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DBT seen reducing zero-balance accounts in PM scheme

09 May 2016 Evaluate

Expressing its hope, the government expects that the high incidence of zero balance accounts in the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) will come down substantially, with the help of the government welfare schemes switching to the direct benefit transfer (DBT) regime soon. The issue of zero balance accounts has dogged the government’s ambitious financial inclusion scheme that was launched in August 2014, with critics pointing out that bank accounts are not sufficient if there is no activity associated with them.

With the help of the schemes such as DBT PAHAL or cash transfer for cooking gas kicking off , in the past one year, zero-balance accounts have substantially reduced from a level of 45 per cent in September 2015. Of the 21.68 crore bank accounts opened under the PMJDY scheme, a quarter or 26.39 per cent have zero balance.  Insurance cover under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Suraksha Yojana is also linked to these accounts and will improve the transaction status.

In the year 2015-16, the government had transferred Rs 61, 824.30 crore through DBT in 59 schemes to beneficiary accounts. Under this, transfer towards Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme was Rs 25,861.77 crore, and Rs 21, 421 crore for DBT PAHAL. The government has now decided to include all Central sector schemes as well as third party transactions such as payments to workers under various schemes through the DBT.

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