A study commissioned by NITI Aayog on the performance of the ongoing pilot direct benefit transfer in fertilizer programmes shows improvement in success rates of Aadhaar authentication but slippage in real time Aadhaar authenticated transactions.

The central government on Monday extended the deadline for linking of biometric identification Aadhaar to small savings schemes like post office deposits and Kisan Vikas Patra by three months to March 31

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has made it clear that it has not issued instructions regarding mandatory liking of the two.

The extension is, however, only for those who are yet to apply of Aadhaar, an order issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday reduced the policy repo rate by 25 basis points in its third bi-monthly monetary policy review of 2017-18. The current repo rate now stands at 6 per cent.

The government has set yet another deadline but lack of PoS devices and related issues are putting the fertiliser DBT programme on the back foot.

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) met today for the second edition of bi-annual policy meeting to review the interest rates.

The present system, where companies sell subsidised fertilisers and are compensated by the government, will continue. What will change is the use of Aadhaar and technology for tracking transactions at each and every stage for plugging leakages.

The Government ministry has proposed slashing potash subsidies by 17 per cent in the next financial year to reduce the fiscal deficit, officials said, a move that would hit demand in one of the world's largest importers of the fertiliser.

This Budget has relied on strengthening strategies for agricultural progress articulated in the previous year, rather than new initiatives

It is a significant increase as the government has not seen more than 2 per cent rise in its actual spending for subsidies since 2013/14. However, the year 2013/14 saw a decline of 1 per cent in its actual spending compared to the previous year under this head.

Stressing the need for greater transparency in political funding, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said the maximum amount of cash donation by an individual to a political party could be Rs 2,000 -- a sharp drop from the Rs 20,000 amount in cash earlier.