Direct Cash Transfer

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  Uday Kotak Suggests Cash Benefits For Those Had Salaries Under Rs 25,000 And Lost Jobs During COVID-19

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

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  "Logistical Marvel": IMF Lauds India's Direct Cash Transfer Scheme

  India's deployment of a direct cash transfer scheme and other similar social welfare programmes is a "logistical marvel", the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday.

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  Uday Kotak Suggests Cash Benefits For Those Had Salaries Under Rs 25,000 And Lost Jobs During COVID-19

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

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  Bihar’s Poorest Prefer Public Health To Jobs, Roads, Cash Transfers

  As 128 children died of encephalitis in Bihar in 19 days, the state’s poor do not want government to invest in public healthcare.

• Direct transfer of cash sops on LPG in 20 districts from June

  The government will from June 1 roll out direct transfer of cash subsidy on cooking gas (LPG) in 20 districts as it looks to cut its subsidy outgo by up to Rs 10,000 crore annually by eliminating diversions.

• Centre calls meeting of district magistrates to review direct benefits transfer scheme Monday

  Amid concerns over faulty monitoring of the ambitious Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT) subsidy programme, the government has called district magistrates of all the 121 targeted districts here Monday to discuss ways to address hitches that may have been detected.

• Direct cash transfer to curb wastages, leakages: PM

  Centre's ambitious direct cash transfer scheme will help in better targeting of subsidies and reducing delay in delivery of benefits besides curbing wastages and leakages, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here today.

• Jairam Ramesh launches cash transfer scheme; says it's no 'magic wand'

  Describing the direct cash transfer scheme as the "largest experiment" to reform a "broken down delivery system", Union Minister Jairam Ramesh today cautioned that it was no magic wand and more work was needed to make it successful on ground.

• Jairam Ramesh to launch direct cash transfer scheme in Andhra Pradesh district

  Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy will formally launch the ambitious direct cash transfer scheme in East Godavari district on Sunday.

• Cash transfer scheme to roll out in 20 districts from today, says Finance Minister

  The government will today roll out the first phase of its hugely ambitious plans to hand out cash to welfare claimants in what it considers a "game-changer" policy 18 months ahead of elections.

• Officials fan out to ensure smooth rollout of direct cash transfer scheme

  With the aim of ensuring a smooth rollout of the Direct Cash Transfer programme, as many as 40 secretaries have fanned out across the identified districts to assess preparedness for launch of the first phase on January one.

• Aadhar, bank account mandatory for Direct Cash Transfer

  Set to roll out its flagship Direct Cash Transfer programme from January one, the government has made it clear that money will be transferred to beneficiaries only when they provide Aadhar card and bank account number by the cut-off date in respective districts.

• Cash transfer scheme: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to hold ministerial meeting today

  With only a fortnight left for rollout of the ambitious Direct Cash Transfer programme, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hold a meeting with ministers concerned today to review its preparations.

• FM to review preparatory works for cash transfer scheme

  Finance Minister P Chidambaram would visit some districts where the direct cash transfer scheme is to be rolled out from January 1, to get first-hand account of the preparatory works.

• Direct cash transfer of subsidies will be delayed if systems not in place, says P Chidambaram

  Finance Minister P Chidambaram said today that the direct cash transfer of subsidies will miss its January 1 launch in districts where necessary arrangements, such as a digitised list of beneficiaries with the banks, are not in place.