DBT Mission Director Sundareshan Quits: Report
New Delhi: S Sundareshan, a retired IAS officer, has quit as Mission Director of the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme, according to official sources.
The sources confirmed that he has put in his papers but did not disclose the reasons.
The much touted DBT programme was rolled out by the previous UPA government on January 1, 2013 for transferring subsidies of various welfare schemes through the Aadhaar-linked platform.
The UPA government had also initiated transfer of LPG subsidy through DBT from June 1, 2013. Under DBTL (direct benefit transfer for LPG consumer), consumers are paid cash subsidy to help them buy LPG cylinders at market price.
The scheme was launched in 291 districts of the country in six phases but it was put on hold in March this year.
This followed complaints of not all consumer having unique identification number (Aadhaar) or a bank account to get the subsidy.
Mr Sundareshan, a 1976 batch IAS officer of the Kerala cadre, was appointed Mission Director, Direct Benefits Transfer Scheme in June 2013.
Prior to that, he had served as Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Heavy Industries.
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