Bengaluru, March 8 -- Applauding the governance under the BJP-led central government, Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday said that the central government has eliminated corruption and brought transparency to the country.

While attending a meeting with Viksit Bharat Ambassadors, Thakur alleged that before 2014 there were scams but money was also being siphoned off from the government schemes but now if the government send Rs 100 through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT), not even one penny is being siphoned off.

"If you look at pre-2014 there were scams but money was also being siphoned off from the government schemes. Rajiv Gandhi had once said that I give Rs 100, Rs 15 reaches. Today, I can say we send Rs 100 through DBT, not even one ...