Govt saved Rs 36,000 crore through
direct cash transfer
direct cash transfer
New Delhi: The BJP-led NDA government has
saved Rs 36,000 crore by digitising economic activities in one year, Union Law
and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said here on Saturday,
26th November 2016.
The various digitised economic activities included payment of
subsidies and Mahatma Gandhi National
Rural Employment Gurantee wages through direct cash benefit
facilities into the accounts of intended beneficiaries through Aadhaar.
"With e-commerce facilities
being made available to rural folk, the government succeeded in transfering
their wages for many of its social schemes to intended beneficiaries into their
accounts which has amounted to a saving of Rs 36,000 crore in the last 12
months with leakages being plugged," the minister said while speaking at
the 111th annual general meeting of PHD Chamber.
The government, according to Prasad has been driving the digital
drive and e-commerce in such a way that the poor labourers are getting their
benefits beyond imagination.
Talking about the power of Digital India and e-commerce
initiatives by the government, the minister said the government would go all
out to make suitable laws and policy initiatives for cyber security.
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