Low on the credibility front, thanks to various scams, the Congress led UPA government has got into a tearing hurry to push Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme and keep its hope alive for a comeback in next general elections.
The government wants to rollout DBT scheme in all the 78 target districts of Phase II from July 1 so that it can have enough lead time before general elections to drum up its success in the rest of the country. Top on its target are 13 key districts of UP, Bihar and Gujarat.
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO), monitoring the DBT scheme almost on a day-to-day basis, has tasked the Office of Registrar General of India (RGI) and the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to go cracking and get the list of all the beneficiaries of various DBT schemes of targeted districts directly from the district authorities and registrars first and leave rest of the work of enrolling others and digitalizing their data etc. for a later date.
District commissioner of a target district told dna that he is witnessing unprecedented scaled up alacrity from Delhi for past 15-20 days and has been asked to provide details of the camps organised, day to day enrolment progress and updated list of beneficiaries in different DBT schemes.
"This is for the first time in my career I have witnessed such hectic activity monitored directly the central government. But the task seems very tough as we have no clue how the Centre would ensure proper seeding of beneficiaries with Aaadhaar number, do de-duplication of enrolled beneficiaries, open their bank accounts and seed it again with Aadhaar and ensure right payment to the right beneficiary in all the 26 DBT schemes. It's a tall order and needs more time and better logistics," said the commissioner.
The idea is that a success of "Aap Ka Paisa App Ke Haath" in these key districts can spread the word across the country and change the fortune of Congress party, a Congress party insider said.
So strong is the conviction of succeeding through DBT that the party has belied words of caution from various stakeholders including banks and some government officials. They have raised objections, including security concerns, regarding bulk seeding of beneficiaries’ accounts with Aadhaar numbers.
"The government does not seem to be in a mood to listen. It is looking at the DBT scheme as a panacea for all the ills it has got. Like MNREGA, the mantra of 2009 success, it is banking upon DBT to succeed in 2014," said sources.
An example government's "tearing hurry" could be seen through Petroleum ministry’s recent announcement of launching of DBT for LPG scheme in 20 districts.
Even though the homework of generating Aadhaar numbers and seeding them with bank accounts of the beneficiaries has not been done, an eager ministry has put the onus on LPG consumers to immediately get an Aadhaar number, open a bank account with it and provide the number to LPG distributors.
Source: DNA
The government wants to rollout DBT scheme in all the 78 target districts of Phase II from July 1 so that it can have enough lead time before general elections to drum up its success in the rest of the country. Top on its target are 13 key districts of UP, Bihar and Gujarat.
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO), monitoring the DBT scheme almost on a day-to-day basis, has tasked the Office of Registrar General of India (RGI) and the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to go cracking and get the list of all the beneficiaries of various DBT schemes of targeted districts directly from the district authorities and registrars first and leave rest of the work of enrolling others and digitalizing their data etc. for a later date.
District commissioner of a target district told dna that he is witnessing unprecedented scaled up alacrity from Delhi for past 15-20 days and has been asked to provide details of the camps organised, day to day enrolment progress and updated list of beneficiaries in different DBT schemes.
"This is for the first time in my career I have witnessed such hectic activity monitored directly the central government. But the task seems very tough as we have no clue how the Centre would ensure proper seeding of beneficiaries with Aaadhaar number, do de-duplication of enrolled beneficiaries, open their bank accounts and seed it again with Aadhaar and ensure right payment to the right beneficiary in all the 26 DBT schemes. It's a tall order and needs more time and better logistics," said the commissioner.
The idea is that a success of "Aap Ka Paisa App Ke Haath" in these key districts can spread the word across the country and change the fortune of Congress party, a Congress party insider said.
So strong is the conviction of succeeding through DBT that the party has belied words of caution from various stakeholders including banks and some government officials. They have raised objections, including security concerns, regarding bulk seeding of beneficiaries’ accounts with Aadhaar numbers.
"The government does not seem to be in a mood to listen. It is looking at the DBT scheme as a panacea for all the ills it has got. Like MNREGA, the mantra of 2009 success, it is banking upon DBT to succeed in 2014," said sources.
An example government's "tearing hurry" could be seen through Petroleum ministry’s recent announcement of launching of DBT for LPG scheme in 20 districts.
Even though the homework of generating Aadhaar numbers and seeding them with bank accounts of the beneficiaries has not been done, an eager ministry has put the onus on LPG consumers to immediately get an Aadhaar number, open a bank account with it and provide the number to LPG distributors.
Source: DNA
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