Sources have stated that a petition is made in the Supreme Court that the government’s figures on gains from the Direct Benefit Scheme because of the introduction of Aadhaar Card. Meanwhile the petitioner stated that the government’s affidavit it has listed in savings from DBT for 2014 to 15 and 2015 to 2016 is at Rs. 49, 560 crore.



Moreover according to the government, financial benefits from DBT had raised from four schemes, which include Public Distribution System (PDS), Pratyaksha Hastantrit Labh (PAHAL), Mahatma Gandhi National rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) and National Social Assistance Program (NSAP).

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The petitioner further added that in case the figures were disputed and the method of computation had not been revealed and the savings were actually gross savings as available data from sources indicate that no costs were factored into their tabulation and that more that 95.1% possess Aadhaar, but the enrolment figure just stood at 115.15 crore.


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