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DIRECT

BENEFIT

TRANSFER:

THE GAME CHANGER

*This years figures are incomplete as only few months have elapsed

ne of the former Prime Ministers of the country had once
Osaid that only 15 paisa out of Re 1 reaches to the poor sent
by the Government but now 100 per cent Government assistance
is reaching to the poor without any cut. DBT has not only shown
the door to middlemen and brokers but has also put a check on
corruption. A total of Rs 8 lakh crore have been deposited in the
bank accounts of the poor since 2014 and at present there are
386 schemes under 52 ministries using DBT facility.

The Government has been able to save Rs 1,77,377 crore till
2019 due to DBT. Three instalments of Rs 500 each have been
transferred to women Jan Dhan account holders during the
Corona period through DBT. JAM (Jan Dhan, Aadhar and Mobile)
has helped a lot to pay through DBT which has reached to Rs
61,942 crore in 2015-16 from Rs 45,294 crore in 2014-15. This has
reached to Rs 1.90 lakh crore in 2017-18 and Rs 3.29 lakh crore in
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