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15 September 2017
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| Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad (The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions) |
The
government saved Rs 57,000 crore, "pocketed" earlier by middlemen,
through the use of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) in various public schemes, IT
Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Friday.
Scores of schemes like MGNREGA have been
linked to DBT, under which the receivables are transferred directly to the
beneficiary's bank accounts, he said.
"We have saved 57,000 crore, which used
to be pocketed by middlemen (earlier)," he said at the Digital Haryana
Summit.
The government had informed Parliament that
there were over 33 crore beneficiaries under 84 schemes which have been linked
to the DBT at the end of February 2017. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
Prasad further said that there is a proposal
to link Aadhaar with driving licences as well as vehicle registration to ensure
that multiple licences are not issued in case anyone seeks to do so. The Total Investment & Insurance
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Referring to the debate on security of
Aadhaar data, he said the biometric information -- which includes iris scan and
fingerprints -- is stored in an encrypted form and is very secure.
"If you look at the physical card, it
has my photo, says I am a male and has my permanent Patna address at the back.
It does not have details like names of my parents, caste, religion, educational
qualification, financial income or health records. None of the things by which
you can be profiled are mentioned on the Aadhaar card," he said. The Total Investment & Insurance
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He added that "Aadhaar is a digital
identity" which confirms the physical identity with the help of biometrics
and there are laws in place to check against unauthorised usage of Aadhaar. The Total Investment & Insurance
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Prasad, along with Haryana Chief Minister
Manohar Lal Khattar, unveiled a slew of initiatives around IT, startups and
cybersecurity.
To boost the startup ecosystem in Gurugram,
the state government and IT industry body Nasscom have set up a startup
warehouse.
The eighty-four seater unit also has a mobile
application development incubation centre within the warehouse. It has already
received more than 350 applications from startups for facility. The Total Investment & Insurance
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Besides, the state government also launched
Centre for IoT (Internet of Things), Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
(CIE), and incubation centres.The Total
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