direct benefits transfer

Will your PM Kisan payment be delayed? Govt tightens eligibility checks before next release

PM Kisan 21st installment payment to get delayed? Govt tightens eligibility checks before next release

The Centre has intensified its verification and database clean-up drive to weed out ineligible and duplicate beneficiaries — a move…

October 31, 2025 12:31 IST

Direct benefit transfers, economy, PDS Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin, PMAY-G

Direct benefit transfers fall 4% to Rs 6.6 lakh crore in FY25

India’s Direct Benefit Transfers fell 4% to Rs 6.6 lakh crore in FY25 amid delayed scheme rollouts and lower subsidies.…

April 21, 2025 22:05 IST

Direct benefit transfers 16% lower at ₹5.8 lakh crore in FY25. (Image Source: Freepik)

Direct benefit transfers 16% lower at Rs 5.8 lakh crore in FY25

India’s Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) disbursements decreased by 16% in FY25 to ₹5.8 lakh crore, reflecting reduced leakages and scheme…

March 31, 2025 05:17 IST

Subhadra Yojana: Women beneficiaries to get Rs 10,000 every year | When will you receive next installment?

Subhadra Yojana: Women beneficiaries to get Rs 10,000 every year | When will they receive next installment?

The aim of Subhadra Yojana is to make women self-reliant as well as encourage them to start their own business.…

September 19, 2024 14:04 IST

Direct Benefit Transfer: MSME beneficiary count in 2023-24 drops even as funds transferred up by 70%

The maximum number of DBT beneficiaries in 2023-24 were under the PM Vishwakarma scheme launched in September 2023.

August 21, 2024 14:39 IST

Savings from direct benefit transfers cross Rs 3.5 trillion

To put this in perspective, the DBT-enabled savings during FY15-FY23 are 75% higher than Rs 2 trillion earmarked for Production…

March 23, 2024 00:45 IST

economy, direct benefit transfer. fertilizer subsidy, public distribution system

Direct benefit transfers reach Rs 3.2 trillion so far in FY24; full-year transfers may touch Rs 7 trillion

Given the government’s ongoing drive for saturation of welfare schemes and launch of a few new schemes such as Vishwakarma…

November 11, 2023 01:15 IST

Pilferage stopped through DBT: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Recently, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), too, hailed India’s direct cash transfer and similar social welfare schemes that are backed…

October 29, 2022 02:15 IST

India’s Direct Benefit Transfer get global laurels; IMF calls it ‘logistical marvel’, reveals striking factor

The aim of DBT (Direct Benefit Transfer) is to transfer the benefits and subsidies of various social welfare schemes directly…

October 13, 2022 11:59 IST

Flat growth in DBT in FY22 signals plateauing

Cumulative savings of government on expenditure, thanks to the DBT till FY21-end, was Rs 2.23 trillion

April 13, 2022 09:02 IST

Strategic subsidising: Desperately needing subsidy reforms

The growing per capita subsidy outgo shows that there is a need to target it better, and perhaps move to…

April 6, 2022 03:50 IST

There is a need for an alternative to ensure a broader multipolarity in the standards conversation—this alternative can be provided by India.

Tech standards: India’s chance to lead

India can take several strategic actions to position itself as a leader on digital public goods standards

April 4, 2022 04:00 IST

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