<h1>India Boosts Fiscal Management with General Financial Rules 2017 and Direct Benefit Transfer for Social Schemes.</h1> The Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, India, has implemented several initiatives over the past three years to enhance fiscal management. Key measures include the release of the General Financial Rules 2017, rationalization of Central Sector and Centrally Sponsored Schemes, and the introduction of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) via the Public Financial Management System, disbursing over Rs. 1 lakh crore in social schemes. The distinction between plan and non-plan expenditure was removed, and a consolidated Outcome Budget was presented. Special assistance to states and disaster relief funds were allocated, while the 7th Central Pay Commission's recommendations were implemented, benefiting millions of government employees and pensioners.