Direct benefit transfers worth Rs 1,100 crore disbursed amid Covid-19 outbreak: DoP

NEW DELHI: The Centre has disbursed Direct Benefit Transfers (DBT) payments worth Rs 1,100 crore to beneficiary accounts, and Rs 1,500 crore was distributed at doorstep through Aadhar enabled Payment System (AePS) during the nationwide lockdown in the wake of Covid-19 outbreak, the Department of Posts (DoP) in a statement Friday said.

Union Minister of Communications Ravi Shankar Prasad and Minister of State for Communications Sanjay Dhotre reviewed the activities and efforts of the department virtually with the top officials.

“Around Rs. 1,500 crore disbursed at the doorstep using Aadhar enabled Payment System (AePS) of India Post Payment Bank to around 85 lakh beneficiaries. Direct Benefit Transfers (DBT) payments worth Rs 1,100 crore disbursed in beneficiary accounts,” the department said.