Development of Direct Benefit Transfer Portal for DARE Schemes

Abstract

Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) is an initiative of Government of India (GoI) for transfer of benefits in all government schemes directly to the beneficiaries. In the Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE)-Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), a total of twenty (20) schemes are covered under DBT wherein the beneficiaries are farmers, students and faculty member and the benefits type are both as cash and in kind. In this project, a web based Management Information System (MIS) (https://dbtdare.icar.gov.in) to manage the DBT records of beneficiary in different schemes of DARE-ICAR has been developed and hosted in the ICAR Data Centre at Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (IASRI), New Delhi. This application is developed using .NET framework and uses web service for data exchange with national level DBT Bharat portal (https://dbtbharat.gov.in). DBT DARE Management Information System has been developed and integrated with the DBT Bharat Portal through web service. All the 20 DBT applicable schemes of DARE-ICAR identified have been on-boarded on DBT Bharat Portal and are required to upload MPR through DBT DARE MIS. A number of reports formats have been developed in the MIS both for the individual organizations and the scheme managers for monitoring of the information in the system. This system will considerably save time, energy and money through transaction costs reduction and acquire the information in a cost effective manner. Education Division, ICAR is effectively managing and monitoring the DBT Schemes of DARE-ICAR using this MIS.