Retail central bank digital currency in circulation falls by 24% in FY26The value of retail central bank digital currency in circulation saw a significant drop of 24.08 percent in 2025-26. Despite this, the Rese...
29 May, 2026, 09.09 PM IST
RBI highlights strong banking sector health, says lenders can withstand severe shocksIn the fiscal year 2025-26, India's financial landscape demonstrated remarkable stability. Both banks and non-bank entities showcased solid...
29 May, 2026, 12.22 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
From queues to QR codes: A state in India may have found the fix for India’s fertiliser distribution woesWhile the Madhya Pradesh government projects it as a major reform to streamline fertiliser distribution, industry stakeholders say it’s sti...
18 May, 2026, 10.46 AM IST
Targeting 30 pc EV sales by 2030, Bihar govt nod to policy amendmentsBihar is boosting electric vehicle adoption. The state government aims for 30 percent of new vehicle sales to be electric by 2030. Incentiv...
13 May, 2026, 02.01 PM IST
a16z-backed data firms Fivetran, dbt Labs to merge in all-stock dealThe deal is structured as an all-stock exchange based on an agreed ratio tied to revenues and growth rates, Fivetran chief executive George...
13 Oct, 2025, 11.01 PM IST
DCGI grants Emergency Use Authorization to Gennova biopharma's Omicron-specific covid boosterThe mRNA-based vaccine was developed by Gennova Biopharmaceuticals using the indigenous platform technology, and supported under the Missio...
20 Jun, 2023, 02.05 PM IST
Tech in Governance: No need to apply, Karnataka to voluntarily offer social security pension via DBT platformThe revenue department, which hands social security pension to lakhs of families, has worked closely with the e-governance department to cr...
26 Nov, 2020, 10.14 PM 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
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
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
Government fixes 2017-end target for 100% Aadhaar-enabled DBTThe government is now on a campaign mode to complete Aadhaar seeding in its databases and DBT bank accounts which stands at 63 per cent at ...
25 Apr, 2016, 05.29 AM IST
All Central government schemes on track to be linked to DBTAll central government schemes involving transfer of benefits in cash or kind are expected to transition to DBT platform from April.
31 Mar, 2016, 05.03 AM IST
NITI Aayog mulling big reforms in agriculture sectorNITI Aayog is considering a series of big ticket agriculture reforms that include changes in the fertiliser policy to allow free import of ...
15 Dec, 2015, 05.17 PM IST
Direct benefit transfer to cover all cash benefit plans from next financial yearAt present, the DBT platform is being used for transferring cash benefits to the beneficiaries of just 35 schemes, including that for cooki...
25 Feb, 2015, 02.52 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