Types Of Schemes Covered In Direct Benefit Transfer
Cash Transfer
Under the cash transfer scheme of Direct Benefit Transfer, the Government directly transfers the money to the individual beneficiaries.
The following ways can be used for cash transfer:
- The cash can be directly transferred to the beneficiary's account.
- The State Treasury Account can be used to transfer cash.
- The implementing agency appointed by the Government can make cash transfers.
- The state or central Government can make the cash transfer.
In-Kind benefit transfer
In-kind benefit transfer is a scheme of Direct Benefit Transfer where the Government offers benefits to the beneficiaries in kind either directly or through their implementing agencies.
Here, the Government incurs the expense of procuring a subsidy or benefit. For instance, the Government will buy a particular product, say food grains and offer it for public distribution.
Other transfers
Other than cash and kind transfers, the Direct Benefits Transfer scheme also transfers funds and subsidies to several non -governmental functionaries that help implement government policies until the very end. This includes community workers, NGOs, teachers in aided schools, etc. They are not beneficiaries but are given training, wages, and incentives to serve the beneficiaries.
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