The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Assam government will transfer Rs 3600 crore to the bank account of 40 lakh women beneficiaries of the state under its flagship scheme "Orunodoi" on March 10, ahead of the assembly polls in the state.
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday launched key women-centric initiatives at the Sashakt Nari, Samriddh Delhi programme, including the free LPG cylinder scheme for ration card holders and the Delhi Lakhpati Bitiya Yojana.
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel distributed assistance of Rs. 2,000 per acre for the Kharif season through DBT to 35,829 farmers from 33 districts who have newly joined natural farming in the state under the National Mission on Natural Farming.
Union Minister for Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia held a high-level meeting on Tuesday with Jack Chambers, Ireland's Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform, and Digitalisation.
Congress leader and Sivaganga MP Karti Chidambaram on Sunday defended Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin's Rs 5,000 cash transfer to 1.31 crore women under the Kalaignar Women's Rights Scheme. Speaking with ANI, he dismissed the "freebie" label often attached to cash transfers by critics
According to the Chhattisgarh Chief Minister's Office (CMO), a total of Rs. 641.34 crore will be transferred through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) into the bank accounts of 68,39,592 eligible women beneficiaries across the state on January 30.
In a significant boost to women's empowerment, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced on Thursday that the state government has begun providing additional financial aid of up to Rs 2 lakh to eligible women entrepreneurs under the Mukhya Mantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana, aimed at fostering
Emphasising judicial restraint in matters of government policy, the Delhi High Court has upheld the Delhi government's decision to provide school uniform assistance through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), ruling that courts cannot insist on a particular mode of welfare delivery when the la
Ajayan acknowledged the government's efforts in placing women at the centre of policy design through initiatives such as Jan Dhan Yojana, Mudra loans and DBT-linked welfare schemes. However, she stressed that the next big leap must come from gender-disaggregated data, especially in financial
The Government of India launched the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) nationwide on January 1, 2017. Under this scheme, Rs. 5,000/- is provided as a cash incentive for the first child, and ₹6,000/- is provided for the second child (if a girl) through Direct Benefit Transfer (DB
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday transferred the December installment of various pension schemes being run under the Social Welfare Department directly into the bank accounts of beneficiaries through the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) system from the Chief Minister's Camp Offic
A state-level Farmers' Day dedicated to farmers' welfare and economic upliftment was organised in Gauchar (Chamoli). On this occasion, Union Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami transferred an insurance amo