(a) whether the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) of subsidy of various social schemes of the Government into beneficiaries account has saved a large amount of Government money during the last four years; and
(b) if so, the approximate amount of money the Government has save due to the aadhaar link bank account of the beneficiaries during the said period?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE
(SHRI P. RADHAKRISHNAN)
(a)&(b) : Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) is a Government’s major reform initiative to re-engineer the existing delivery processes, ensuring better and timely delivery of benefits using Information & Communication Technology (ICT). Ministries/ Departments have reported savings in social schemes, due to better targeting of beneficiary , curbing of pilferage by de-duplication and , elimination of ghost beneficiaries etc .
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