1. What were the parameters for the selection of these schemes?
Answer: Schemes were opted out based on the higher occurrence of beneficiaries with valid bank accounts. Comparatively, the majority of the Schemes were for scholarships and benefitsto women and children.
2. What is the primary objective of the DBT ?
Answer: Primary objectives are Accurate Targeting, De-duplication, Mitigation of Fraud, Re-engineering of Schemes for the accessible flow of information and funds, and Larger Accountability.
3. How are the districts selected?
Answer: Forty-three districts were marked based on higher Aadhaar enrolment figures and the presence of banks.
4. What are cash transfers?
Answer: Cash Transfers are methods that transfer cash directly to the people listed in the BPL (Below Poverty Line) Category. Cash Transfer programs that do not force any conditions for executing transfers are called Unconditional Cash Transfers.
Conditional Cash Transfers transfer cash requires the beneficiaries
to make a specified investment. Conditional Cash transfer comprised linking
“conditions” to transfers by and larg.
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