PMO reviews preparedness for Direct Cash Transfer Scheme

December 14, 2012 19:31

Following the directions of the national committee on direct cash transfers chaired by the Prime Minister on November 26, the executive committee held a meeting for follow-up action.

The executive committee, chaired by the principal secretary in the PMO, discussed in detail the core objective of how direct cash transfers of benefits in the identified 34 schemes in the selected 43 districts (excluding, till the end of the election process, 8 districts in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat), will be implemented as per the timelines finalized earlier by the National Committee.

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