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Answer» The scheme covers LPG subsidies,pension payments and scholarships Indirect transfers of benefitsare more prone to leakage than direct transfers Under DBT, money is directly tranferred into BANK accounts of beneficiaries The scheme is likely to increase the subsidy bill of the government Solution :The Government launched Direct Cash Transfer scheme on 1 January 2013 totransfer cash into bank accounts of beneficiaries across 20 districts in the country. The MONEYIS directlytranferred into bank ACCOUNTSOF beneficiarieshaving Aadhar CARDS. LPG and kerosene subsidies, pension payments , scholarships and employment guarantee scheme paymentsas well asbenefits under othergovernmentwelfare programmes will be made directly to beneficiaries. The money can then be USEDTO buy services from the market.
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