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Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched scholarship and fellowship disbursal for agriculture students through the National Scholarship Portal.
More than 6,000 students received Rs 21.35 crore directly through Direct Benefit Transfer at the launch.
Scholarships will now be credited monthly into student bank accounts instead of through the earlier delayed process.
The event was held at ICAR-IARI, Pusa, New Delhi.
The stated aim is faster, transparent and hassle-free disbursal so that students are not disrupted by payment delays.
A single online platform through which students apply for and receive government scholarships across ministries
Key: Acts as a common gateway, replacing separate ministry-wise application processes
Transfer of government benefits straight into a beneficiary's bank account to cut leakages and intermediaries
Key: Rests on the JAM trinity — Jan Dhan accounts, Aadhaar and mobile connectivity
Apex body coordinating agricultural research and education in India; funds and oversees agricultural universities and institutes
India's premier agricultural research institute, historically associated with the Green Revolution's wheat research
DBT transfers of this kind depend on Jan Dhan bank accounts, Aadhaar-based identification and mobile connectivity working together.
IARI Pusa, the launch venue, was central to the wheat research that underpinned the Green Revolution in India.
The minister linked the scheme to practical farm and research training, framing it as preparing students for careers as farmers, scientists and agri-entrepreneurs.
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GS Paper II > Government Policies and Interventions for Development in Various Sectors
General Awareness > Government Schemes and DBT
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Answer: 2 only
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Answer: 3 only
Consider the following statements: 1. The quantity of imported edible oils is more than the domestic production of edible oils in the last five years. 2. The Government does not impose any customs duty on all the imported edible oils as a special case. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: 1 only
Which of the following activities constitute real sector in the economy? 1. Farmers harvesting their crops 2. Textile mills converting raw cotton into fabrics 3. A commercial bank lending money to a trading company 4. A corporate body issuing Rupee Denominated Bonds overseas Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Answer: 1 and 2 only
Which Five-Year Plan was based on the "Harrod-Domar Model"?
Answer: First Five-Year Plan
A mechanism for crediting government benefits directly into beneficiaries' bank accounts, reducing intermediaries and leakage.
The combination of Jan Dhan accounts, Aadhaar and Mobile connectivity that makes large-scale DBT possible.
Department of Agricultural Research and Education, the department under which ICAR functions.