Lok Sabha Question No. 1949 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-30
Subject: Excess payments through Direct Benefit Transfer
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Sudheer Gupta, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Prataprao  Jadhav, Shrirang Appa Barne, Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Bidyut Baran Mahato

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED ADMITTED QUESTION NO. 1949 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2021

Excess Payments Through Direct Benefit Transfer

1949: SHRI  SUDHEER GUPTA

SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE

SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be please to state:

- ( a) The name of the schemes of his Ministry under which payments are largely made through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT);
- ( b) The details of the transaction cost paid by his Ministry since inception of DBT, sc -wise;
- ( c) Whether there has been an excess payment to the National Payments Corporation of India for DBT transactions s o far;
- ( d) If so, the steps taken by his Ministry to recover the excess payment made so far; a
- ( e) The details of the corrective steps taken by his Ministry to check recurrence of su lapses in future?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY

## WELFARE

(DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a)Under Department of Health & Family Welfare (DoHFW), there are 10 DBT Schemes/ Programmes. These are as follows:

1. Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY)
2. Janani Sishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK) [JSSK is in - kind DBT Scheme]
3. ASHA Incentives
4. Payments to Contractual Staff
5. Family Planning Compensation Schemes
6. Ayushman Bharat -Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB - PMJAY)
7. Nikshay PoshanYojana (NPY)
8. Nikshay -Tribal TB patient Support
9. Nikshay -Notification incentives to Private Providers and
10. 10.Nikshay -Honorarium to Treatment Supporters

Under  Department  of  Health  Research  (DHR), there  are  6  DBT  Schemes/  Programmes which are as follows:

1. Fellowship  Programmes  under  The  Human  Resource  Development for  Health Research
2. ICMR -Junior Research Fellowship
3. ICMR - Post Doctoral Fellowship
4. ICMR - SRF and RA Fellowship
5. ICMR Short Term Studentship
6. ICMR - Emeritus Medical Scientist Scheme

(b) As on date, Rs.17.46 Crore has been released to National Payments Corpor ation of India (NPCI) which includes transaction charges.

(c) & (d) NPCI has informed that the bills submitted for the period January 2018 toMay 2018 included  cash  out  incentive  for  all  the  schemes  other  than  Janani  Suraksha  Yo (Cash out incentive is applicable for JSY only) leading to an excess claim of Rs. 3.26Crore. The excess payment of Rs. 3.26Crore made to NPCI for the period Jan 2018 to May 2018 has already been adjusted promptly and without any delay while making payment to NPCI during FY 2020- 21.

( e) The corrective steps taken by the Ministry are:

(i )  NPCI  would  furnish  a  certification  that  the  bills  and  claims  raised  by  the factually correct and are as per directions of Ministry of Finance.

(ii) NPCI would provide Audited Utilization Certificate along with certified bills claims.

(iii) Payment to NPCI would be processed after an Internal Audit of bills/vouche (submitted by NPCI) by the Pay & Accounts Office of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.

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