<h1>Direct Benefit Transfer expands subsidy delivery to bank accounts and Aadhaar-seeded payments, with pilot moves for fertilizer.</h1> Central subsidies showed category shifts-rising food and other subsidies, declining petroleum subsidy, stable fertilizer outlays-with total subsidy and fiscal deficit declining as GDP proportions. The Government is shifting delivery toward a Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) model: LPG subsidy is paid into beneficiaries' bank accounts, food cash transfers operate in select territories and biometric fair price shops, and a pilot DBT for fertilizer is proposed, though no nationwide timetable is fixed.