India: Savings via DBT cross Rs 58k cr mark: Ravi Shankar Prasad
The Economic Times (28.09.2017) Government has saved Rs 58,000 crore through the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme used in various subsidy programmes, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said today. The electronics and IT minister said the government is utilising digital technology to bring about changes that benefit poor and underprivileged.