Hardware is hard but software is harder — India has built the hardware. Now the country must focus on the software – the people, their skills, their health and education, the economist tells Moneycontrol
The cumulative DBT transfers for all the years since its inception is a whopping Rs 35,30,011 crore. For the poor and the disenfranchised, the DBT ecosystem has been transformational at various levels and is the fulcrum of welfarism in the modern Bharat
Until March 2022, DBT has resulted in a total savings of Rs 1.35 lakh crore in food subsidies, with 42 million duplicate or non-existent beneficiaries weeded out. DBT removed 41 million fake LPG connections. 10.8 million families who have opted to ‘give up’ LPG subsidies.
Launched in 2013, the DBT scheme replaced the then existing delivery process. Through the use of digital tools, the scheme transfers subsidies directly into the Aadhar-linked bank accounts of the targeted beneficiaries.
It has helped plug leakages and better targeting of genuine and deserving beneficiaries of the government scheme, she said at an event organised by NGO Disha Bharat.