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Chandigarh Gets Digital Currency-Based Food Subsidy Transfer System

Summary by Hindustan Times
nder the system, eligible beneficiaries will receive food subsidies tokens directly into their CBDC wallets rather than via conventional bank account transfers

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Chandigarh Digital Rupee Ration Subsidy: The government has launched a new system for people receiving ration subsidy in Chandigarh. Now, instead of sending the food subsidy to the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) beneficiaries in Chandigarh and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, it will be given in the form of digital rupees (CBDC) in their digital wallets. This means that the subsidy received from the government will reach the beneficiary…

Shivraj Singh Chouhan praises Pralhad Joshi during launch of CBDC based DBT system for PMGKAY: A system of money transfer through digital currency based DBT has been created for the beneficiaries of PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana. This system has been launched in the Union Territory of Chandigarh. Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated it. On this occasion, the Minister praised Pralhad Joshi.

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Dainik Bhaskar broke the news in Bhopal, India on Friday, August 14, 2026.
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