Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said government schemes such as direct benefit transfer (DBT) and power and water connections gave a sense of security to the poor, who were now accelerating the country's growth.

The Himachal Pradesh government's decision to give Rs 600 to each state-run school student of class 1 to 8 through direct benefit transfer for uniforms has triggered a war of words between the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today released the 13th instalment of over Rs 16,000 crore, under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), through direct benefit transfer to more than eight crore beneficiaries.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the Union government has saved Rs 2,00,000 crore by using technology as systems like Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) stopped leakages.

School officials should ensure proper utilisation of funds given to parents through direct benefit transfer (DBT) for purchasing uniforms and books for children, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Monday.

Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AePS) is a bank led model which allows online interoperable financial transactions in accounts

Mr Madhavan was presumably referring to the Direct Benefit Transfer scheme of the government amid the Centre's aggressive push toward a digital economy that's less dependent on cash.

Deposits in Jan Dhan bank accounts, which were opened in mid-2014, have crossed more than Rs 1.5 lakh crore till December 2021

Presently, the uniforms, shoes, school bags are provided to the students through the schools for free. For carrying forward the scheme, the parents of 1.6 crore students will be provided a total amount of about Rs 1,800 crore through direct benefit transfer (DBT).

PM Kisan scheme saw 61,04,877 failed transactions between February 1, 2019 and June 30, 2021. Of these, 34 per cent transactions were reverted back.

The Government plans to set up a National Farmers Database which will provide online single sign-on facilities for them.

Food grains would be provided from July to November 2021 at five rupees per person per month to around 81 crore beneficiaries.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa today launched a Direct Benefit Transfer or DBT mobile application that will help transfer funds directly to beneficiaries of various government welfare schemes.

This is the first time that Punjab farmers have started receiving payments directly into their bank accounts against sale of their wheat crop.

The Department of Higher Education Odisha has extended the deadline to apply for the direct benefit transfer of cash in lieu of laptop till April 30. The shortlisted students can apply online at dhe.odisha.gov.in.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today launched the third phase of the direct benefit transfer (DBT) of Assam government to some eight lakh bank accounts in tea gardens of the state. Each account will be credited with Rs 3,000 each; in the first two instalments Rs 5,000 each was credited.

Under opposition attack over the farm law issue, Union Home Minister Amit Shah retaliated in Bengal today, targetting the Mamata Banerjee government over its refusal of Central funds under the PM-Kisan Scheme. Ms Banerjee's government had refused to implement the scheme of direct cash transfer to farmers.

Ahead of the assembly election in Assam next year, the BJP government today launched its flagship scheme named 'Orunodoi' that would cost Rs 2,800 crore. Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal launched the scheme along with Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The scheme will benefit 20 lakh families, government sources said.

Ahead of the assembly polls in Assam next year, the BJP-led government in the state has come up with a Jan Dhan Yojna-type Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme. Pegged as Assam's biggest DBT scheme till date, the scheme which has been named Orunodoi (the rising sun) will transfer Rs 830 per month to 19.7 lakh families. The beneficiaries of this scheme will be only wom...

He also said that giving a waiver of interest for a six-month moratorium on loan repayment would rupture the financial system

Cash at Home' facility is the latest among the services that the bank has launched to make the banking experience more convenient and accessible for its customers. Recently, it has launched a Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT) facility where it enabled customers to receive the benefits of over 400 government subsidies directly into their PPBL Savings Account," the PPBL sa...

The transfer has been staggered over a period of five days to avoid rush at the bank branches.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday unveiled a Rs 1.7 lakh-crore fiscal stimulus package to help the poor and migrants tackle the financial difficulties arising from the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, and the 21-day nationwide lockdown that began the previous day. Announcing the relief package under PM Gareeb Kalyan Scheme, the finance minister said, "No...

Sources said that taking advantage of low oil prices, the government may give nod to state-run oil marketing companies to increase the price of subsidised LPG cylinder gradually so that entire subsidy paid under direct benefit transfer scheme (DBT) to eligible consumers is eliminated in one year's time.