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Lack of computerized records for schemes to be linked to DBT was hindering rollout. The minutes show that out of 39.76 lakh beneficiaries who ought to have been covered under various schemes, only 56% had bank accounts, 25.3% had both bank accounts and aadhaar numbers, but only 9.62% have bank accounts seeded with aadhaar numbers. [37]
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is an Indian public sector company that operates retail payments and settlement systems in India. The organization is an initiative of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) under the provisions of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007, for creating a robust payment and settlement infrastructure in India.
Sponsor banks are allowed to originate transactions the system required, they have a mutual agreement with NPCI and also are members of any payment system approved by the Reserve Bank of India. Destination banks are allowed to do transaction, process mandates and update the Aadhaar mapper through the use of the system. On necessary agreement ...
The bank accounts and ration cards of eligible beneficiaries are linked to their Aadhaar numbers. A bank account can be enabled as AeBA by seeding (linking) it with an Aadhaar number. Seeding makes mapping information stored on the NPCI payment gateway that facilitates the subsidy payment.
Using the system, funds could be transferred to any Aadhaar-linked bank account if the Aadhaar number was known. It was announced that an SMS could be used for amounts up to ₹ 5,000 (US$58) and for amounts over that a mobile bank app could be used. By this time around 440 million Aadhaar numbers had been issued. [79]
Transactions on BHIM are nearly instantaneous and can be done at any time, including weekends and bank holidays. BHIM now also allows users to send or receive digital payments through Aadhaar authentication. [9] BHIM will be made available on Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) in an effort to challenge PhonePe and Google Pay's hegemony. [10]
The Reserve Bank of India (India's Central Bank) maintains this payment network. Real-time gross settlement is a funds transfer mechanism where transfer of money takes place from one bank to another on a 'real time' and on 'gross' basis. This is the fastest possible money transfer system through the banking channel.
Women eligible under the scheme will receive ₹50,000 over a five-year period, starting from the fiscal year 2024–25. The funds are transferred directly into Aadhaar-linked bank accounts through two annual instalments of ₹5,000, disbursed on Raksha Bandhan and International Women's Day. [4] [5] [6]