Yogi govt transferred Rs 56K cr through DBT last year By IANS | Published on Tue, Mar 16 2021 10:12 IST | 8 Views Yogi govt transferred Rs 56K cr through DBT last year. Image Source: IANS News Lucknow, March 16 : The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh had last year transferred Rs 56,000 crore directly into bank accounts of beneficiaries of various schemes being run by the central and state government. A government spokesperson said that due to the direct bank transfers (DBT), the government had saved more than Rs 4,402.05 crore in a single year. The spokesman said: "Many irregularities were committed earlier in transferring funds under the various government schemes. This practice has been stopped now. With the DBT, middlemen have been eliminated from the process and the entire procedure has been made transparent."