Gandhinagar, June 28: Union Home Minister Amit Shah stated on Sunday that the reforms initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government have effectively eliminated leakages in welfare schemes through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). He emphasized that every rupee provided by the central government now reaches the beneficiaries directly.
During the launch of the ‘PM Family Care Tracker’ pilot project in Gandhinagar, Shah recalled a time when the Prime Minister believed that sending one rupee from Delhi resulted in only 15 paise reaching the poor, with 85 paise disappearing along the way.
He noted that the introduction of DBT has completely transformed the delivery of government assistance. “Today, as the Union Home Minister and a Member of Parliament, I can confidently say that when PM Modi sends one rupee, the entire amount is transferred directly to the bank account of the poor,” Shah stated.
According to him, the DBT architecture has initiated a new era of welfare for the poor by transferring benefits directly into bank accounts without any intermediaries. Shah shared his personal experiences of witnessing extreme poverty in eastern Uttar Pradesh before the government change.
He remarked, “It is not that there is no poverty in Gujarat, but when I visited the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh, I truly understood the real meaning of severe poverty.” Shah described the dire conditions faced by many families, lacking homes, electricity, toilets, piped water, and healthcare facilities.
He explained, “People did not have homes. Without homes, there was no electricity. Countless households lacked toilets. Even where there were huts, there was no water supply. Many poor families could not afford medical treatment, and when children fell ill, mothers often had no option but to pray.”
Shah asserted that the current welfare system ensures that benefits reach the intended recipients without any leakages. The PM Family Care Tracker, launched on Sunday, is a digital platform designed to enhance the monitoring and delivery of health, nutrition, education, and social welfare schemes for mothers and children by integrating multiple welfare databases.
Leave a Comment