direct benefit transfer

PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi: PM-Kisan world’s largest direct benefit scheme: PM Modi

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asserted that the PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi has emerged as the largest direct benefit transfer scheme in any nation and that the use of technology has ensured that it reaches the intended beneficiaries. On his first visit to his constituency Varanasi after his third consecutive victory in the recent Lok … Read more

Karnataka: CM Siddaramaiah asks banks not to adjust drought relief funds against farm loan dues

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Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday asked banks not to adjust drought relief funds the government has released to individual farmers through a direct benefit transfer (DBT) against the dues of their agriculture loans. The CM, who chaired a meeting of deputy commissioners and zilla panchayat CEOs in the presence of ministers and department secretaries, said … Read more