DBT for Nikshay Poshan Yojana

DBT using PFMS-Nikshay Interface

System design,Challenges and Possible solutions

Outline

• Nikshay Poshan Yojana

– Guidance document

– Training DBT Flyer & DO letter

– TORs

• Systems in Nikshay

• Systems in PFMS

• Feedback from PFMS and Nikshay

Preparatory Steps

Nikshay Side

• Update Patient Details In Nikshay

• Update Phone numbers of Nikshay users

• Update PFMS Agency codes in Nikshay

PFMS Side (Verification)

• RNTCP bank account activation

• Mapping Scheme components to Bank account

Nikshay Poshan Yojana (DO letter , DBT training flyer)

Preparatory activities to initiate DBT for Nikshay Poshan Yojana

1. Data entry and notification of all TB patients in Nikshay

2. Seeding of bank account details and aadhaarnumbers of beneficiaries on Nikshay portal.

3. Mapping of PFMS agency code in Nikshay.

4. Verification of Mobile numbers of all Nikshay users.

• Beneficiary:• All notified TB patients.

• Start date: 1st April 2018• Eligibility:

• Notified on or after 1st April 2018 on the NIKSHAY• TB patients under treatment as on 1st April 2018

• Benefit: • Rs.500/- per month for duration of anti-TB treatment.• For patients on treatment as on 01/04/2018, incentives shall

be provided for the period of treatment remaining after01/04/2018.

• Partial months shall be dropped.• The scheme is registered under Direct Benefit Transfer.• The incentives can be distributed only via DBT preferably

through Aadhaar enabled bank accounts, or in-kind.• The States that are already distributing incentives in-kind

may continue to do so subject to the condition that the totalvalue of the food basket being distributed must not be lessthan Rs. 500 per month. Such states where such ‘in-kind’support is provided by the state; concurrence should betaken from Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Governmentof India.

The scheme is a centrally sponsored scheme underNational Health Mission (NHM). Financial norms ofNHM in terms of cost sharing, are applicable to thescheme.

• Area of implementation:• This scheme is implemented across all States

and UTs in India.

• Schedule of payment:• Each TB patient whether public or private

sector notified must be notified on theNikshay, platform.

• For ease of transaction, followingarrangement will be followed –

Note: (i) The payment schedule for patients already notified on

Nikshay as on 01/04/2018 will also be the same. However, payment to such patient shall be for the remaining period of treatment.

(i) For paediatric TB patients where Bank accounts are not available, the money shall be deposited in parents / guardians accounts whose details are to be sought and entered in Nikshay against the patient’s records.

(ii) For patients not having Bank account or Aadhaarnumber, health staff will facilitate opening of Bank a/c for the patient preferably under Jan Dhan Yojna and will also facilitate his/her Aadhaar enrolment.

Periodicity of making list ( to be made once in a month

TORs for Implementation

Pre-transaction Preparatory steps1. PFMS: Agency Creation(If necessary), account and component mapping(if

not already done)

2. Nikshay: Mapping of above agency in Nikshay along with relevant District codes

3. Timely Notification and entry of Bank details of beneficiaries.

Transaction steps

Nikshay PFMS- Interfacing process

1) TU to DTO2) DTO to

PFMS

3) PFMS Beneficiary Validation

4) Feedback and Loading of Payment

file

5) Payment file

acceptance and feedback

6) Approval at PFMS and PPA

Generation

7) Final Credit and feedback

Central TB Division

State TB officer

Nikshay MOTCPFMS (

Payment engine)Maker

DTCO

ApproverChecker

SYSTEM

MONITORING FEEDBACK IN PFMS

MONITORING FEEDBACK IN NIKSHAY

Monitoring Feedback in Nikshay

Monitoring Feedback in Nikshay

Monitoring Feedback in Nikshay

Monitoring Feedback in Nikshay

Challenges we have resolvedIssue Action taken

Delays due to manual central level file upload to PFMS

File upload have been made automatic on a 24hr basis

Delay with getting OTP Resolved – (except for BSNL Network)

Reports for Monitoring Various reports have been made available– DBT transaction status report.

Guidance document sent

Training of TOT done at national level

PFMS does not have all bank branch details

Letter to Ministry of Finance

Preparation not complete

• Incomplete Account (43%, N=3.10Lakhs)

• PFMS district code not mapped (12)

• PFMS Agency code not mapped(178)

Challenges and Issues -1

State District not mappedAssam Kamrup MetroMaharashtra Vasai VirarMadhyapradesh Agar MalwaSikkim SingtamTripura GomatiTripura KhowaiTripura UnakotiTelangana BhadrachalamTelangana GadwalUttar Pradesh AmethiUttar Pradesh SambhalUttar Pradesh Shamli

State Name Tus Not MappedBihar 60Chhattisgarh 9Delhi 4Gujarat 3

Jammu and Kashmir 9Jharkhand 1

Madhya Pradesh 15Maharashtra 30Meghalaya 2Nagaland 1Punjab 5Rajasthan 1Sikkim 3Tamil Nadu 11Telangana 16Tripura 1Uttar Pradesh 7Grand Total 178

• Unsure whether existing TU-PFMS mapping is accurate– Solution: Process underway to agency code validation

mapping

• Component mapping – One time exercise has to be completed

• Linking Bank account for purpose of payments –One time activity has to be completed

• Currently Nikshay becomes aware of the error when transactions fail and Nikshay are notified

Challenges and Issues -2

Challenges and Issues -3

• PPA Generation – Has to be signed by approving authority – Two

persons– Physical copy has to travel through all stages (Digital

signature PPA can expedite the process)

• Feedback delayed for reconciliation for payments so delay in update Nikshay portal

• Current average delay is about 40 days from notification to final payment

• Training and handholding to field staff for DBT PFMS

System improvements under process

• Maker and checker process to be merged in to one

• OTP at submission of beneficiaries

• Beneficiaries validated at account detail entry automatically. – All beneficiaries with status of validation available

at Maker/checker end.

• Improvements in user experience

• Movement of web-application to cloud

Suggestions

• Complete entry of correct bank account for all beneficiaries

• Reduce points of interaction with PFMS

– Consolidate payments from one state level agency and bank account

– Sign transactions using Digital Signatures

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