New Delhi Dec 23 (IANS) The central government expects the savings made through Aadhaar-based Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme which mitigates pilferage of state subsidies to expand.
According to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley the Aadhaar-based DBT has led to "huge savings" till now.
"... Yes this has led to a huge amounts of savings. There are estimations that it is expanding and it will continue to expand " Jaitley said at an event here on Saturday.
The minister was speaking at the book launch of "Aadhaar: A Biometric History of India s 12-digit Revolution" authored by Shankkar Aiyar Visiting Fellow at IDFC Institute.
--IANS
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