Crisil Ratings projects high social welfare spending by top 18 states. It will be 2% of GSDP, reaching Rs 6.4 lakh crore in FY26. This rise...

"Before the election, when I was the CM in my previous government, I was giving you more than 5 kg of rice, but the BJP had reduced free ri...

The PM, speaking at an event in Belagavi, said he always respected Kharge for his devotion to public service, while expressing sadness at h...

A number of beneficiaries, however, had been facing some challenges like knowing if their bank account is linked to Aadhaar without which D...

"For the past two years more than 12,000 crore has been directly transferred to the Aadhaar linked bank accounts of beneficiaries," the sta...

The government also intends to take up the matter with the World Health Organisation (WHO) to step up Covaxin production.

The revenue department, which hands social security pension to lakhs of families, has worked closely with the e-governance department to cr...

A top revenue official, not wanting to be identified, told ET that several tahsildars and village accountants in some districts of north Ka...

The nonprofit organisation that works to improve governance believes that DBT will bring transparency in transferring funds to distressed f...

The study found that there were serious issues with matching fingerprints and connectivity for the use of Aadhaar, an issue that might rela...

The government bears about Rs 70,000 crore annually as fertiliser subsidy to provide cheaper farm nutrient to farmers. “Fertiliser DBT is w...

Under DBT, the subsidies are directly transferred to beneficiaries through their bank accounts.

This follows a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in June on expanding the Aadhaar-(DBT) project after which cabinet secretary...

The government, according to him, gathered the details of the Aadhaar numbers of farmers and the details of their Aadhaar-seeded bank accou...

The plan is to roll out the Sarvam platform for the Union Territories on a test basis by September and expand it to eight states by Novembe...

“I will be there for a few more weeks. I will be stepping down by end of March,” Nilekani told media in the capital.

"In the first seven days, 250,000 households in 18 districts have been disbursed a subsidy of Rs 435 each," an Oil Ministry official said.