Chief Minister Raman Singh on Tuesday inaugurated a day-long workshop on Direct Benefit Transfer (D.B.T.) scheme here.
In his address on the occasion, the Chief Minister said : " Just as one gets benefited after bathing in the Triveni Sangam, similarly, people can be benefited from the Jan-Dhan Yojana, aadhaar card scheme and mobile phone-based schemes of the Central Government."
The amount will be credited in the bank accounts of the beneficiaries as soon as possible. There is a lot of transparency in the process. There will not be even any apprehension of misappropriation of funds, he said.
The Direct Benefit Transfer is the largest of its kind scheme in the entire world which is being operated by the Central Government. The scheme is being enlarged with the inclusion of several State Government and Centre's schemes, he said.
The D.B.T Cell will be constituted in Chhattisgarh on September 30 this year. It will provide a Digital platform to the beneficiaries, he said.
The Chief Minister expressed satisfaction that 90 per cent of the citizens in the State have registered for the Adhaar card.
Efforts are being made to open bank accounts of all Gram Panchayats. lok Seva Kendras are the process of being opened in all the 11,000 Gram Panchayats. The amounts of Balrampur-Ramanujganj district Anganwadis’ centres , Tendu patta collectors’ wages and students scholarships are being transferred successfully with the aid of Direct Benefit Transfer (D.B.T.), he said.
Chief Secretary Vivek Dhand and Information Technology and Electronics Department Principal Secretary Aman Kumar Singh also addressed the gathering.
The Chief Secretary said that all the beneficiaries will uplinked to D.B.T. by March 2017. Necessary instructions had already been issued to all the departments by the Chief Minister's Office, he said.
Principal Secretary, Aman Kumar Singh said that D.B.T. scheme is a huge step in the direction of empowering of citizens. The main aim of the workshop is to prepare a road map for D.B.T. and bring in transparency in the functioning of State Government policies and programmes.
There was a detailed discussion on E-progress in Andhra Pradesh, 'Samagra' in Madhya Pradesh and 'Bamashah' yojana in Rajasthan. Discussion was also held on the inclusion of Rural Development, Food and Civil Supplies, Social Welfare, Education Department and Financial Services in D.B.T. network, he said.
It may be mentioned here that D.B.T. was launched on January 1, 2015 all over the country. Gas subsidy was the first to be uplinked to D.B.T. network. The subsidy amount is directly deposited in to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries, Singh said.