Pune: PCMC Disburses Rs 10.09 Crore To Bank Accounts Of Over 28K Students Under DBT Scheme

Pune 30th July 2023: The Education Department of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has disbursed Rs 10.09 crore as Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) amounts to over 28,000 students from class 1 to 8 for the 2023-24 academic year. The financial assistance, provided under the DBT scheme, aims to improve educational expenses for students across primary and secondary schools in the civic limits.

Students of class 1-4 students get Rs 3,500 fund under this scheme while class 5-10 students get Rs 3,700 which is directly transferred to their bank accounts under this scheme. The funding is provided for students to purchase study material.

Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Commissioner Shekhar Singh, said, “DBT eliminates the quality issues in the academic stuff. In the past, we had received complaints from parents and activists about it. Now, the choice of purchasing the academic material is with parents.”

PCMC assistant commissioner, Shri Vijaykumar Thorat, said, “Parents have to submit their study material receipts to the respective school principal so as to make sure that the funding used is for the academic material only. We have supervisors who inspect these receipts.”

“For class 1-8, a few students’ bank details were inaccurate, which are being revised for streamlined amount transfer. For class 8-10, funding of Rs 2.03 crore will be released this week” officials said.

Apart from DBT, the education department so far has distributed 40,316 uniforms. PCMC has around 128 civic schools, of which 110 are primary schools and 18 are secondary schools.