{"id":16354,"date":"2016-10-06T08:32:12","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T08:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=16354"},"modified":"2016-10-06T08:32:12","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T08:32:12","slug":"first-state-launch-direct-benefit-transfer-kerosene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/first-state-launch-direct-benefit-transfer-kerosene\/","title":{"rendered":"First state to launch Direct Benefit Transfer in Kerosene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Question: Name the first state to launch Direct Benefit Transfer in Kerosene.<\/strong><br \/>\n(a) Bihar<br \/>\n(b) Jharkhand<br \/>\n(c) Andhra Pradesh<br \/>\n(d) Odisha<br \/>\n<strong>Ans: (b)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 1st October, 2016; Jharkhand has become the first state in the country to implement Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) in Kerosene in four identified districts namely, Chatra, Hazaribagh, Khunti and Jantara.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under the DBTK Scheme, Public Distribution System(PDS) kerosene is being sold at non-subsidised price, and, subsidy, as admissible, is being transferred to consumers directly into their bank accounts.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">This initiative of the governments is aimed at rationalising subsidy, based on the approach to cut subsidy leakages but not subsidy per se.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/pib.nic.in\/newsite\/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=151396\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/pib.nic.in\/newsite\/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=151396<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/news-ani\/jharkhand-becomes-first-state-to-implement-direct-benefit-transfer-in-kerosene-116100400107_1.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/news-ani\/jharkhand-becomes-first-state-to-implement-direct-benefit-transfer-in-kerosene-116100400107_1.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/business\/india-business\/Jharkhand-first-state-to-implement-direct-subsidy-transfer-for-kerosene\/articleshow\/54661209.cms\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/business\/india-business\/Jharkhand-first-state-to-implement-direct-subsidy-transfer-for-kerosene\/articleshow\/54661209.cms<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Name the first state to launch Direct Benefit Transfer in Kerosene. (a) Bihar (b) Jharkhand (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Odisha Ans: (b) Related facts: On 1st October, 2016; Jharkhand has become the first state in the country to implement Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) in Kerosene in four identified districts namely, Chatra, Hazaribagh, Khunti and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1149],"tags":[2369],"class_list":["post-16354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pls","tag-places"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}