Chief Minister, Dr. Pramod Sawant chaired a review meeting over the performance of the Directorate of Tribal Welfare, at Altinho, Panaji. During the meeting, various issues pertaining to the centrally sponsored schemes of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, New Delhi, were discussed.
The Chief Minister also reviewed the performance of State-sponsored schemes which included the schemes implemented on the Chief Minister Scholarship Portal. Dr Sawant said that the department will start payment of 6 different schemes through Aadhar Payment Bridge System from the month of November.
Vikas Gaunekar, Additional Secretary Finance, Dasharath Redkar, Director Tribal Welfare and Dr. Pratibha L.S, OSD to Chief Minister along with the officers of the department, were present for the meeting.
About ‘Aadhaar Payment Bridge System’ :
Aadhaar Payment Bridge (APB) System, one of the unique payment systems implemented by National Payments Corporation of India, uses Aadhaar number as a central key for electronically channelising the Government benefits and subsidies in the Aadhaar Enabled Bank Accounts (AEBA) of the intended beneficiaries.
Aadhaar Payment Bridge (APB) System has the following features:
Banks can upload/download transaction files through secured web access.
Banks can get connect to NPCI either through NPCINet or Internet.
Transaction routing on the basis of IIN issued by NPCI.
Transaction processing by destination banks on the basis of Aadhaar numbers.
APB System supports ISO 20022 messaging standards.
APB System supports multiple intraday sessions.
APB System provides Direct Corporate Access (DCA) to Government Departments and Agencies.
Provides online Dispute Management System (DMS).
APB System capable to handle 10 million transactions per day.
APB System can process both onus and offus transactions.
APB System makes available enriched MIS to all the participants.
APB System provides secure Clearing and Settlement process.
