DC Sunil Kumar today reviewed the progress of direct benefit transfer scheme. DDC Ravindra Prasad Singh, AC Ranjan Choudhary, SDO Sadar Rajeev Ranjan, SDO Barhi Baghmare Prasad Krishna, Trainee IAS Harshika Singh and others presented the progress report in different schemes in the district.
DDC said that in MNREGA scheme 7245 persons have got their payments through direct benefit transfer scheme. 25653 persons have got benefits through this scheme in NSAP. In NClP scheme 327 beneficiaries have been paid through DBT. 64 beneficiaries of Janani Suraksha Yojna have been paid through this scheme.
DC Sunil Kumar directed the officers to include more and more MNREGA workers under this scheme. He said that try to identify those workers who have got their unique identity number but they don’t have any bank account. He directed the officers to ensure opening of their bank account as soon as possible so that they can be included under DBT.
DC also directed the bank officials to increase the pace of feeding of Aadhar Numbers with the bank account numbers so that more and more people can be included under the umbrella of direct benefit transfer scheme. After this meeting DC also inquired about the progress of e-citizen service in the district. He was informed that this service has been started in 138 panchayats of the district. DC directed the officials to strat this service in all the 257 panchayats of the district as soon as possible.
E-citizen service has been installed at the Pragya Kendras of the panchayats and DC Sunil Kumar instructed the representatives of UTl to issue passwords to new Pragya Kendras as soon as possible so that the scheme can be implemented in all the blocks of the district. He also directed to start the service in sub-divisional and divisional level Pragya Kendras too.