<p>Chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday sought Planning Commission’s help in bringing around 30 lakh beneficiaries of various central and Delhi government — sponsored schemes under the ambit of direct transfer of cash subsidies by July.<br /><br /></p>.<p>At a meeting with Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairperson of Planning Commission, Dikshit said government has set an ambitious target of facilitating Aadhaar-based direct cash transfer to beneficiaries of a host of schemes to plug leakages and corruption.<br /><br />The chief minister also underlined the need to remove obstacles in opening of no-frill ank accounts by beneficiaries so that the government can implement its plan. <br /><br />In December last year, Delhi government had launched a major food security programme called Annashree Yojana under which cash subsidy of Rs 600 a month is being given to over 40,000 households not covered by BPL scheme and Antyodaya Anna Yojana. The government plans to increase the number of beneficiaries to two lakh.<br /><br />In the meeting, the Commission approved a plan size of Rs 16,626 crore for Delhi for 2013-14, up by 4.8 per cent from the previous fiscal.<br /><br />Officials said 93 per cent of the annual plan size would be be financed through the city government’s own resources.<br /><br />The Planning Commission also heaped praise on the city government for launching project to revamp the existing property registration system and put in place an online mechanism to ensure hassle-free services to the citizens.<br /><br />The online registration system has been already launched in five sub-registrar offices out of a total of 13.</p>
<p>Chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday sought Planning Commission’s help in bringing around 30 lakh beneficiaries of various central and Delhi government — sponsored schemes under the ambit of direct transfer of cash subsidies by July.<br /><br /></p>.<p>At a meeting with Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairperson of Planning Commission, Dikshit said government has set an ambitious target of facilitating Aadhaar-based direct cash transfer to beneficiaries of a host of schemes to plug leakages and corruption.<br /><br />The chief minister also underlined the need to remove obstacles in opening of no-frill ank accounts by beneficiaries so that the government can implement its plan. <br /><br />In December last year, Delhi government had launched a major food security programme called Annashree Yojana under which cash subsidy of Rs 600 a month is being given to over 40,000 households not covered by BPL scheme and Antyodaya Anna Yojana. The government plans to increase the number of beneficiaries to two lakh.<br /><br />In the meeting, the Commission approved a plan size of Rs 16,626 crore for Delhi for 2013-14, up by 4.8 per cent from the previous fiscal.<br /><br />Officials said 93 per cent of the annual plan size would be be financed through the city government’s own resources.<br /><br />The Planning Commission also heaped praise on the city government for launching project to revamp the existing property registration system and put in place an online mechanism to ensure hassle-free services to the citizens.<br /><br />The online registration system has been already launched in five sub-registrar offices out of a total of 13.</p>