Direct benefit transfers down 5% to Rs 6.6 lakh crore in FY26 Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) spending fell 5% in FY26, reaching ₹6.6 lakh crore. While fertilizer subsidies and rural housing saw… Updated: April 5, 2026 17:35 IST
PM Kisan 22nd instalment date: Govt cleans up list before payment – check your status now PM Kisan 22nd installment is likely to be released in early or mid-March 2026, based on past seven-year trends. However,… March 3, 2026 17:10 IST
DBT reach Rs 5.6 lakh crore so far in FY26 Historically, DBT outflows have been uneven, often spiking in the final weeks of March due to end-of-year subsidy settlements, pending… Updated: February 20, 2026 08:25 IST
PM Kisan 22nd instalment: Next payment date and why this ID is now mandatory for farmers With the PM Kisan 22nd instalment likely in February 2026, farmers need to stay alert as new rules come into… January 10, 2026 12:11 IST
PM Kisan update: 70 lakh beneficiaries dropped from 21st installment list — how to know if your Rs 2,000 is credited In comparison to the 20th instalment, around 70 lakh fewer farmers received the payment this time, leading to savings of… November 20, 2025 12:54 IST
PM Kisan beneficiary list 2025: Your name missing? Here’s what you should do immediately Expectations are high that the Modi government may release 2025’s third installment of PM-KISAN before the first phase of Bihar… November 4, 2025 16:42 IST
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 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 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 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
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
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