NEW DELHI, Nov 30 � Pushing ahead with the direct cash transfer scheme, the Prime Minister�s Office (PMO) has directed various ministries and departments to immediately get down to the task of operationalising the ambitious programme to be rolled out from January 1, next year, reports PTI.
�I would request you to get down to the immediate task of operationalising Direct Cash Transfers in the identified schemes in your Department,� said Pulok Chatterjee, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister in a letter to nine secretaries of the central government.
This follows the first meeting of the National Committee on Direct Cash Transfers (DCT) chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on November 26.
