TNN Jun 28, 2013, 12.23AM IST
RANCHI: The much-talked about anti-poverty programme of the Union government has been successful in Ranchi. The district has performed well in transferring subsidies directly to the bank accounts of people living below poverty line under Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).
The district administration on Thursday said a total of Rs 4.34 crore has been transferred to 13,378 beneficiaries, highest among all districts in the country. The district administration has made direct benefit transfers to SC/ST students as pre-matriculation scholarships, to SC/ST/OBC students as post-matriculation scholarships. The other benefits have been made as scholarship to various students and to women under Janani Suraksha Yojana.
The Union government had on January 1, 2013 selected 51 districts in the country to run DBT program on a pilot basis. Ranchi is part of 51 districts where 26 anti-poverty government programs are running. The district administration transfers money directly to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries who live below poverty line and are entitled to the benefits.