Centre pushes states on fertiliser black-marketing, MSP procurement; 9.25 crore farmer IDs createdUnion Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan urged states to achieve 100% farmer registration for schemes within six months, emphasizin...
02 Apr, 2026, 12.15 PM IST
Centre pushes states on fertiliser black-marketing, MSP procurement; 9.25 cr farmer IDs createdUnion Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan reviewed farmer registration, fertilizer distribution, and pulse procurement with state mi...
02 Apr, 2026, 12.04 PM IST
Activist Damania alleges Rs 88 cr scam in agriculture department under Dhananjay MundeActivist Anjali Damania has alleged an Rs 88 crore scam in Maharashtra's agriculture department under NCP's Dhananjay Munde, accusing the d...
04 Feb, 2025, 02.45 PM IST
DBT has shown mixed results for education system: World Bank officialCiting the huge impact of conditional grant in improving enrolment of girls in secondary education in his home country Bangladesh, he stres...
12 Nov, 2017, 02.57 PM 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
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
Centre asks states to implement Direct Benefit Transfer for food subsidyUnder the food security law, the Centre is supplying foodgrains at a highly subsidised rate of Rs 1-3/kg to 72.46 crore beneficiaries in 33...
21 May, 2016, 05.40 PM IST
Fertiliser subsidy through Aadhaar coming soon: Shaktikanta DasCurrently, Aadhaar, the unique identity number, is being used for transfer of LPG subsidy and some other programmes of the government.
12 Mar, 2016, 12.08 PM IST
Nitin Gadkari to inaugurate 19th National Conference on e-GovernanceThe other sessions are on 'Decade of e-Governance - Way Ahead' and technology enabled education and cyber security framework for citizen ce...
20 Jan, 2016, 11.14 AM IST
Nitin Gadkari to inaugurate e-governance conference in NagpurUnion Ministers Nitin Gadkari and Jitendra Singh will inaugurate a two-day conference on e-governance in Nagpur beginning Thursday.
19 Jan, 2016, 08.50 PM IST
Subsidised LPG sales under DBT down by 25%: Arvind SubramanianSubramanian, however, cautioned that the government should make sure genuine beneficiaries are not excluded.
02 Jul, 2015, 04.03 PM IST
India signs biotech pact with Cambridge UniversityIndia has signed a pact with the UK's prestigious Cambridge University to create a new programme of early-career fellowships in the field o...
03 Jun, 2015, 04.50 PM IST
Tardy execution of cash transfer, lowers its potential of delivering votes for CongressCash transfers fumbled in implementation in the six districts of Rajasthan where it was launched and where the Congress was routed.
28 Jan, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Debate on Aadhaar: Supreme Court should not make us rethinkThe Unique Identification Authority of India, which manages the Aadhaar programme, has always maintained it is voluntary.
09 Oct, 2013, 02.55 AM IST
Centre to train babus for better implementation of Direct Benefits Transfer schemeThe Department of Personnel and Training will be in charge of this special training programme on the cash transfer scheme.
13 Aug, 2013, 06.41 AM IST
Government achieves tax target, additional 50 lakh people file I-T returns, says ChidambaramOn Vodafone tax issue, FM said the govt will come out with amendments to Income Tax Act once the tax dispute with the telecom firm is resol...
06 Apr, 2013, 04.37 PM IST