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
DBT helped India save Rs 3.5 lakh crore, which otherwise would have leaked: ReportIndia's Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) system has yielded substantial savings of Rs 3.48 lakh crore by curbing welfare delivery leakages, ac...
21 Apr, 2025, 07.48 PM IST
DBT helped govt take quick effective response during COVID lockdown last year: ReportA report suggests India's direct benefit transfer (DBT) programme helped in quick effective response during the COVID-19 lockdown last year...
11 Oct, 2021, 07.57 PM IST
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...
22 Feb, 2020, 08.00 AM IST
Drop in Aadhaar enrolments in Jammu and KashmirJ&K has among the lowest Aadhaar coverage among states and union territories, with around 75% of the people enrolling so far.
19 Sep, 2019, 08.01 AM IST
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...
07 Sep, 2019, 08.31 AM IST
500 central schemes to go DBT way next fiscal yearSchemes which do not involve cash transfers will only have a list of beneficiaries with Aadhaar numbers to ensure that the gains are not co...
19 Oct, 2016, 12.38 PM IST
Aadhaar law will ensure DBT reaches genuine beneficiaries: Arun JaitleyThe Aadhaar Act gives the Aadhaar numbers a statutory backing for transfer of subsidies and benefits to people eligible for them.
15 Jul, 2016, 08.36 PM IST
Centre to extend Direct Benefit Transfer scheme to MGNREGAJaitley has approved the proposal to extend wages under the flagship rural jobs programme through the DBT platform and a final notification...
01 Dec, 2014, 04.51 AM 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
Shivraj Singh Chouhan's Madhya Pradesh steals Congress’s direct benefit transfer thunderThe DBT scheme has been touted as a game-changer for the ruling Congress party in the lead-up to the general elections in 2014.
26 Jul, 2013, 10.20 AM IST
DBT subsidy on LPG: Rs 4.95 crore already disbursedSix days into the launch of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) on LPG, government has disbursed subsidy to the tune of Rs 4.95 crore on transact...
06 Jun, 2013, 07.49 PM IST
- RBI to ask banks to hold Aadhaar `melas'
The Reserve Bank today asked banks to hold camps to open Aadhaar-based accounts.
03 May, 2013, 10.10 PM IST
- Need robust monitoring of DBT scheme: PMO to ministries
The Prime Minister's Principal Secretary Pulok Chatterji has written to Secretaries on roll out of Phase-II of DBT beginning July one.
09 Apr, 2013, 05.03 PM IST
Direct Benefits Transfer to be expanded to 78 more districts, LPG to be coveredManmohan Singh today acknowledged that it has "run into difficulties" and that efforts must be made to ensure the programme does not fail.
05 Apr, 2013, 09.59 PM IST
Pilot schemes must stabilise to show the benefits of cash transfer systemThe government has done well to scale down the initial reach of the direct cash transfer system of handing out subsidies.
02 Jan, 2013, 07.50 AM IST