Centre calls meet to review DBT subsidy scheme

Amid concerns over faulty monitoring of the ambitious Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT) subsidy programme, the government has called district magistrates of all the 121 targeted districts in New Delhi on Monday to discuss ways to address hitches that may have been detected. The meeting to review the progress of DBT, which is tipped to be UPA’s flagship programme for the next Lok Sabha polls, will be addressed by Finance Min P. Chidambaram, Rural Development Min Jairam Ramesh, Petroleum Min Veerappa Moily and Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia. At the meeting, feedback would be sought from the DMs particularly of 43 districts where the scheme is operational since 1 January, sources said.