India, March 20 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
The Government of India has successfully implemented the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) in Fertilizers system to ensure efficient subsidy disbursal and timely availability of fertilizers to farmers across the country. Under the DBT system, 100 per cent subsidy on various fertilizer grades is released directly to fertilizer companies based on actual sales made to farmers through Aadhaar-authenticated Point of Sale (PoS) devices installed at retail outlets. This ensures that fertilizers are made available to farmers at subsidized rates while enabling transparency, real-time monitoring and efficient fund management. Subsidy claims are processed on a First-In-First-Out (FIFO) basi...