Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal on Thursday said the state government has "no choice" but to implement the Centre's mandated instruction on direct bank transfer of MSP to farmers from the current season.
More than 42 crore beneficiaries have been extended cash support through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) totalling Rs 65,454 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) till June 19, the Finance Ministry said on Saturday.
The Centre on Wednesday launched three new technology initiatives to transfer over Rs 70,000-crore fertiliser subsidy directly to farmers' bank accounts.
Subsidies totaling over Rs. 190 crore had flown into the 'unsolicited' accounts opened by Airtel Payments Bank.
The Direct Benefits Transfer scheme under which subsidies are credited into the account of the beneficiary has identified a whopping 12.73 million duplicate connections that included fake consumers or illegally held multiple accounts across the
New Delhi: Pre-matric scholarships to minority community students should also be paid through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to ensure disbursal without delay and transparency, Centre has told the states. The post-matric and the merit-cum-means scholarships
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the local Jammu and Kashmir Bank for direct benefit transfer (DBT) into the accounts of beneficiaries of central and state government
New Delhi: After the success of the pilot programme in 20 districts, the scheme to pay domestic cooking gas (LPG) consumers cash subsidy will be extended to 289 districts in the country by January 1.Under
New Delhi, June 9: Within a week of its launch, the ambitious direct benefit transfer programme for cooking gas (LPG) has hit a quarter million transactions with Rs 10 crore of subsidy given to consumers
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