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DBT savings ₹3.48 lakh crore

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: DBT savings ₹3.48 lakh crore (GS2 · Governance, 21 April 2025)
Asked by UPSCPrelims 20261 PYQ

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What happened

  • A BlueKraft assessment estimated DBT savings of ₹3.48 lakh crore [PIB].

Background

  • Subsidy share fell from 16% to 9% of spending [PIB].

Why it matters

  • DBT savings come from cutting leakages and fake beneficiaries.

How to use this in Mains

GS-II Governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance

  1. As per PIB (2025-04-21): A BlueKraft assessment estimated DBT savings of ₹3.48 lakh crore.
  2. DBT savings come from cutting leakages and fake beneficiaries.
Quotable data point

A BlueKraft assessment estimated DBT savings of ₹3.48 lakh crore.

PIB: DBT efficiency, 21 Apr 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: DBT.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

DBT cumulative savings

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

Go deeper

Explainere-Governance in India: Meaning, Models, Digital India, Digital Public Infrastructure and Challenges (UPSC Notes + PYQs)

Official source: PIB: DBT efficiency, 21 Apr 2025

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