Government is going to start cash transfer under all Central schemes directly to beneficiaries by April. The finance ministry in a memorandum has said that the electronic transfers must be made to beneficiaries of all schemes where that involve any kind of cash benefits. All ministries have been asked to use DBT for all Central sector as well as Centrally sponsored schemes from April. It said that “Ministry/Department will prepare a digitised list of all beneficiaries for the same. The list will be populated with Aadhaar number by June 30, 2015. E-transfer of funds will start in all schemes not later than April, 2015. The deadline for this task would be April 30, 2015.”
In the case of Central sector schemes, the finance ministry has asked all departments to transfer funds electronically to all individuals and institutions. It has directed that a digitised list of all beneficiaries must be made and seeded with Aadhaar numbers by June 30.
Presently, Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) in 35 schemes and DBTL (PAHAL) have been expanded across the entire country. The move would significantly widen the scope of the two-year old DBT that was launched in from January 2013 but is confined to cash transfers for scholarships and pensions. The finance ministry has further stated that the cash transfer would be made by Public Financial Management Systems of the Controller General of Accounts or NEFT.
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