Direct benefit transfer scheme to be implemented across India by year end: Finance Minister

15 Mar 2013 Evaluate

Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has said that the direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme is the best way to transfer money directly to poor and will be implemented across the country by end of the year. Chidambaram stressed that the country has potential to implement the scheme successfully and urged the state governments to make contribution for the proper implementation of this scheme.

The primary aim of this Direct Benefit Transfer program is to bring transparency and terminate corruption from distribution of funds sponsored by the government. In DBT, benefit or subsidy will be directly transferred to the citizens living below poverty line and curbing the subsidy to those who don't require it.

The government launched its ambitious DBT programme on January 1 this year. The welfare plan was initially rolled out in 20 districts and covered seven schemes, mostly scholarships, and is likely to have benefited more than 2 lakh people. A total of 43 districts in 16 states have been identifying for the first round of DBT that will cover 26 social welfare schemes.

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