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State/UT: _______________________

DBT Readiness ASSESSMENT OF STATES AND

UNION TERRITORIES
2015–16 and 2016-17:Q1

PRIMARY SURVEY

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF APPLIED ECONOMIC RESEARCH

PARISILA BHAWAN
11 I.P. ESTATE
NEW DELHI – 110 002.

Signature: _______________________

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 Introduction

Sixty-nine years after Independence, poverty remains one of India’s largest and most pressing
problems. In response, both the central and state governments in India operate a vast array of cash
and in-kind transfers to protect its poor. But these social protection schemes often suffer from
substantial leakages and poor targeting, distort market functioning by subsidising prices and thereby
impose significant fiscal stress without commensurate social benefits. India is seeking to port these
subsidies into direct-to-beneficiary transfers, often called Direct Benefit Transfers or DBT.
Implementing DBT should be a means to an end, not only to reduce leakages in the Indian subsidy
system, but also to ensure that the targeted poor and vulnerable in society get timely transfers at low
cost in time and money.

In the Indian context DBT readiness is the ability of states/UTs to pursue government to citizen (G2C)
solutions through the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) viz. electronic
transfer of cash or in-kind benefits from government to citizen. The DBT-Readiness of all Indian
states and Union Territories (UTs) will be assessed both annually and quarterly by National Council
of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) over the next three years starting from 2016 to 2018. The
three annual assessments will be based on the annual surveys, the present one being the first of them.
The quarterly assessment will be based off a combination of primary and secondary data available or
made available by state/UT governments. States/UTs will be ranked relatively using the annual
surveys. The quarterly rankings will be based on an absolute index for the state/UT, which will help
track state/UTs progress against itself over time. In addition to the overall DBT assessment of states
and UTs, this survey undertakes an assessment of economic benefits of key Central Schemes and their
distribution across states. This study estimates economic benefits as the additional uncommitted
income in the hands of government realised after the adoption of DBT platform by avoiding ghost
beneficiaries and duplication errors through the use of Aadhaar unique identification number and
adoption of biometric verification.

The DBT Mission is our Knowledge Partner. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the sponsor of
this study. There are two committees that are monitoring this research work. The Steering Committee
monitors the work on a monthly basis. The Advisory Panel provides overall guidance. Shekhar Shah,
Director General NCAER is the chair of the Advisory Panel. Other members of the Advisory Panel
are Pronab Sen, Country Director, International Growth Centre, Govinda Rao, Emeritus Professor,
National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, Amitabh Kant, CEO NITI Aayog, Sanjay Srivastava,
Secretary, Coordination and Public Grievances Cabinet Secretariat, Arvind Subramanian, Chief
Economic Advisor Ministry of Finance and Nachiket Mor, India Country Director, Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation. The Steering Committee is chaired by Rajesh Chadha, Senior Research Counsellor
and Peeyush Kumar, Joint Secretary, Direct Benefit Transfer Mission. Other members of the Steering
Committee are: Babu Ahmed, Collector and District Magistrate Andhra Pradesh; Pawan Bakhshi,
Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Krishnan Dharmarajan, Executive
Director, Centre for Digital Financial Inclusion; Santosh Mathew, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Rural
Development, Government of India; Rinku Murgai, Lead Economist, World Bank; Manoj Sharma,
Managing Director, MicroSave and; Ragavan Venkatesan, Business Head, Digital Payments &
Alternate Channels IDFC Bank Ltd.

Your kind cooperation is requested in filling this questionnaire. Please do provide supporting
documents wherever possible. We thank you in advance for the time that you are going to spare in
helping us to collect data.

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 Section I: Environment

Market Access

Please give information on financial and Common Service Centres (CSCs) access for your state for the two time periods – 2015-16 and 2016-17:Q1. If information is not
available, please suggest an alternative source for the data.

Financial Market Access

1. Table 1: Access to Banks/Business Correspondents

No. of villages
No. of BCs
No. of with at least No. of
No. of No. of Business using No. of No. of
No. No. of No. of Public villages one Biometric-
Core Correspondents/ biometric villages villages Total
of Bank Sector Bank with bank/BCs/ATM enabled
Year Bank Bank Mitras enabled with with Accounts
banks Branches Branches* Banks within a micro
Branches (BCs) micro- Banks ATMs
Mitras distance of less ATMs
ATMs
than 5 km
R U R U R U R U R U R U R U R U
2015-16
2016-
17:Q1
Note: R stands for rural and U for urban areas.
*Public Sector Banks include all nationalised commercial banks, cooperative banks, regional rural banks etc.

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 2. Table 2: Access to Post Offices

No. of Post
Offices and
No. of Post No. of Post Offices No. of Post Offices
No. of Post Offices Sub-Post
Offices and and Sub-Post Offices and Sub-Post offices No. of villages
and Sub-Post Offices Offices using
Sub-Post having their database computerised with having post
State/District Name Year having a computer Biometric
Offices digitised internet facilities office and sub-
enabled
post office
micro-ATMs
R U R U R U R U R U

2015-16
State Name:
2016-
17:Q1

3. Table 3. Availability of Common Service Centres (CSCs) (State owned + Private)

No. of operational
Number of No. of Operational What is the mode of access for internet for operational Rural No. of operational CSCs with
CSCs that are
Year CSCs CSCs CSCs? Please give number of CSCs Biometric-enabled micro-ATMs
also BCs
R U R U Wired Wifi Others, please specify R U R U
2015-
`
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2016-
17:Q1

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Political and Regulatory Environment

4. Do you have a DBT cell in the state?

a. If ‘Yes’,
i.
When did you set it up?
ii.
Do you have representation from key departments? If ‘Yes’, please list those departments.
iii.
Do you have dedicated support staff for the day-to-day operations of the State DBT Cell (Yes/No)? If
‘Yes’, how many?
b. If ‘No’, are you planning to set it up (Yes/No)? If ‘Yes’, please state the intended date of
implementation.

5. Do you have DBT cells in key state departments?

a. If ‘Yes’, please list those departments.
b. If ‘No’, do you plan to set up DBT cells in departments? If ‘Yes’, what is the planned date?

Question No. Questions Response

Which department does the state DBT cell reside or is currently
6.
responsible for all DBT initiatives in the state?
How frequently does the department/agency meet with the Chief
7.
Minister/Chief Secretary? (Quarterly/Monthly/Bi-Annually)
When was the last time the department/agency met with the Chief
8.
Minister/Chief Secretary?

9. Does the Nodal Department for enrolling individuals for UID/Aadhar have representation in DBT Cell or
coordinating with the department responsible for DBT initiatives in the state (Yes/No)?

10. Has the state government passed an order mandating DBT adoption across all schemes? If ‘Yes’, please
attach the order.

11. Does the state have a DBT Action plan?

If no, do you plan to

If ‘Yes’, please provide the year and If ‘Yes’, please
develop one and if
Response: Yes or No quarter the DBT Action Plan was provide the
yes, please provide
adopted. document.
the year and quarter

12. State Government Expenditure

Question 2016-17
Questions 2015-16 2016-17:Q1
No.
State Government Expenditure on N.A.
a.
implementation of DBT
State Government Expenditure on
b. N.A. N.A.
implementation of DBT (Budget Outlay)

13. Right to Services Act

a. Have you adopted the Right to Services Act (Yes/No)? ____________________
b. If DBT has been adopted as a mode of delivery for G2C transfers, have you modified the Act to
incorporate DBT timelines? ____

14. Have you mandated the use of Public Financial Management System (PFMS) for all DBT transactions or
disbursements (Yes/No)?

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15. Scheme-wise Transaction Details for DBT In-Kind Schemes

Aadhar Act

16. Have you adopted the Aadhar Act 2016 which is applicable to all states?
Response (Yes/No) If ‘Yes’, please provide the date the Aadhar Act 2016 was adopted.

17. Do you have state-level notification to supplement the Aadhar Act 2016
If ‘Yes’, please
Response (Yes/No) If ‘Yes’, please provide the date the state-level law was enacted? provide the
document

18. Have you enacted an Act at the state level similar to Aadhar Act 2016, which applies to state schemes? If
‘Yes’, please share details.

Permanent Aadhaar Enrolment/Seeding Centres

19. Where is Aadhar seeding done?

a. Panchayat/Municipal Offices
b. Block Office
c. Camps: If ‘Yes’, please report the number of camps held in the following periods.
i. 2015-16: ___________________; ii. 2016-17:Q1:___________________
d. Online Requests
e. Others, please specify ________

20. Provide number of Aadhar seeding centres___________

Technology

21. Are SWAN, SDC, SSDG and SRDH functional?

SWAN: State Wide Area Network; SDC: State Data Centre; SSDG: State Service Delivery Gateway and;
SRDH: State Resident Data Hub

For going forward, SRDH refers to integrated database of all state residents when linked to Aadhar/UID.

If ‘Yes’, please provide the

Sl. no. Question Response (Yes/No)
year it became functional

a. Is SWAN functional?
b. Is SDC functional?
c. Is SSDG functional?
d. Is SRDH functional?

22. Where is your State Data Centre (SDC) located – cloud or others? Please specify if it is “others”.

23. Are all districts servers connected to the State Wide Area Network (SWAN)? Yes/No:

24. Is SWAN connected horizontally (i.e. across various departments) and vertically (i.e. till district and block
level)?
a. How many departments are connected?
i. 2015-16: ___________________; ii. 2016-17:Q1:___________________
b. How many districts are connected? 2015-16 and 2016-17:Q1
i. 2015-16: ___________________; ii. 2016-17:Q1:___________________
c. How many blocks are connected? 2015-16 and 2016-17:Q1
i. 2015-16: ___________________; ii. 2016-17:Q1:___________________

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25. Are all government databases connected with SRDH (Yes/No)?
Question Question Options Response
No.
28. What is the source for the SRDH i.e. how a. Departmental Databases
was it built up? b. SECC 2011
c. NPR
d. SECC 2011 plus NPR
e. UIDAI
f. Independent Survey by the State
i. If ’Yes’, was the independent
survey supported by an Act
(Yes/No)?
ii. When was the survey carried
out?
g. Others, please specify

29. How is the database stored? a. Excel

b. SQL
c. My SQL
d. Oracle
e. Others, please specify
30. How do you verify the information a. Panchayat/Municipal Officials
collected for the SRDH? b. Resident Welfare Associations in
Urban Areas
c. Social Audits using NGOs
d. Self-Help Groups (SHGs)
e. Others, please specify
31. Do you have an integrated database for all
schemes? If yes, are they updated
simultaneously?
32. How frequently is the database updated?

33. Aadhar Integration with SRDH

SRDH Integration with Aadhar 2015-16 2016-17:Q1
Total Population with Aadhar
Total Population in SRDH
Total Population which has consented
the use of their Aadhaar

34. Nature of SRDH

a. Is the age calculated automatically based on the date of birth of the beneficiary in the SRDH?
b. Are scheme-specific eligibility criteria, requirements and processes implemented using the SRDH
(Yes/No)?
i. If ‘No’, do you plan to use the SRDH to design schemes (Yes/No)? If ‘Yes’, what is the planned
implementation date?
c. If there is no SRDH in the state, how do you target beneficiaries? _______
d. Can the beneficiary access a platform to view all his/her entitlements and eligibilities (Yes/No)?
e. If you have an SRDH, what details are being captured in it? Please tick the relevant answer. It is in two
parts. First contains socio-economic-demographic information. The second table captures the family
details

i. Family Background Information

Category Response: Yes/No
Is a family id created?
Head of the Family
Is the head of the family mandated to be the eldest female above 18 in the household?
Caste
Category: SC/ST/OBC/General/Others
Landholdings (Small/Marginal/Other/Landless)

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Category Response: Yes/No
Type of Land (Irrigated/Non-irrigated/Others)
BPL category
Address
Telephone landline no.
Mobile no.
Email
Head of the Family Bank Account
Bank Details
Housing Category (Independent/Bungalow/Apartment/Homeless/Others)
Type of House (Pukka/Semi-Pukka/Kutcha/Huts)
Length of stay at current address (in years)
Others, if any

ii. Family Details of each Member of the Household

Category Response: Yes/No
Name
Father’s Name
Mother’s Name
Spouse’s Name
Gender
Birth Date or Age
Relationship to the Head of the Household
Marital Status
Educational Background
Occupation
Disability Type
Annual Income as per income categories
Bank Account Number
Bank Account Details
Residential Status within the state and country
Type of Ration Card
Electricity Bill
Gas Bill
Name of the Gas Agency
BPL/APL Card No.
RSBY No.
Water Bill
MGNREGA Job Card No. of Household
Aadhar
National Population Register (NPR) No.
Voter Id Card
PAN Card
Driver License No.
Passport
National Population Register No.
Employment Registration No. (in Employment Exchange)
Government Employee Id No.
Public Provident Fund No.
Others, if any

iii. How many schemes are using SRDH?

Year SRDH (No.)
2015–16
2016–17:Q1

35. Are the e-Services being provided, integrated with Aadhar or Aadhar enabled systems? If ‘Yes’, please
specify how many?

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People

36. Has the government mandated training (Yes/No)? If ‘Yes’, when was it mandated i.e. the date and please
provide training calendars for the same.
Overall/General Training
Categories Others, please
ICT DBT PFMS Database Management
specify
State Government
Officials
District Officials
Block Officials
Panchayat Officials
Citizens
Businesses

37. Do you hire external 38. What skills do you look for,
Categories consultants on a regular basis while hiring the consultants?
for the following (Yes/No)?
ICT
DBT
PFMS
Database Management
Others please specify

Privacy Policy

39. Is a formal policy in place at all tiers of state government to determine access to the government databases?
If ‘Yes’, who can change/alter information?
(b) (c) (d) (e) (f)
(a)
If ‘Yes’, Is there any What is the What If ‘Yes’, does this
Response
please state official who designation of information can policy apply to
(Yes/No)
the policy has the right the official? they change? SRDH?
to change?

40. What are the practices put in place to enforce privacy policy?

41. Who all have the access to database? Please specify details.

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Infrastructure Environment

42. Please give information on infrastructure environment for your state and all the districts in your state as per
the formats given below for the two time periods – 2015-16 and 2016-17:Q1. If information is not
available, please suggest an alternative source for the data.
S.No. Indicator R/U 2015-16 2016-17:Q1
a. Total Area (km2)
b. Total Land that is forested (km2)

c. More than 50% of land is hilly (Yes: 1; No: 0)

d. No. of Districts
e. No. of Blocks
f. No. of Gram Panchayats
g. No. of Villages
h. No. of Villages which have electricity
i. No. of Villages which have electricity for at least 12 hours
j. % of households using electricity as main source of lighting
k. Km optical fiber (Route Km.)
l. No. of blocks with Optical Fibre in the state
m. No. of Mobile Towers in the state R
U
n. No. of Aadhar Enrolment Centres R
U
o. No. of people with mobile phones R
U
p. No. of households with mobile phones R
U
Note: R stands for rural areas and U for urban areas

43. Please give information on health and education infrastructure environment for your state for the two time
periods – 2015-16 and 2016-17:Q1. If information is not available, please suggest an alternative source for
the data. A suggested source is the Statistical Abstract of the State/UT.
S.No. Indicator Sub-categories 2015-16 2016-17:Q1
a. Health Centres including PHCs, CHCs, district hospitals R
etc. U
b. Health Centres including PHCs, CHCs, district hospitals R
etc. having Micro-ATM/PoS Machines U
c. No. of Villages with at least one AWC
d. No. of Villages with at least one health centre/hospital
e. No. of Primary Schools R
U
f. No. of Primary Schools with Micro-ATMs/PoS devices R
U
g. No. of Secondary Schools R
U
h. No. of Secondary Schools with Micro-ATMs/Pos R
Devices U
i. Number of Births
j. No. of under-5 deaths

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S.No. Indicator Sub-categories 2015-16 2016-17:Q1
k. Infant Mortality Rates per 1,000 live birth
l. Maternal Mortality Rates per 1,000 live birth
m. Number of females between the ages of 15-19
n. 20-49
o. Children under age 5 years whose birth was registered
(%)
p. Mothers who had antenatal check-up in the first trimester
(%)
q. Mothers who had at least 4 antenatal care visits (%)
r. Mothers who had full antenatal care (%)
s. Mothers who received postnatal care from a
doctor/nurse/LHV/ANM/midwife/other health personnel
within 2 days of deliver (%)
Note: R stands for rural areas and U for urban areas.

44. Please give demographic information for your state for the two time periods – 2015-16 and 2016-17. All
numbers to be given in units and units need to be specified. If information is not available, please suggest
an alternative source for the data. A suggested source is the Statistical Abstract of the State/UT.
S.No. Indicator 2015-16 2016-17:Q1
a. Total
b. Male
c. Female
d. Rural
e. Urban
f. Scheduled Castes
g. Scheduled Tribes
h. Other Backward Classes
i. Minorities*
j. Population 0-3
between the
k. 3-6
ages of
l. 6-14
m. 15-35
n. Above 60
Note: * Muslims/Sikhs/Christians/Buddhists/Jains and Zoroastrians (Parsis) which are notified minority
communities as per Section 2(c) of National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992.

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Section III: Readiness

Individual Readiness

45. Please give information on individual readiness for your state for the two time periods – 2015-16 and 2016-
17:Q1. If information is not available, please suggest an alternative source for the data. Please give
information in units only.

S.No. Indicator Rural/Urban 2015-16 2016-17:Q1

a. Number of People having Aadhar R
U
b. Number of People having bank account R
U
c. Number of people having Post Office Account R
U
d. Number of People having bank accounts seeded with R
Aadhar U
e. Number of People having post office accounts seeded with R
Aadhar U
f. No. of Households R
U
g. No. of households having family id, if any R
U
h. No. of households having family id linked to Aadhar, if any
Note: R stands for rural areas and U for urban areas.

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Government Readiness

46. Portal
a. Do you have a portal devoted to DBT or to the DBT cell? (Yes/No)? __________________________
b. Is the website bilingual (Yes/No/Not Applicable)? If ‘Yes’, please specify the languages: __________
c. Do you have mobile app associated with this website (Yes/No/Not Applicable)? ___
d. How many schemes are integrated or are linked to the DBT portal?
e. What information does the website contain? Please tick on the relevant answer.
Response: If ‘Yes’, please provide
S.No. Question
Yes or No supporting documents
i. Circular/Order
ii. DBT Schemes Implemented
iii. Links to the DBT Schemes being implemented
iv. Link to UID
v. Link to Banks/Post-office
List of Districts where DBT has been implemented scheme-
vi.
wise with dates of implementation
vii. RTI Contact Details
viii. Names of District Officials implementing DBT
Names and Phone No. of Grievance Redressal Officers at the
ix.
state and district level
x. Does it have an archival policy?
xi. FAQ Section
xii. Monthly Progress Reports
Are they submitted to the Chief
1. Minister and/or Chief Secretary every
month?
Do they contain no. of beneficiaries
2.
scheme-wise?
No. of beneficiaries having Aadhar
3.
scheme-wise
No. of beneficiaries seeded with
4.
Aadhar scheme-wise
If there are DBT
No. of beneficiaries having a bank
5. Monthly Progress
account scheme-wise
Reports
No. of beneficiaries having a bank
6. account seeded with Aadhar scheme-
wise
Total Funds transferred to
7.
beneficiaries scheme-wise
Funds transferred using Aadhar
8.
Payment Bridge scheme wise
Are these DBT Monthly Progress
9.
Reports available district-wise?

BPL Database

45. What is the source for the data on BPL households?

a. SECC 2011
b. Databases from multiple departments
c. Others; please specify _____________

46. Which year does the BPL database correspond to? ______________________________

47. Have you carried out verification of the BPL households (Yes/No)? _________________
a. If ‘Yes’, when was this verification carried out? Please state the year and quarter.
b. If ‘Yes’, how was the verification done?
i. Panchayat/Municipal Officials
ii. Resident Welfare Association in Urban Areas

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iv. Self-help Groups (SHGs)
v. Others, please specify _________
c. If ‘Yes’, please provide us the verification report: __________________
d. If ‘Yes’, for how many districts is the verification complete?
i. 2015-16: ___________________; ii. 2016-17:Q1:___________________

48. Has the BPL database been integrated with the Aadhar database? If ‘Yes’, provide the percentage of BPL
households integrated to Aadhar. __________________

49. Has the BPL database been integrated with the SRDH? If ‘Yes’, please provide the percentage of BPL
households integrated or residing in the SRDH. __________________________________.

Awareness Programs

50. Does the state government run awareness campaigns for DBT/JAM? (Yes/No) _____

S.No. Medium Response: Yes/No How When was the last

If ‘Yes’, please attach frequently are campaign held?
supporting documents the campaigns State Year and
held? Quarter

a. Radio
b. TV
c. Street Plays
d. Village Camps
e. Mela/Fair
f. Social Media
g. SMS
h. Online
i. Folk Media
j. Brochures
k. Newspapers and Magazines

Monitoring

51. Do you have a biometric attendance system at the following level for all government employees? Please
tick the relevant answers. If ‘Yes’, please give attendance rates for the relevant groups for 2015-16 and
2016-17:Q1 (whichever is available).
S.No. Type of Official Response: 2015- 2016-
Yes/No 16 17:Q1
a. State Officials
b. District Officials
c. Block Officials
d. Panchayat Officials
e. Scheme-specific Enablers like ASHA workers, Angadwadi workers
and helpers, Cooks for Mid-Day Meal Scheme, FPS owners etc.
f. School Principals and school staff
g. Others, please specify

Grievance Redressal

52. Do you have a single-window grievance redressal mechanism (GRM) or number for JAM and DBT at
the following levels (Yes/No)?
a. If ‘Yes’, please provide designated official and phone number at the district and state level.
i. Gram Panchayat/Municipal
ii. Block
iii. District
iv. State

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c. Is the GRM mechanism offline or online?
d. Is there any provision to track it (Yes/No)?
i. If ‘Yes’, how many complaints about DBT have been received at the following levels:
S.No. Level Year Number of Phone Number of
Calls Received Complaints
Successfully
Addressed
1. Block 2015-16
2016-17:Q1
2. District 2015-16
2016-17:Q1
3. State 2015-16
2016-17:Q1

53. Other Databases

i. ii. iii. iv.
Is this database Is this
Question Databases Is this Is Aadhar linked to
seeded with linked to
No. digitised? the following
Aadhaar? SRDH
(Yes/No) (Yes/No)?
(Yes/No) (Yes/No)?
a. Births Register Birth Certificate
b. Marriages Register Marriage Certificate
c. Deaths Register Death Certificate
d. Disabled Persons Disability Certificate
e. School Students N.A.
f. College Students N.A.
g. FPS Dealers N.A.
h. ASHA Workers N.A.
i. Anganwadi Workers N.A.
j. Land Records N.A.
k. School Teachers N.A.
l. College Teachers N.A.
Cooks and Helpers for
m. N.A.
Schools
n. Others, please specify

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Section III: Usage

Individual Usage

Please provide data for each financial year.

Sl. 2015-16 2016-17:Q1

Question
no. Rural Urban Rural Urban
Number of people getting all in-
54. kind benefits using biometrically
authenticated means
How many people are using
55. mobile/internet to access banking
accounts?*
How many people are using BCs
56.
to access banking accounts?*

Government Usage

2015-16 2016-17:Q1
Sl. no. Variable
Rural Urban Rural Urban
What is the average number
57. of transactions per month
/CSC in each financial year?
How much funds are
58. distributed to beneficiaries
using DBT in BAPU or cash?
What is the mode of
59.
transferring these funds?
How much funds are being
transferred through PFMS or
60.
similar payment exchange
systems?

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Section IV: Schemes

61. Has the state government adopted DBT to transfer Government-to-Citizen (G2C) benefits for the following schemes?

Questio Scheme i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. ix. x. xi. xii.
n No.
Respons If ‘Yes’, If ‘Yes’, If If ‘Yes’, do you If ‘Yes’, If ‘Yes’, do If ‘No’, If ‘No’, What What Is training given to the concerned
e: Yes or how have please ‘Yes’, have a do you you have a are you can financial percentag officials in the following area?
No you provide in how dedicated have a Citizen running you manageme e-of funds Yes/No
implement- the many division or DBT Charter pilot provide nt system is are being
ed DBT? – exact district official for Action and has it experimen a being used transferre IC DB PFM Database
BAPU/Cas date s has it DBT adoption Plan? been ts in DBT? tentativ for the d through T T S Manageme
h/ when been and (Yes/No modified If ‘Yes’, e date scheme – PFMS? nt
Others DBT imple- implementatio ) after please give when PFMS or
(please, was mented n? (Yes/No) introductio us details. you others?
specify)? adopted ? n of DBT? plan to
? (Yes/No) adopt
DBT
a. PDS
b. Fertilisers
c. MGNREG
A
d. DBTL
e. DBTK
f. ICDS
g. NSAP
h. Scholarshi
ps
i. JSY
j. IGMSY
k. SSA
l. MDM
m. Any others,
Central
Schemes

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62. Scheme-wise Beneficiary Details
Question Scheme i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. ix.
No.
Have you If yes, what Are schemes Do you have a Total Number of Total Number of Total Number of Total Number of Total Number of
digitised the percentage of the specific dedicated server Beneficiaries Beneficiaries Beneficiaries Beneficiaries Beneficiaries
beneficiaries database has databases linked to handle the with Bank Seeded with seeded with seeded with
database? been digitised? to SRDH? beneficiaries’ Account Aadhaar Aadhar and Aadhar, Bank
(Yes/No) database? Bank Account account and
(Yes/No) Mobile Number

Year: 2015- 2016- 2015- 2016- 2015-16 2015- 2016- 2015- 2016- 2015- 2016- 2015- 2016- 2015- 2016-
Quarter 16 17:Q1 16 17:Q1 16 17:Q1 16 17:Q1 16 17:Q1 16 17:Q1 16 17:Q1
a. PDS
b. Fertilisers
c. MGNREGS
d. DBTL
e. DBTK
f. ICDS
g. NSAP
h. Scholarships
i. JSY
j. IGMSY
k. SSA
l. MDM
m. Any others,
Central
Schemes

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63. Scheme-wise Transaction Details for DBT Cash Schemes
Scheme i. ii. iii.
Questio Total funds Funds Transferred (in INR) No. of Transfers
n No. transferred to
all the
beneficiaries
APB AePS Bank/Post Cheque Cash APB AePS Bank/Post Cheque Cash
office office
account account
based based

2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016
-16 - -16 - -16 - -16 - -16 - -16 - -16 - -16 - -16 - -16 - -16 -
17:Q 17:Q 17:Q 17:Q 17:Q 17:Q 17:Q 17:Q 17:Q 17:Q 17:Q
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
a. PDS
b. Fertilisers
c. MGNREG
S
d. DBTL
e. DBTK
f. ICDS
g. NSAP
h. Scholarshi
ps
i. JSY
j. IGMSY
k. SSA
l. MDM
m. Any
others,
Central
Schemes

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Question 63 contd.

iv. v.
Number of people
Scheme getting all in-kind Acknowledgement of receipts
Question No. benefits using
biometrically
authenticated means Printed receipts SMS Job Card Others, please specify
2016- 2016- 2016- 2016- 2016-
2015-16 2015-16 2015-16 2015-16 2015-16
17:Q1 17:Q1 17:Q1 17:Q1 17:Q1
a. PDS
b. Fertilisers
c. MGNREGS
d. DBTL
e. DBTK
f. ICDS
g. NSAP
h. Scholarships
i. JSY
j. IGMSY
k. SSA
l. MDM
Any others, Central
m.
Schemes

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State Schemes

64. Please list state schemes (not including the10 Central schemes and supplementing state schemes) and give the following details about them. Please use accompanying
excel file, if necessary.
S.No State Department Description Target Cash/In- Number of Are Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of
Schemes of Scheme Group kind Beneficiaries beneficiaries Beneficiaries Beneficiaries Beneficiaries Beneficiaries Beneficiaries Beneficiaries
on DBT Mode digitised? If linked with mapped linked with linked with receiving receiving benefits
Platform ‘Yes’, what Aadhar with mobile Aadhar, benefits through
is the Bank/Post number mapped cash/biometrically
percentage Office with authenticated
of accounts Bank/Post- means
beneficiaries office 2015- 2016- 2015- 2016-
digitised? accounts 16 17:Q1 16 17:Q1
and linked
with mobile
number

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Public Distribution System (PDS)

Fair Price shops, Public Distribution Shops and Ration Shops have been used interchangeably in the
questionnaire.

Policy

65. Have you implemented NFSA 2013?

Scheme No of districts, Year: Quarter of Attach Target Eligible
attach a list of Adoption/Implementation Order Beneficiaries
districts
NFSA 2013

66. Do you have state-level food security scheme to supplement the NFSA 2013 and/or TPDS Control Order
2015?
If ‘Yes’, please
If ‘Yes’, please provide the year and quarter the state-level food
Response (Yes/No) provide the
security law was enacted?
document

67. Is there a state/UT Government order to mandate adoption of DBT in PDS?

If ‘No’, do you plan to
If ‘Yes’, when did this
Response If ‘Yes’, what policy have you adopt. If ‘Yes’, please
happen? Please attach
(Yes/No) adopted – BAPU or cash transfers? indicate a quarter and
the order.
year.

68. Is the state running pilot programs in delivering benefits in the PDS through DBT? If ‘Yes’, list the
districts, details on the pilot program and period that they ran/running for.

If you have NOT adopted DBT in PDS and do not plan to in the near future, please only answer the PDS
relevant questions in the rest of the questionnaire and mark NOT APPLICABLE for DBT
questions.

69. Do you have a DBT Action Plan for PDS?

a. If ‘Yes’, when did you adopt it? Please attach the supporting document.
b. If ‘Yes’, please fill the following table.
State the Activity Cost per Activity Timeline per activity
Eg: Setting up of DBT cell

c. If ‘No’, do you plan to develop one and when is the planned date of release?

70. Do you have a DBT cell in your department (Yes/No)?

71. State Government Expenditure

Year State Government Expenditure on State Government Outlay on DBT
implementation of DBT in PDS in PDS
2015-16
2016-17:Q1
2016-17 N.A.

72. Do you have a Citizen Charter for the PDS (Yes/No)?

a. If ‘Yes’, please attach the supporting documents._____________
b. If ‘Yes’, has this been modified after the adoption of DBT in PDS? (Yes/No)

73. Is there a DBT Nodal Officer in the state Food and Civil Supplies Department (Yes/No)?

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 a. If ‘Yes’, do you meet regularly with the DBT Nodal Officer at the State/UT level (Yes/No)? If ‘Yes’, is
it daily, weekly etc.?

Beneficiaries

74. Please list the number of ration cards and number of beneficiaries both in the state in the attached excel file.

Category Definition of Date of Number of Ration Cards Number of Digitisation of

each adoption Beneficiaries Databases/
category that of use in Aadhaar Seeding/
is prevalent the Bank Account
in the state/UT Seeding
state/UT 2014- 2015-16 2016-17:Q1 2014- 2015- 2016-
15 15 16 17:Q1

BPL (If same as before,

please write that)
APL

PHH

AAY

Annapurna

Others, please specify

Total Ration Cards

Total Beneficiaries

75. Have you digitised ration cards database (Yes/No)?

a. If ‘Yes’,
i. Year and quarter of initiation ____________
ii. Year and quarter of completion __________
iii. On-going
b. If ‘Yes’, how many ration cards have been digitised? Please give district wise numbers.
c. If ‘Yes’, how many beneficiaries have been digitised? Please give district wise numbers.
d. If ‘Yes’, have you distributed the digitised ration cards to households (Yes/No)?
i. If ‘Yes’,
1. Year and quarter of initiation ____________
2. Year and quarter of completion __________
3. On-going

76. Have you linked your digitised database with either of the following databases? If ‘Yes’, please tick the
relevant answer and indicate the year and quarter of starting the process and finishing the process.
S.No. Database Year of Year of On-going
Initiation Completion
a. SECC 2011
b. SRDH
c. UIDAI

77. If the state government has said that the PDS data is linked to the SRDH, please give the following
information.
a. Year and quarter of initiation of linking PDS data with SRDH ____________
b. Year and quarter of completion of linking PDS data with SRDH __________
c. On-going

78. Have you seeded ration cards with Aadhar (Yes/No)? If ‘Yes’,
a. Year and quarter of initiation ____________
b. Year and quarter of completion __________
c. On-going

79. Has state undertaken de-duplication on basis of Aadhar?

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 a. If ‘Yes’,
i. Year and quarter of initiation ____________
ii. Year and quarter of completion __________
iii. On-going
iv. If process is complete, how many ghost and duplicate ration cards did you find in your system?

Category Number of Ration Cards Before De- Number of Ration Cards

Duplication and Elimination of After De-Duplication and
Bogus Cards Elimination of Bogus
Cards
APL
PHH
AAY
Total Ration Cards
Total Beneficiaries

b. If no, have you undertaken de-duplication based on other criteria? If ‘Yes’, please state the criteria.

80. Have you verified the beneficiary database after de-duplication? If ‘Yes’, how have you done that? Please
tick the relevant answer.
a. Panchayat/Municipal Officials
b. Resident Welfare Association in Urban Areas
c. Social Audits using NGOs
d. Self-help Groups (SHGs)
e. Others, please specify _________

81. Link with Aadhar

a. How many ration cards have been seeded with Aadhar?
b. In how many districts is the ration card seeding complete?
c. How many beneficiaries have been seeded with Aadhar?
d. In how many districts is the beneficiaries seeding complete?

82. Have the ration cards seeded with Aadhar linked with mobile numbers? If ‘Yes’, what is the number of
Aadhar linked ration cards have also been mapped with mobile numbers?

83. Have the ration cards seeded with Aadhar linked with bank/post office accounts?
a. If ‘Yes’, what is the total number of Aadhar linked ration cards that have also been mapped with bank
or post-office accounts?
b. If ‘Yes’, what is the total number of Aadhar linked beneficiaries that have also been mapped with bank
or post-office accounts?

84. How are ration cards’ information stored in the database?

a. SQL
b. My SQL
c. Oracle
d. Others, please specify

Entitlement

85. PDS Entitlements: What are your entitlements for rice, wheat and sugar if entitlement defined in terms of
kind? If cash entitlement, what is the total entitlement for each type of household as mentioned in the
table? Please list information on entitlements, if there are any differences in entitlements.

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Commodity Type of Entitlements In-kind entitlements Cash
Households per entitlement
Household Pre-NFSA 2015-16 2016-17:Q1 including all
/Individual (Mention goods
Year) 2016-17:Q1
Total Rs
Ri Wh Su Ri Wh Su Ri Wh Su 2016-
2015- 17:Q1
16
What is the BPL
policy/entitlements on
Rice, Wheat and Sugar APL
(kg/Rs)?
PHH

AAY

Annapurna

Others, please
specify

Year: Quarter of
Adoption/Implementation
Attach Order

Note: Ri stands for Rice, Wh stands for Wheat and Su for sugar.

Awareness Program

86. Within the PDS program, what is the allocation of expenditure to DBT awareness programs?
a. 2015-16: ___________________; b. 2016-17:Q1: ________________________

87. Were awareness programs carried out for introducing DBT in PDS?
a. If ‘Yes’, how frequently?
b. When was the last awareness program run for DBT in PDS?
c. Is it run district-wise? If ‘Yes’, please list the districts with latest campaigns run.
i. Did the Chief Minister or Key Minister speak directly to the people before introducing DBT in PDS? If
‘Yes’, please attach the message.

88. What medium are you using to run awareness campaigns in DBT in PDS?
Medium Response: Yes/No How frequently are When was the last
If ‘Yes’, please attach the campaigns campaign held? State
supporting documents held? Year and Quarter
Radio
TV
Street Plays
Village Camps
Mela/Fairs
Social Media
SMS
Online
Folk Media
Brochures
Newspapers and
Magazines

89. Is the state only using direct cash benefits? If ‘Yes’ (fully or partially), how many beneficiaries or ration
card holders are getting their PDS subsidies directly deposited into their accounts?

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State/District Number of Number of When does the How many days How is the
Name ration card ration card implementation does it take for information being
holders are holders are department the subsidy to transmitted to the
getting their getting their release the reach the beneficiaries?
PDS subsidies PDS subsidies PDS subsidy beneficiaries’
directly directly amount to the bank account?
deposited into deposited into household?
their accounts? their accounts
through
Aadhar-enabled
Payments
System
2015- 2016- 2015- 2016- 2015- 2016- a. SMS
16 17:Q1 16 17:Q1 16 17:Q1 b. Voicemail
State Name: c. Letter
d. Others,
please specify

Biometrically-authenticated Physical Uptake

90. How many FCI godowns/depots exist in the state? _________________

91. How many FCI godowns/depots are operational in the state/UT? _________________
a. How many operational godowns/depots have a computer?
b. How many operational godowns/depots have digitised their stock management system?
c. How many operational godowns/depots have electronic weighing machines?
d. How many operational godowns are connected to the internet?

92. How many FPS dealers are in the state? _______

93. How many FCI godowns release stock to FPS dealers using biometric authentication?

94. Do trucks transporting food stocks from FCI godowns/depots to FPS dealers have GPS installed on them
(Yes/No)? _______________________________________________
a. Do both the sender and recipient receive SMS on the movement of trucks on a real time basis
(Yes/No)?
b. Does any other stakeholder receive SMS on the movement of trucks? Please list the stakeholders who
receive SMS on the movement of trucks.

95. If there is NO supply of electricity, internet or does not recognise the thumb print or any other reason, what
is the principle for authentication?
a. For how many persons have the PoS enabled authentication failed? Please report this district-wise in
the excel file:
i. 2015-16: _______________; ii. 2016-17:Q1: ________________

96. Standard Operating Procedures: Are these documented for FCI godowns/depots? If ‘Yes’, is available
online? Can you share the link or the file with us?

FPS Dealers

97. How many FPS dealers act as Aadhar seeding centres?

98. Internet Access of FPS Dealers

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S.No. Year What is the mode of access for internet for operational Total number of FPS
FPS Dealers? dealers with access to
internet
Wired Wi-fi Others, please
specify
1. 2015-16
2016-
17:Q1

99. How many FPS dealers have ben automated?

S.No. Device Number of FPS shops

2015-16 2016-17:Q1
R U R U
a. Computers/tablets with biometric device using finger print devices
b. Computers/tablets with biometric device using Iris-scanning devices
c. Micro-ATMs using finger print
d. Micro-ATMs Iris-scanning machines
e. Electronic Weighing Machines
f. Electronic weighing machines integrated with the Micro-ATMs and
the server
g. Total number of FPS shops

100. If there is no software, how is the stock management at the FPS level monitored by the administration?

101. Is there a training policy? If ‘Yes’, please give the number of FPS dealers trained in operating
computer/tablet/Micro-ATM etc.

2015-16 2016-17:Q1
Type of Training
Rural Urban Rural Urban
ICT Training
Operating Computer/Tablet/Micro-ATM
Electronic Weighing Machines
Supply Chain Management Software
Stock Management
Accounting
Others, please specify

102. Is the training of FPS dealers done in English or in the state language or is it bilingual?

103. Have you mandated the FPS dealers to display price chart at their shops (Yes/No)?

104. Standard Operating Procedures: Are these documented for FPS dealers? If ‘Yes’, is available online? Can
you share the link or the file with us?

105. Can anyone in the household collect ration? If ‘No’, please state the policy of who may collect the ration?

106. Have you adopted portability between PDS shops? If ‘No’, are you planning to adopt it and when (state the
year and quarter).

107. Is Aadhar authentication for getting PDS benefits only done at the FPS shops or other options are available?
a. If other options are available, please list those options based on rural and urban areas.
b. Do they follow the same process as FPS shops for authentication (Yes/No)? If ‘No’, please list the
alternative process.
c. Do you have any exception, if yes what is the procedure?

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FPS-Consumer Interaction

108. Does biometric authentication require physical receipt? If ‘Yes’, how many beneficiaries have received
their physical receipts?

109. Does PoS/computer/tablet has voiceover instructions for authentication?

a. Yes or No or partial?
b. If ‘No’, how many districts have voiceover?
c. If ‘Yes’, is the voiceover in the state language?

110. After authenticating, does the beneficiary see what they are entitled to (Yes/No)?
a. If ‘Yes’, where does the display show – a physical receipt, or Micro-ATM or computer screen?
b. If ‘Yes’, does the beneficiary hear their entitlements? If ‘Yes’, is the announcement in the state
language?

111. Is the physical exchange of commodities done using electronic weighing machines?
a. Is there a display to show the weight (Yes/No)? If ‘Yes’, in how many PDS shops, do we have
working electronic weighing machines?
b. Is a receipt printed out (Yes/No)?
c. Is there a voiceover announcing the commodity and quantity? If ‘Yes’, is it in the state language?

112. If electronic weighing machines do not work either because of no electricity or lack of connectivity, what is
the exception system? ______________

113. How do you ensure if the beneficiary has received the exact amount of his entitlement?

114. If there is any payment, is it done via the following:

a. Cash
b. Mobile
c. Debit Card
d. Cashless- deducted directly from the Aadhar enabled Bank Account of the beneficiary
e. Others, please specify
f. Please report numbers
Transactions by Type 2015-16 2016-17:Q1
Total number of Transactions
Total number of Transactions by
Cash
Mobile
Debit Card
Aadhar enabled Bank Account
Others, please specify

115. Does the beneficiary or the head of the household receive SMS on transactions on receiving the
commodities (Yes/No)?

116. What is the “ideal” or average processing time that is should take as specified by the State Government
from the starting time of reaching the PoS machine for verification to actual delivery of goods? Please
specify the exact minutes. _____________________

117. What is the transaction failure rate for PDS in your state? _________________

118. How do you capture the failure rate for cash transactions? __________________

119. Does the government keep track of the actual average processing time that it takes a beneficiary from the
starting time of reaching the PoS machine for verification to actual delivery of goods?
a. If ‘Yes’, please specify the time in minutes or hours.
b. If ‘Yes’, is it more or less than the manual system that used to exist earlier. What is the
difference?

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120. Number of Ration card holders receiving their benefits – Please report this information district wise in the
excel file that is attached.

a. Total number of Ration Card holders receiving their benefits.

Year BPL APL PHH AAY Annapurna Others, Total
please Beneficiaries
specify
2015-16
2016-
17:Q1

b. What is the total number of ration card holders that are getting their benefits through Aadhar
authentication?
Year BPL APL PHH AAY Annapurna Others, Total
please Beneficiaries
specify
2015-16
2016-
17:Q1

c. Number of ration card holders receiving key commodities.

Year Total number of ration card holders Total number of ration card holders receiving
receiving benefits benefits through Aadhar authentication
Rice Wheat Sugar Kerosene Rice Wheat Sugar Kerosene
2015-
16
2016-
17:Q1

121. Costs and Prices associated with PDS Commodities

Year Commodity MSP/SMP FPS Price Margins Transportation
(Rs per (Rs per kg/litre) to FPS Cost from the
kg/litre) BPL APL PHH AAY Dealer procurement
(Rs per centre to FCI
kg/litre) Godowns/Depots
to FPS (Rs per
kg/litre)
2015- Rice
16
2016-
17:Q1
2015- Wheat
16
2016-
17:Q1
2015- Sugar
16
2016-
17:Q1
2015- Kerosene
16
2016-
17:Q1

122. Grievance Redressal

a. Do you have a help-line number at the following levels?
i. State
ii. District
iii. Block

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 iv. Panchayat
v. Municipal
vi. On-line Forum
b. Do you have dedicated team manning the number?
c. Specific Training - Do they have SOP manual?
i.Is there any escalation matrix?
ii.How many calls have you received?
1. 2015-16: _____________; 2016-17: ____________
c. On receiving complaints, what corrective action is taken?
d. How many such corrective actions have been taken?
i. 2015-16: _______________; ii. 2016-17:Q1: ________________

123. Do you have a Transparency Portal?

a. If ‘Yes’, please share the link with us?

b. What parameters does it show?
c. Does it generate regular reports? If ‘Yes’, please attach reports for the following time periods.
i. 2015-16: _______________; ii. 2016-17:Q1: ________________

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Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)

124. Background Information: Please give the following information:

S. No. Indicators Year

2015-16 2016-17:Q1
a. Total Labour force in rural areas (above 15)
b.1 Total Labour force (Male)
b.2. Total Labour force (Female)
c. Number of people unemployed in the rural areas
(above 15)
d. No. of people engaged in agricultural activities in
rural areas (Principal/Main)
e. No. of people engaged in agricultural activities in
rural areas (Subsidiary/Marginal)
f. No. of people engaged in Non-Farm activities in rural
areas (Principal/Main)
g. No. of people engaged in construction activities in
rural areas (Subsidiary/Marginal)
h. Number of GPs with Computers/Tablets
i. Number of GPs with access to internet
j. No. of GPs with digitised accounting systems
k. Total no. of households applying for job cards
l. No. of households registered for job card
m. No. of individuals registered for job card

Policy

125. Is the MGNREGA Act 2005 universally adopted across all the districts?
Response (Yes/No) If ‘No’, please provide the list of districts where it has not been adopted and
specify your reasons for not adopting.

126.Do you have state-level law to supplement the MGNREGA 2005?

Response (Yes/No) If ‘Yes’, please provide the year when the state-level Act was enacted?

127. Designated officials for MGNREGS at various levels

Officials No. Of Officials
2015-16 2016-17:Q1
Gram Rozgar Sevaks
Programme Officers (PO)
PO Administrator
Block Administrator
District Programme Coordinator
(DPC)
DPC Administrator

128. Please give information on the days of work:

Question Question Rural Males Rural Females
No. 2015-16 2016-17:Q1 2015-16 2016-17:Q1
a. How many days of work are offered
under MGNREGS?
b. How many days of work are offered
under any state-level scheme in
addition to the MGNREGS

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129. Has the State/UT Government mandated adoption of DBT in MGNREGS?
Response If ‘Yes’, when did this If no, do you plan to adopt. If ‘Yes’, please indicate a
(Yes/No) happen? quarter and year.

130.Has DBT been implemented in MGNREGA in all the districts?

Response (Yes/No) If ‘No’, please provide the list of districts where it has not been implemented.

131.Do you have a DBT Action Plan for MGNREGS? If ‘Yes’, when did you adopt it? Please attach the
supporting document. If no, do you plan to develop one and when is the planned date of release?
State the Activity Cost per Activity Timeline per activity
Eg: Setting up of DBT cell

132. State Government Expenditure

Year State Government State Government State Government State Government
Expenditure on Expenditure on Outlay on Outlay on DBT in
MGNREGS DBT in MGNREGS MGNREGS
MGNREGS
2015-16
2016-17:Q1
2016-17 N.A. N.A.

133. Do you have a Citizen Charter for the MGNREGS (Yes/No)?

a. If ‘Yes’, please attach the supporting documents._____________
b. If ‘Yes’, has this been modified after the adoption of DBT in MGNREGS (Yes/No)? If ‘Yes’, please
attach supporting documents.

Training

134.Has the government mandated training (Yes/No)? If ‘Yes’, please provide details about how many
government employees have been trained.
Categories of People MGNREGS Specific Training
Year ICT DBT PFMS Database Others,
Management please
specify
State Employment 2015-16
Guarantee Council 2016-17:Q1
Officials
IT officials at state level 2015-16
2016-17:Q1
District Officials 2015-16
2016-17:Q1
District Programme 2015-16
Coordinator 2016-17:Q1
IT officials at district level 2015-16
2016-17:Q1
Block Officials 2015-16
2016-17:Q1
Programme Policy Officer 2015-16
2016-17:Q1
BDO 2015-16
2016-17:Q1
IT officials at block levels 2015-16
2016-17:Q1
Panchayat Officials 2015-16

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Categories of People MGNREGS Specific Training
Year ICT DBT PFMS Database Others,
Management please
specify
2016-17:Q1
Gram Rozgar Sahayak 2015-16
2016-17:Q1
Panchayat Secretary 2015-16
2016-17:Q1
Mates 2015-16
2016-17:Q1
NREGS worker 2015-16
2016-17:Q1

Execution of work

135.Do you have a mandate to geotag assets created under MGNREGS? If ‘Yes’, please provide the supporting
documents?

136.What are the minimum wage under MGNREGS in your state?

a. 2015-16
b. 2016-17:Q1

137.What is the unemployment allowance in your state?

a.2015-16
b. 2016-17:Q1

138.Which non-government bodies are involved in implementation of MGNREGS?

a. Self-Help Groups
b. NGOs
c. Cooperative societies
d. Others, please specify

Social Audits

139. Do you have an independent social audit team (separate from the implementation team)?
a. If ‘Yes’, who heads the committee?
b. If ‘Yes’, how frequently does it meet?
c. If ‘Yes’, which non-governmental agencies are its members? Kindly list them.

140. How often does the Gram Sabha conduct social audits?
i. Quarterly
ii. Half-Yearly
iii. Annual

141. How long does it take to conduct the social audits and submit the reports to the Centre?

Awareness Program

142.Were awareness programs carried out for introducing DBT in MGNREGS?

a. If yes, how frequently?
b. Is it run district-wise? If ‘Yes’, please list the number of districts with latest campaigns run in the
following periods:
i. 2015-16
ii. 2016-17:Q1
c. Did the Chief Minister or Key Minister speak directly to the people before introducing DBT in
MGNREGS? If ‘Yes’, please attach the message.

143.What is the allocation of expenditure to awareness programs for DBT in MGNREGS?

a. 2015-16

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144. What medium are you using to run awareness campaigns in DBT in MGNREGS?
Medium Response: Yes/No How frequently are When was the last
If yes, please attach supporting the campaigns campaign held? State
documents held? Year and Quarter
Radio
TV
Street Plays
Village Camps
Mela/Fairs
Social Media
SMS
Online
Folk Media
Brochures
Newspapers and
Magazines

Application for Job Cards

145.How does a household apply for a job card?

a. Physically
b. Online
c. Verbally
d. All
e. Others, Please specify

146.If physically or verbally, is the application for job cards digitised (Yes/No)?

147. If ‘Yes’, digitisation is done at what level?

a. Gram Panchayat
b. Block
c. Others, Please specify

148. How long does it take for a job cards to be issued from the point of application? (in days)

149. Information relevant to job cards

S. Year No. of No. No. No. of No. of No. No. of job No. of No. of No. of No. of
N househo of of active job of job card job card househo househo households
o lds job acti worker card card seeded holders lds lds receiving
applying card ve (Individu digitiz seede with demandi getting provided Unemploy
for job issu job al ed d Aadhar ng work dated with ment
card ed card Beneficiri with and Bank receipts work allowance
s es) Aadh account/P against
ar ost Office demand
for work
201
5-16
201
6-
17:
Q1

150.Does the Gram Panchayat maintain the employment register? (Yes/No)

a. If ‘Yes’, is the register digitized?
b. If ‘No’, when do you plan to digitize it?

151. Are muster rolls digitised? If ‘No’, when do you plan to digitise them?

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152. Muster Rolls Details
S. Year No. of No. of muster No. of muster rolls No. of muster rolls seeded
No Worksite rolls digitized with Aadhar
2015-16
2016-
17:Q1

Beneficiaries

153. Have you linked your digitised database with either of the following databases? If ‘Yes’, please tick the
relevant answer and indicate the year and quarter of starting the process and finishing the process.

S.No. Database Year of Year of On-going

Initiation Completion
a. BPL Database
b. SECC 2011
c. State-wide universal database (linked
to Family id) -SRDH
d. Self-Developed from previously
existing data

154. Has state undertaken de-duplication on basis of Aadhar?

a. If ‘Yes’,
i. Year and quarter of initiation ____________
ii. Year and quarter of completion __________
iii. On-going
iv. If process is complete, how many ghost and duplicate beneficiaries did you find in your system?
Category Number of Beneficiaries Before De- Number of Beneficiaries After De-
Duplication and pre- Elimination of Duplication and Post Elimination of
Ghost Beneficiaries Ghost Beneficiaries

Total Beneficiaries
Total Job cards
Average number of days
availed per job card

b. If ‘No’, have you undertaken de-duplication based on criteria, other than Aadhar? If ‘Yes’, please state
the criteria.

155. Do you have a separate dedicated server to handle beneficiaries’ data or are you linked to the state e-
Governance infrastructure (SWAN, SSDG, SDC, SRDH)?
a. If linked to the state e-Governance infrastructure, please choose what specific infrastructure you are
using?
i. SWAN
ii. SSDG
iii. SDC
iv. SRDH
b. Is the beneficiaries’ data linked to the NREGASoft?

156. How are beneficiaries’ information stored in the database?

a. In Excel
b. SQL
c. MySQL
d. Oracle
e. Others; please specify _________________

157. Access Policy: Who has access to add/modify/delete/or check the NREGASoft database? Please give
details at various levels of implementation?
a. State level

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c. Block
d. Gram Panchayat

158.Is this data publicly available? (Yes/No). If ‘Yes’, can you share the link?

159.Can the MGNREGS database be further used by the implementing department of other schemes such as
state specific employment schemes? (Yes/No)
a. If ‘Yes’, is it being used and please list the departments or schemes using them.

Grievance Redressal

160. Is there a policy to issue receipts for petitioners? (Yes/No). If ‘Yes’, what all details do you capture on the
receipt?

161. Are these details (Grievance) uploaded on NREGSsoft?

a. If ‘Yes’, please share the link or attach a supporting document?

162. How do you communicate the disposal of a complaint to the petitioner?

163. Do you have a help-line number at the following levels?

a. State
b. District
c. Block
d. Panchayat
e. Municipal
f. On-line Forum
g. Do you have dedicated team manning the number?

164. Specific Training - Do they have SOP manual?

a. Is there any escalation matrix?
b. How many calls have you received?
i. 2015-16: _____________________________; ii. 2016-17: ____________

165. How quickly do you resolve complaints?

Timeline No. of Complaints
2015-16 2016-17:Q1
Within 15 days
15-30 days
More than 30 days

166. Is the attendance of the workers biometrically identified (Yes/No)?

167. Do you pay wages after biometric authentication (Yes/No)?

168. How quickly are the unemployment benefits provided in case of no availability of work?

169. Number of beneficiaries receiving payments within 15 days of completion of work?

a. 2015-16
b. 2016-17:Q1
170. Do you have a mechanism to address the delays in transfer of payments? (Yes/No). If ‘Yes’, please share
the mechanism.

171. Number of Fund Transfer Orders (FTOs) generated within 15 days of completion of work?
a. 2015-16
b. 2016-17:Q1

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172. Mode of Transfer of Funds (Payments to beneficiaries)
Modes of Payment Number of Payments through each mode
2015-16 2016-17:Q1
AePBS
NEFT
Post Office
Cheque
Cash
Others, please specify
Total Number of Payments

173. If ‘Not’ using AePBS, when do you plan to implement it?

174.Have you adopted e-FMS? If ‘Yes’, is it integrated with other payment bridges?

175.If the state is using biometric authentication for attendance but fails to verify a beneficiary, (due to improper
capture of fingerprint), what alternative mechanism does the state use to verify the beneficiary?

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Background Information

176. Please give information.

S.No. Year No. of Total Home Births assisted by a Children under
Institutional deliveries deliveries doctor/nurse/LHV/ANM/other age 3 year
births conducted health personnel breastfed within
by skilled one hour of
health birth
personnel
1. 2015-
16
2016-
17:Q1
Source: NFHS

Policy Environment

177.Has the scheme been implemented in all the districts of the state (Yes/No)? If ‘No’, please list the districts
in which the scheme has been implemented:
a. 2015-16
b. 2016-17:Q1

178.Do you have a state level scheme to supplement JSY?

Response (Yes/No) If ‘Yes’, please provide the year and quarter the state-level If ‘Yes’, please
Scheme was implemented? provide the
document

179.Has the State/UT Government mandated adoption of DBT in JSY?

Response If ‘Yes’, when did this happen? Please If ‘No’, do you plan to adopt? If ‘Yes’, please
(Yes/No) attach the order. indicate a quarter and year.

180.Is the state running pilot programs in delivering benefits in the JSY through DBT? If ‘Yes’, list the districts,
details on the pilot program and period that they ran for.

If you have NOT adopted DBT in JSY and do not plan to in the near future, please only answer the JSY
relevant questions in the rest of the questionnaire and mark NOT APPLICABLE for DBT
questions.

181.Do you have a DBT action plan for JSY?

a. If ‘Yes’, when did you adopt it? Please attach the supporting document.
b. If ‘Yes’, please fill in the following table. List out all the activities:
State the Activity Cost per Activity Timeline per activity
Eg: Setting up of DBT cell

c. If ‘No’, do you plan to develop one and when is the planned date of release?

182. State Government Expenditure

Year State Government Expenditure on State Government Outlay on DBT
DBT implementation in JSY implementation in JSY
2015-16
2016-17:Q1
2016-17 N.A.

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183.Is there a State Nodal Officer for JSY (Yes/No)?
a. Is there a DBT nodal officer in the Women and Child Development for JSY?
i. If ‘Yes’, please list name and designation. _______________________
ii. If ‘Yes’, does the DBT Nodal Officer meet with the State level DBT Nodal officer on a frequent basis -
weekly, monthly, quarterly etc.?
iii. Are the DBT nodal officers for JSY and JSY Nodal officer different? If ‘Yes’, are they part of the same
Committee in the State Health Mission?

JSY Scheme

184. Who is your target group?

a. Age (e.g. 19 and above)
b. Category
i. BPL
ii. AAY
c. Caste (SCs/STs/OBCs/Minorities)
d. Number of live births by birth order
e. Others, please specify ______________
f. All i.e. Universal

185. Total number of pregnant women and lactating women__________

a. 2015-16 _____________
b. 2016-17:Q1 ___________

186. Total number of live births?

a. 2015-16 _____________
b. 2016-17:Q1 ___________

187. Does the scheme involve conditional cash transfers? (Yes/No). If ‘Yes’, which of the following
conditions are required to be met by the beneficiary?
S. No Conditions Response(Yes/No)
1. Ante Natal Check-up (ANC)
2. Institutional Delivery
3. Post-Natal Care
4. Neo-Natal Care
5. Others, please specify

188. What is the scale of the benefit that the state offers under JSY?
Year Rural Area Urban Area
Total Amount Total Amount
Mother’s ASHA Mother’s ASHA
in Rupees in Rupees
Package Package Package Package
2015-16
2016-17:Q1

187. Details of the Database

Categories Total Number of Number of Number of Number of
Beneficiaries Beneficiaries seeded Beneficiaries seeded Beneficiaries seeded
with Aadhar with Aadhar and with Aadhar, Bank
Bank Account Account and Mobile
Number
Pregnant Women and Lactating women
2015-16
2016-17:Q1
ASHA workers
2015-16
2016-17:Q1

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188.Have you linked your digitised JSY beneficiaries’ database with either of the following databases? If ‘Yes’,
please tick the relevant answer and indicate the year and quarter of starting the process and finishing the
process.
S.No. Database Year of Year of On-going
Initiation Completion
a. SECC 2011
b. State-wide universal database (linked
to Family id)
c. Self-Developed from previously
existing JSY data
d. Birth Database

189.If the state government has said that the JSY database is linked to the SRDH, please give the following
information.
a. Year and quarter of initiation of linking JSY data with SRDH _
b. Year and quarter of completion of linking JSY data with SRDH
c. On-going

190.H as state undertaken de-duplication on basis of Aadhar?

a. If ‘Yes’,
i. Year and quarter of initiation ____________
ii. Year and quarter of completion __________
iii. On-going
iv. If process is complete, how many ghost beneficiaries did you find in your system?
1. Number of beneficiaries before de-duplication
2. Number of beneficiaries after de-duplication
b. If ‘No’, have you undertaken de-duplication based on other criteria? If ‘Yes’, please state the criteria.

191.Have you carried out verification of the JSY households after the de-duplication exercise (Yes/No)? ___
i. If ‘Yes’, when was this verification carried out? Please state the year and quarter. __
ii. If ‘Yes’, how was the verification done?
1.Panchayat/Municipal Officials
2.Resident Welfare Association in Urban Areas
3.Social Audits using NGOs
4.Self-help Groups (SHGs)
5.ASHA Workers, AWWs and AWHs
6.Others, please specify _________

192.Access Policy: Who has access to add/modify/delete/or check the JSY beneficiaries’ database?

193.Training Policy for ASHA Workers and Beneficiaries

S.No. a. b.

Categories Has training being mandated for the following? How many
have been
trained?
ICT DBT Operating Opening Operating Others, 2015- 2016-
Database Micro- up of and please 16 17:Q1
Management ATM Bank/Post playing specify
Office videos on
Accounts Mobile
ASHA
Workers
Training of
Beneficiaries

Awareness Program

194.Were awareness programs carried out for introducing DBT in JSY?

a. If ‘Yes’, how frequently?

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 b. If ‘Yes’, did the Chief Minister or Key Minister speak directly to the people before introducing DBT in
JSY? If ‘Yes’, please attach the message.
c. If ‘Yes’, what medium are you using to run awareness campaigns in DBT in JSY?
Medium Response: Yes/No How frequently are When was the last
If ‘Yes’, please attach the campaigns campaign held? State
supporting documents held? Year
Radio
TV
Street Plays
Village Camps
Fairs/Mela
Social Media
SMS
Online
Folk Media
Brochures
Newspapers and
Magazines

195.Are special awareness drives carried out for ASHA workers for JSY and DBT in JSY? If ‘Yes’, please
support with documents.

196. Are ASHA Workers’ details available or made available (for e.g. name, mobile number) to the general
public for ease of making contact with them? If ‘Yes’, where is the list available?
a.Panchayat/Municipal Websites (Please provide a link)
b. Pamphlets
c. Panchayat Offices
d. Municipal Offices
e. Enquiry No.
f. Others, please specify _________________________________________

197. Are JSY/MCH cards digitised (Yes/No)? If ‘yes’, how many cards are digitised?

198. Is authentication of beneficiary carried out at the time of registration in the JSY database and/or during
follow-up check-ups?
a. If ‘Yes’, is there biometric authentication using a Micro-ATM device available in the Anganwadi
Centre/PHC used to authenticate the beneficiary?
b. What is the exception handling principle if biometric authentication is not used to authenticate the
beneficiary?

Number of Beneficiaries
Category
2015-16 2016-17:Q1
Number of Beneficiaries having biometric authentication at the time of
registration
Number of Beneficiaries failing biometric authentication at the time of
registration
Number of Beneficiaries authenticating through alternative methods, please
specify

199. How are you tracking institutional delivery?

a. Bio-metric authentication using Aadhar
b. JSY card
c. Via Bills
d. Certificate issued by hospital
e. Certified by ASHA worker;
f. Others, please specify.

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200. Is the attendance of the ASHA worker during delivery checked by bio-metric authentication using
Aadhar? If no, how is the presence of ASHA worker verified?

201. Is the tracking system linked to the JSY database (Yes/No)?

202. When is the beneficiary deleted from the JSY?

a. After the program period for the scheme is over.
b. After the woman reaches 49 years
c. Others, please specify_____________________________________

203. Mode of Payment

Mode of Number of ASHA Workers Receiving Payment Number of Beneficiaries Receiving Payment
Payment 2015-16 2016-17:Q1 2015-16 2016-17:Q1
NEFT
RTGS
AePBS
Cash
Cheque

204.What is the mandated time of State Government filing the request for payment to the Central Government
to the former receiving the money in its bank account in this scheme? Please give number of days.

205.On average, how long does it take for benefits to reach the bank accounts of the beneficiary from the time
of delivery:
With/Without Aadhar Type of Beneficiary Time Taken (Number of Days)
2015-16 2016-17:Q1
With Aadhar JSY Beneficiary
ASHA Worker
Without Aadhar JSY Beneficiary
ASHA Worker

206.Grievance redressal
a. Do you have a help-line number at the following levels?
i. State
ii. District
iii. Block
iv. Panchayat
v. Municipal
vi. On-line Forum
b. Do you have dedicated team manning the number?
c. Specific Training - Do they have SOP manual?
d. Is there any escalation matrix?
e. How many calls have you received?
i. 2015-16 ___________________; ii. 2016-17:Q1_________
f. On receiving complaints through either of the above mechanisms, what corrective action is taken?
i. How many such corrective actions have been taken?
1. 2015-16____________; 2. 2016-17:Q1_____________
g. How quickly do you resolve complaints?
Timeline No. of Complaints
2015-16 2016-17:Q1
Within 15 days
15-30 days
More than 30 days

207. Privacy Policy: Please state the privacy policy for the JSY database and attach supporting documents.

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PAHAL
Cost Benefit Analysis (data to be fetched from Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas)

208.Please report information regarding LPG connections for all states and UTs.
State/UT Number of When was Number of % of LPG Total number Total number
LPG DBTL LPG connections of LPG of LPG
connections introduced connections seeded with cylinders cylinders
before in the state immediately Aadhaar in consumed per consumed per
DBTL or UT? after DBTL DBTL annum before annum after
database DBTL DBTL
implementation implementation

209.Provide current market price of subsidised LPG cylinder. ____________

210.Provide subsidy amount per cylinder (for subsidised cylinders).___________

211.As per the guidelines provided, every connection can avail subsidy till 12 LPG cylinders per annum. Please
indicate if otherwise.____________

212.Please provide information regarding total LPG subsidy expense by year.

Year Government Total number of LPG Total number of LPG cylinders
expenditure on LPG connections consumed per annum
subsidy
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17:Q1

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FERTILISER SUBSIDY

213. Background Information about the State/UT’s Agricultural Information (restricted to Krishna in the case of
Andhra Pradesh)
S.No. Question 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-
17:Q1
a. Total area under cultivation (thousand
hectares)
b. Total irrigated area (thousand hectares)
c. Top Ten crops and area under cultivation
(thousand hectares)
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
vi.
vii.
viii.
ix.
X
d. Total fertilisers consumed (tonnes)
i. Total urea consumed (tonnes)
ii. Total DAP consumed (tonnes)
iii. Total MOP consumed (tonnes)
iv. Total NPK Complex fertilisers consumed
(tonnes)

214. Farmer Information

Type of Farmer Definition of each category Total
that is prevalent in the
state/UT 2015-16 2016-17:Q1
Land owning cultivators
Tenant farmers/Share croppers
Others, please specify

215. Please provide information on various infrastructure with regard to supply chain management in the
State/UT.
S.No. Points in the Year Number in the State/UT Number in the State/UT
Fertiliser Supply with Micro ATM/PoS
Chain devices
Rural Urban Rural Urban
1 Fertiliser rake 2015-16
points 2016-17:Q1
2 Fertiliser 2015-16
warehouses 2016-17:Q1
3 Fertiliser dealers 2015-16
2016-17:Q1
4 Fertiliser sale 2015-16
points* 2016-17:Q1
Note: * Fertiliser retailers or any other points where fertilisers are made available to farmers

216.Does the state have a farmer database? If ‘Yes’, please elaborate on how it was created and what all it
contains.

217.Does the state have formal land records aggregated at the state level (Yes/No)?

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218.Digitisation of Land Records: Does the state have any policy towards digitisation of land records (Yes/No)?
Please specify plans ahead and progress so far.

219.Please provide following information regarding farmer database

Year Total Number Number Number of Number of Number of Number of
Number of of Farmers farmers farmers farmers
of Farmers Farmers seeded with seeded with buying buying
Farmers seeded seeded Aadhar and Aadhar and fertilisers fertilisers
with with mapped with mapped with through
Aadhar Aadhar bank/post a bank/post BAPU
and office account office account
mapped and linked and linked
with with mobile with soil
bank/post health card
office information
account
2014-
15
2015-
16
2016-
17:Q1

220. What is the current state policy towards selection of beneficiaries for fertiliser subsidies?
a. Is fertiliser subsidy given only to the land owning cultivators (Yes/No)?
b. Is it mandatory to have Aadhar number to avail fertiliser subsidy (Yes/No)?
c. May share croppers and tenant farmers also avail subsidised fertilisers (Yes/No)?
i. If ‘Yes’, do they need to have formal written agreement with land owners to avail the benefits
(Yes/No)?
d. There is no restriction towards any citizen buying fertilisers.
e. If the state does not provide soil health card or it’s not available with a farmer, what are the other
options available to decide fertiliser quota?

221. Is there any quota restriction for farmers/citizens/ beneficiaries to buying fertilisers (Yes/No)? If ‘Yes’,
what are the factors taken into account for fixing the quota?
a. Land holding
b. Cropping pattern
c. Based on Soil Health Card recommendation
d. Irrigation intensity
e. Others, please specify _____________________________________________

222.What is the planned policy of the state/UT government towards adoption of DBT in fertilisers?
a. Planning (P): Is the State/UT planning to initiate/implement DBT in Fertiliser subsidy (Yes/No)? ___
i. If ‘Yes’, please state the year and quarter of planned date of implementation. ___
ii. If ‘Yes’, does the state plan to implement in all districts simultaneously or implement it in some
districts on a pilot basis? Please share the plans with list of districts and planned dates of
implementation.
iii. Do you plan to develop a DBT Action Plan for fertiliser subsidies or have you developed one already?
when do you plan to adopt it?
b. Existing (E): Has the state already implemented DBT in fertiliser subsidy?
i. If ‘Yes’, please state the year and quarter of date of implementation. ___
ii. If ‘Yes’, has the state implemented in all districts simultaneously or is implementing in some districts
on a pilot basis? Please share the one-going implementation with list of districts and dates of
implementation pilots.
iii. Do you plan to develop a DBT Action Plan for fertiliser subsidies or have you developed one already?
If yes, When did you adopt it?

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 223. Fertilisers Sold
Year Total tonnes of fertilisers sold Total tonnes of fertilisers sold through BAPU
Urea DAP MOP Complex Urea DAP MOP Complex
2014-15 NA NA NA NA
2015-16 NA NA NA NA
2016-17:Q1

224.If existing (E), please provide the subsidy per tonne (in INR)
Year Urea DAP MOP Complex
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17:Q1

225. Farmer details

Please provide quantity Before DBT in Fertiliser After DBT in fertiliser
purchased
Total number of farmers
purchasing fertiliser per annum

226. Please elaborate on the Grievance Redressal Plans, if any.

a. If ‘Yes’, is there any escalation matrix (Yes/No)?
b. If ‘Yes’, please provide the following details.
Year How many calls received How many calls resolved
2015-16
2016-17:Q1

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ABBREVIATIONS

AAY Antyodya Anna Yojana

AePBS Aadhar enabled Payment Bridge System
ANM Auxiliary Nursing Midwife
APL Above Poverty Line
ASHA Accredited Social Health Activist
AWC Anganwadi Centre
AWH Anganwadi Helper
AWW Anganwadi Worker

BAPU Biometrically Authenticated Physical Uptake

BC Business Correspondents or Banking Correspondents
BDO Block Development Officer
BPL Below Poverty Line

CHCs Community Health Centres

CSC Common Service Centre
CDPO Child Development Project Officers

DAP Di-ammonium Phosphate

DBT Direct Benefit Transfer
DBTL Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG
DPOs District Programme Officers

FPS Fair Price Shops

G2C Government to Citizen

G2G Government to Government
GPs Gram Panchayats
GPS Geographic Positioning Systems
GRM Grievance Redressal Mechanism

ICDS Integrated Child Development Scheme

IGMSY Indira Gandhi Mahtritva Sahyog Yojana
IGNDPS Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme
IGNOAPS Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme
IGNWPS Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme

JAM JanDhan-Aadhar-Mobile
JSY Janani Suraksha Yojana

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LDO Light Diesel Oil
LHV Lady Health Visitor
LPG Liquefied Petroleum Gas

MGNREGA Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005

MCH Mother Child Health
MDMS Mid-Day Meal Scheme
MOP Muriate of Potash
MSP Minimum Support Price

NFBS National Family Benefit Scheme

NFSA National Food Security Act
NGO Non-Government Organisation
NIC National Informatics Centre
NPK Nitrogen-Phosphorus-Potassium
NPR National Population Register
NSAP National Social Assistance Program (NSAP)

OMC Oil Marketing Companies

OTP One-time Password

PDA Pension Disbursement Authority

PDS Public Distribution System
PFMS Public Financial Management System
PHCs Primary Health Centres
PHH Priority Household
PMUY Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
PPP Public-Private Partnership
PRIs Panchayati Raj Institutions
PSA Pension Sanctioning Authority

RTI Right to Information

RSBY Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana

SDC State Data Centre

SECC 2011 Socio-economic Caste Census 2011
SHGs Self-help Groups
SKO Superior Kerosene Oil
SLBC State-level Bankers; Committee
SMP Statutory Minimum Price
SOP Standard Operating Procedure
SRDH State Resident Data Hub
SSA Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan
SSDG State Service Delivery Gateway
SWAN State Wide Area Network

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T

TPDS Target Public Distribution System

UID Unique Identification Number or Aadhar

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 Definitions

Aadhar Act 2016: The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits And Services)
Act, 2016 is an Act to provide for, as a good governance, efficient, transparent, and targeted delivery of
subsidies, benefits and services, the expenditure for which is incurred from the Consolidated Fund of India, to
individuals residing in India through assigning of unique identity numbers to such individuals and for matters
connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Core Banking: Core Banking Solution (CBS) is networking of bank branches, which allows customers to
manage their accounts, and use various banking facilities from any part of the world.
Source: http://www.esds.co.in/blog/what-exactly-is-core-banking/#sthash.zRgiJ3Z1.dpbs.

e-Service: An e-service must fulfil the following two criteria:

a. Backend: The backend is completely computerised.
b. Frontend
i. Transparent i.e. the process must be visible to the citizens. It is not people dependent and one gets the
same service wherever they go.
ii. Multiple Channels for accessing the service (over the service counters of the department, designated
third party service provider counter as in passport, over CSCs and others).

Cashless PDS An eService completed using Aadhar enabled payment systems (Aeps) to directly credit the FPS
agent and debit the beneficiary bank account for the subsidised commodities

Aadhar Payment Bridge System is used for transfer of cash benefits direct to beneficiaries bank accounts from
such schemes as pension schemes/ scholarship schemes etc.

BAPU biometrically aythenticated physical uptake (for transfer of subsidised items to intended beneficiaries)

Neonatal means ‘new born’.

Peak demand is used to refer to a historically high point in the usage of the server.

Registrar: "Registrar" is any entity authorised or recognised by the Authority for the purpose of enrolling the
individuals for UID numbers. Registrars are typically departments or agencies of the State Government/Union
territory, public sector undertakings and other agencies and organizations who interact with residents, in the
normal course of implementation of some of their programs, activities or operations. Examples of such
Registrars are Rural Development Department (for NREGS) or Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs
Department (for TPDS), insurance companies such as Life Insurance Corporation and Banks.

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