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PMO reviews preparations to implement direct
cash transfers
Friday December 14, 2012 04:49:27 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The Prime
Minister's Office (PMO) Friday asked all ministries to make
preparations "on a war footing" for the launch of the government's
ambitious and game changing Direct Cash Transfer (DCT) scheme Jan
1, 2013.
With just a fortnight left, the directive came after a meeting
chaired by Pulok Chatterji, principal secretary in the PMO, that
reviewed the preparedness so far and discussed in detail how
direct transfers of benefits in the 34 identified schemes in the
43 districts initially selected will be implemented by the fixed
timeline.
The meeting was a follow-up to the meeting of the National
Committee on Direct Cash Transfers chaired by Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh Nov 26.
It asked the ministries to follow a "camp" approach to fast-track
enrolment of beneficiaries under the Aadhaar scheme.
The ministries concerned were also asked to ensure that the
beneficiaries have bank accounts in which Aadhaar numbers will be
mentioned.
"This has to be addressed on a war footing. The best approach may
be a camp approach," the PMO said in a statement.
The Planning Commission will organise a video conference with
district collectors, chief secretaries and finance secretaries of
participating states to assess their preparedness for the
roll-out.
The PMO said that all implementing ministries will immediately
launch publicity, information and instruction campaigns in the 43
districts and in eight districts of Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat
after the results of assembly elections are announed December 20.
It further said standardised formats for the basic data to be
collected for entry of Aadhaar numbers and Bank account details
will be finalised by Department of Financial Services (DoFS).
This will be done in consultation with UIDAI, banks and
implementing ministries and sent to Planning Commission for
circulation to all concerned.
The format will contain the minimum essential data that will be
needed for effecting Aadhaar-enabled direct cash transfers, it
added.
"Department of Expenditure will work out, in consultation with
DoFS, UIDAI, Planning Commission and other implementing
Ministries, the process for fund flows and any changes that need
to be made to current instructions on Utilisation Certificates,
etc. So that all these meet government accounting and reporting
requirements," PMO said.
The PMO said that for centrally sponsored schemes, ministries will
continue to transfer funds through states as at present.
"For Central Sector schemes, the direct cash transfers will be
directly to beneficiary from GoI Ministries," it said.
For schemes where the beneficiary is a minor, there would be a
joint bank account, preferably with the mother. Under it, the
Aadhaar of the child would be used for beneficiary identification
purposes and mother's Aadhaar would be needed for operating the
bank account.
The scheme aims at disbursing money for welfare schemes like those
for pension, scholarships and healthcare to be directly deposited
into bank accounts of beneficiaries in a bid to curb delays and
leakages and is slated to become a pan-India operation by the end
of 2013.
For the moment, food and fertiliser subsidies have been kept out
of its purview.
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