Government has saved more than 57 thousand crore rupees with its Direct Benefit Transfer, DBT, scheme under which subsidies are given directly to beneficiaries. <br/><br/>The DBT programme, a major reform initiative to check graft in welfare funds and is aimed at transferring benefits of various central government-run social welfare schemes to the bank accounts of beneficiaries.<br/><br/>According to government data, around 14 thousand crore rupees were saved in providing subsidies directly to beneficiaries under the Public Distribution System. <br/><br/>The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme also saved 11 thousand 741 crore rupees in DBT transfers.