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Aadhaar based DBT results in over Rs 83,000 cr disbursals; SC ruling on privacy leaves scope for biometric usage in social schemes: ASSOCHAM

Aug 27, 2017, at 11:15 pm

New Delhi, Aug 27 (IBNS): Amidst the debate on possible fall-outs of the Supreme Court judgement pronouncing privacy as fundamental right, on Aadhaar related government schemes, an ASSOCHAM–Thought Arbitrage Report Card of three years of the Narendra Modi Government has noted that the biometric cards have facilitated as much as Rs 83,184 crore to beneficiaries of the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) schemes, without the notorious leakages of the past.

Govt announces DBT for kerosene subsidy, Ministry calls it a reform

Jan 03, 2016, at 08:37 pm

New Delhi, Jan 3 (IBNS): The Centre has decided to soon roll out Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) for kerosene.