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July 25, 2025 4:34 PM

Centre to roll out employment incentive scheme from Aug 1, targets 3.5 crore jobs in two years

The Government’s Employment Linked Incentive Scheme, recently approved by the Union Cabinet, will come into effect from August 1. With a significant outlay of ₹99,446 crore, PM Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana (PM-VBRY) is expected to generate over 3.5 crore jobs across sectors in the next two years. Out of these, 1.92 crore beneficiaries are projected to be first-time entrants into the formal workforce. The scheme will be applicable to all eligible jobs created between August 1, 2025, and July ...

June 5, 2025 12:31 PM

DBT, Jan Dhan schemes revolutionised welfare delivery in India: FM Sitharaman

Several groundbreaking financial inclusion schemes by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government have revolutionised welfare delivery in India in the last 11 years, by plugging leakages and ensuring transparency, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday. Over the past decade, the NDA government has taken pathbreaking steps to uplift several people from the clutches of poverty, focussing on empowerment, infrastructure and inclusion. “Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) has revoluti...

April 22, 2025 11:42 AM

India’s DBT system yields Rs. 3.48 lakh crore in savings, boosts welfare efficiency: report

India’s Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) system has resulted in cumulative savings of Rs. 3.48 lakh crore by plugging leakages in welfare delivery, reveals a new report by the BlueKraft Digital Foundation. The findings, endorsed by the Ministry of Finance, underscore the transformative impact of DBT on public spending efficiency, subsidy rationalisation, and social inclusion. The report evaluates data from 2009 to 2024 and introduces a Welfare Efficiency Index (WEI), a composite metric that trac...