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Decontrol oil prices and replace cross-subsidies with targeted DBTs for needy householdsDuring recent global crude price volatility linked to West Asia tensions, retail fuel prices in India remained largely unchanged, unlike in...- Banking on the last-mile deliverers: Why the BC model is losing groundIndia's banking agents, vital for financial inclusion, are under pressure. Declining numbers and shrinking profits threaten access to servi...
- Bihar Election 2025: How instant cash transfers are winning hearts and votes faster than campaign speechesDirect benefit transfers (DBTs) are revolutionizing government aid delivery in India, offering instant, visible, and empowering financial s...
- View: DBTs are redefining women’s empowerment and welfare, now its time to test it in fertiliser subsidiesDirect Benefit Transfers (DBTs) in cash to women are rapidly expanding across states, driven by women's growing political influence. A rece...
- View: Budget 2025 provides hope to address the challenges of income inequalityIn the 75th year of the Constitution, GoI unveiled Budget 2025, a roadmap to a more inclusive and equitable future. Key provisions aim to b...
- G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant lauds India's digital transformation journey in 9 yearsIndia has made significant strides in digital transformation over the past nine years, with a 96% reduction in data costs and a 1.4 billion...
- Second test run of take-home ration scheme in UP's SitapurUP district selected after the Modi government faced red flags over DBT scheme during its last term.
- View: How PM-KISAN, NYAY can modernise India's subsidy systemsPM-KISAN and NYAY, both schemes have been criticised as being fiscally irresponsible and having incentive issues.
- DBT payments cross Rs 1 lakh crore in ’17-18; govt may declare savings of Rs 75,000 croreDBT payout figure stood at Rs 1,00,144 crore on Wednesday, up from Rs 74,707 crore in 2016-17 and Rs 7,367 crore in 2013-14, when the UPA w...
- Poll: 59% favour linking Aadhaar, fertiliser DBTThe study found that there were serious issues with matching fingerprints and connectivity for the use of Aadhaar, an issue that might rela...
- Not government or organised sector, bulk of the jobs are created by SMEs and by self employment: Arun Jaitley7%-8% growth three years in a row, gave us confidence to carry out structural reforms, says FM
- Microfinance institutions will dominate the next 10 years: Nilesh Shah, Envision CapitalOnce MFIs get converted into banks or small banks, the trajectory and the landscape will change for them completely
- Aadhaar enrolment procedure suffers setback, agencies halt the processAgencies contracted to enrol people into Aadhaar fold have joined hands to protest heavy penalties levied on them by the UIDAI.
- Should Nandan Nilekani's Aadhaar project, for identity proof and welfare delivery, exist at all?“Aadhaar is pro-development & anti-corruption platform,” says Nilekani. “Pity some vested interests with narrow political motives are tryin...
- Hike in cap on subsidised LPG cylinders would increase burden on PSU OMCs: ICRAThe rating major ICRA said, the measures by the GoI are populist and a Credit Negative for PSU OMCs and upstream companies.
- Ahead of cabinet meet, parliamentary panel had scrapped Aadhaar-based DBT regime for LPGA parliamentary panel led by a Congress MP had put the government in the dock for the inconveniences the scheme was causing to the poor.
- Raising subsidised LPG cylinders to 12 a populist move: IcraThe government decision to raise the number of subsidised LPG cylinders to 12 per household a year from a quota of 9 is a populist move tha...
- Co-operatives oppose plan to turn PACS into banking correspondentsA plan to rehabilitate Primary Agricultural Cooperative Societies (PACS) by making them banking correspondents has run into flak.
- SC's interim ruling may boost UPA's welfare plans minus AadhaarIf Aadhaar is to become mandatory, UPA will have to either get an Ordinance or UIDAI Bill passed. However, Standing Committee criticised th...
- 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.
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