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Government and Policy

Maharashtra Govt likely to scrap the Direct Benefits Transfer scheme for tribal students and bring back the contract system: Report

OpIndia Staff - 20 February, 2021

The Maharashtra government had formed a six-member committee to review the benefits of the DBT scheme for tribals students

News Reports

Rahul Gandhi’s fanboy Saket Gokhale thinks bank transfers under DBT cannot happen on a bank holiday. Here is an explainer

OpIndia Staff - 26 December, 2020

The fund transfers under DBT do not take place using RTGS/NEFT systems, and it happens via a direct electronic fund transfer

Government and Policy

2.3 million voluntarily sign up at PM Kisan portal, even as Mamata Banerjee stalls scheme that could benefit Bengal’s farmers by Rs 9,800 cr

OpIndia Staff - 25 December, 2020

2.3 million Bengal farmers have voluntarily signed up to the ambitious central scheme, which has benefited 8.45 crore farmers so far

News Reports

Mamata Banerjee writes to govt to disburse money under Kisan Samman Nidhi scheme to her, a proposal denied before: Here is why

OpIndia Staff - 21 December, 2020

West Bengal remains the only state which has not implemented this scheme that provides an annual support amount of Rs 6,000 to farmers in three equal instalments.

News Reports

One in three farmers in Punjab are absentee landlords, MSPs paid to middleman through DBT: Here is how Punjab farmers play by different rules...

Shashank Bharadwaj - 12 December, 2020

In Punjab, FCI and state agencies procure grains from middleman and deposit MSP through DBT into their account, who in turn pay the farmers

Fact-Check

Will UPI transaction be more expensive in 2021? Here are the facts

OpIndia Staff - 9 December, 2020

In a report, Amar Ujala had claimed that UPI transaction will get expensive from January 1 as the Union government has decided to charge more.

News Reports

The Wire report claims Tripura govt paid less amount to students for mid-day meal scheme, data shows govt paid 50% more

OpIndia Staff - 3 June, 2020

Tripura govt debunks The Wire report saying less amount was paid to students under mid-day meal scheme during lockdown

News Reports

India Post delivers Rs 1,000 crore in cash to account holders, 23 lakh new bank accounts created during the lockdown

OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2020

Nearly Rs 1,051 crore have been delivered by India Post in as many as 59 lakh transactions during the lockdown period

News Reports

Number of poor people in India falls from 27 crore in 2011 to 8.4 crore in 2017: New study reveals

OpIndia Staff - 19 February, 2020

The study claims that as per the Tendulkar poverty line it, poverty in India reduced from 14.9 % in 2011 to 7.0 % in 2017, the fastest decline in poverty the country has ever seen.

News Reports

Aadhar judgement has not gone far enough: NITI Ayog CEO

OpIndia Staff - 29 September, 2018

The apex court should have asked the centre for guidelines instead of scrapping section 57, says Amitabh Kant

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