Retailers manually adjusting transactions to meet DBT requirement: Survey

Farmers are required to authenticate through their Aadhaar numbers every time a bag of fertiliser is purchased

Direct transfer of the fertiliser subsidy to farmers is leading to some fudging of procedures by retailers, shows a study.

The Centre has expanded Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT) in fertiliser across the country from April 1.

A study done by a leading international consultancy on the request of NITI Aayog and the department of fertiliser showed a rise in retailers using their own or someone else’s Aadhaar number instead of the farmer’s to register sales during the peak season. Peak purchase of fertiliser for the kharif season starts from July and lasts till September. 

The survey done by ‘MicroSave’ shows the incidence of