banking. The Pradhan Man...
08 Jun, 2026, 02.48 PM IST
EPFO brings down consumer court cases by 46% in 2 yearsThe Employees Provident Fund Organisation has significantly reduced consumer court cases and overall litigation. A special campaign cleared...
20 May, 2026, 12.56 AM IST
India should chart own path in treatment of rare diseases: ICMR chiefIndia is taking a groundbreaking step forward in the realm of rare disease care with a distinctive approach that champions local ingenuity ...
05 May, 2026, 03.43 PM IST
Delhi EV policy 2026: From subsidies and scrapping incentives to tax exemptions, all you need to knowDelhi is accelerating its electric vehicle adoption with new incentives, including purchase subsidies and scrapping benefits for two-wheele...
12 Apr, 2026, 02.52 PM IST
Centre saves ₹55,000 crore as FY26 spending undershoots estimatesGovernment spending in the last fiscal year was less than planned. This saving of about ₹55,000 crore will help manage tax collection short...
10 Apr, 2026, 12.01 AM IST
PM to release Rs 17,000 crore to 8.5 crore PM-KISAN beneficiaries on ThursdayThe government is converting retail fertiliser shops in the country into PMKSKs in a phased manner. These PMKSKs will provide agri-inputs, ...
26 Jul, 2023, 10.05 PM IST
With PM Gramin Awas Yojana under DBT, payout swells over two-foldThe PMO has pressed for two other big subsidies, food subsidy through the public distribution system (PDS) and fertiliser subsidy, to be br...
13 Mar, 2018, 11.35 AM IST
Government to roll out fertiliser DBT in 5 more states in DecemberThe government bears about Rs 70,000 crore annually as fertiliser subsidy to provide cheaper farm nutrient to farmers. “Fertiliser DBT is w...
20 Nov, 2017, 12.43 AM IST
Government fixes year-end target of 100 per cent Aadhaar-linked DBT"An ambitious target of ensuring all centrally sponsored welfare and subsidy schemes are brought on DBT by March 2017, has been set," a sen...
24 Jul, 2016, 11.26 AM IST
We were skeptical of Aadhaar during 2014 election campaign: Ravi Shankar PrasadPrasad’s remarks came while he was advising state coordinators of the direct benefit transfer project to impress political bosses about its...
23 Jul, 2016, 02.48 AM IST
Ravi Shankar Prasad alludes to Rajiv Gandhi while listing benefits of DBTDBT scheme, with the help of Aadhaar, has led to savings of about Rs 36,500 crore of both state as well as central funds in 2 years, he sai...
22 Jul, 2016, 03.07 PM IST
Centre tries to bring 147 schemes under Direct Benefits TransferPrime Minister in the recent past has spoken about the Rs 28,000 cr savings through the DBT and the government expects that the savings fig...
20 Jul, 2016, 05.22 AM IST
Centre asks states to set up own Direct Benefits Transfer cellsUnder the present DBT system, each central ministry after multiple decision-making layers directs the concerned state departments for initi...
07 Jul, 2016, 07.32 AM IST
DBT for subsidies leads to significant savingsDirect Benefit Transfer scheme has also resulted in weeding out of duplicate beneficiaries, the meeting was told last night, according to t...
10 May, 2016, 04.08 PM IST
Widen scope of DBT scheme: Centre tells secretaries, statesWhile Department of Food incurs internal expenditure for providing subsidised foodgrains, biometric authentication ensures targeted disburs...
08 May, 2016, 12.14 PM IST
Department of Biotechnology sets up DBT-Pan IIT Centre for BioenergyThe Department of Biotechnology (DBT), ministry of science and technology, has set up the DBT-Pan IIT Centre for Bioenergy, a virtual centr...
03 Sep, 2015, 05.17 PM IST
- Ranbaxy, DBT signs agreement for joint research
Ranbaxy Laboratories on Wednesday said it has entered into a collaborative research agreement with Department of Biotechnology (DBT), in th...
09 Apr, 2008, 02.18 PM IST