Pahal

Budget 2016: Finance ministry tweets out 'promises met' from last edition

On Budget 2015 announcement of farm credit of Rs 8.5 lakh crore in 2015-16, it said monitoring of agriculture credit is being done on quarterly basis.

DBT scheme saves Rs 14,672 cr on LPG subsidy in a year: Govt clarifies

The subsidy outgo is a result of multiplicity of factors like prevailing crude price and exchange rate as well as tax structure in various States

Thanks to Digital India, getting a new LPG connection will be just a click away

The consumer can also order the stove of his choice online.

Subsidised LPG sales under DBT down by 25%, says Arvind Subramanian

Under Pahal, earlier known as DBT, LPG cylinders are sold at market rates and consumers get the subsidy directly in their bank accounts. This is done either through an Aadhaar or a bank account linkage.

Chidambaram takes on Centre for not scrapping retro tax

Reviewing the performance of the Modi government, he said farmers and unemployed would give a "very low" rating.

Cash transfer under Central schemes directly to start by April

The architecture and framework for direct cash transfers was put in place for rolling out direct cash transfers across the country.