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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | How DBT is causing tremendous inconvenience and why most people are unhappy with it

How DBT is causing tremendous inconvenience and why most people are unhappy with it

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published Published on Feb 25, 2018   modified Modified on Feb 25, 2018
-CounterView.org

A survey, coordinated by well-known academic Jean Drèze and researcher Nazar Khalid, has found an overwhelming popular opposition to the direct bank transfer (DBT) experiment in Jharkhand. Details of the survey:

Glitches in the system have deprived people of nearly half of their food rations in the last four months. When they do get their rations, people spend 12 hours collecting them, on average. Most people are opposed to the new system.

In early October 2017, the Government of Jharkhand began an experiment with “direct benefit transfer” (DBT) under the public distribution system in Nagri Block of Ranchi District. Under the DBT system, people have to collect their food subsidy in cash from the bank before using it to buy rice from the ration shop at Rs 32 per kg. Earlier, they were able to buy rice from the ration shop at Re 1 per kg.

Earlier enquiries reveal that the DBT system is causing tremendous inconvenience and that most people are unhappy with it. Regular agitations against DBT have taken place at the Block and District headquarters. At the end of January 2018, student volunteers conducted a survey in 13 randomly-selected villages of Nagri Block. Some of the main findings are as follows:

* Sample households have 3.4 bank accounts on average. But few were told which account would be used for DBT transfers. Many had to run around for days to find out.

* A large majority (70%) of respondents have no way to find out whether their DBT money has come other than going to the bank. The bank is 4.5 km away on average.

* Aside from visiting the bank to check their balance, many people have to go to the local Pragya Kendra (business correspondent) to collect the cash, before going to the ration shop. The Pragya Kendra is 4.3 km away on average.

* Out of 4 instalments of DBT money due to them since October 2017, the respondents have received only 2.1 instalments on average.

* Out of 4 monthly rice rations due to them since October 2017, the respondents have been able to collect only 2.5 on average.

* The last time they collected their PDS rice, respondents spent an average of 12 hours going to and queuing at the bank, Pragya Kendra and ration shop. About 28% spent more than 15 hours (equivalent to two work days) collecting their rice.

* An overwhelming majority (97%) of respondents want the DBT system to be withdrawn in favour of the old system – rice at Re 1/kg at the ration shop.

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CounterView.org, 24 February, 2018, https://counterview.org/2018/02/24/how-dbt-is-causing-tremendous-inconvenience-and-why-most-people-are-unhappy-with-it/


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