India, Aug. 14 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
The Government of India launched the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)-based Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) in the Union Territories of Chandigarh and Dadra & Nagar Haveli. The programme was inaugurated by Hon'ble Union Minister of Education, Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, and New & Renewable Energy, Shri Pralhad Joshi, along with Hon'ble Governor of Punjab and Administrator, U.T. Chandigarh, Shri Gulab Chand Kataria, and Hon'ble Union Minister of Rural Development, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
Under the new system, the food subsidy will be transferred directly into the...