Lucknow: In a bid to ease government transactions and improve transparency and efficiency, the Yogi Adityanath government has determined to implement the e-Kuber system of Reserve Bank of India to disburse government funds directly to the payee's bank account, in times of natural calamikties like flood, drought, hailstorm, excess rain, lightning and so on.

CM Yogi Adityanath has issued instructions to the Department of Revenue to implement the e-kuber portal at the earliest. The system would also overcome payment delays and eliminate risk of paper vouchers being lost in transit. The transfer of disaster relief amount is currently being done at the district level only.

In its manual procedure, after getting notified of the details of the incident, the account of loss is recorded by the lekhpal , which is then sent to the district magistrate for payment of tax approved by a series of revenue officials after which the payment is made at the treasury. The process involves unnecessary delays in providing relief to the victim because of the lengthy paperwork.The victims are even deprived of the right to file for a claim directly.

In the first phase, all types of agricultural investment grants will be transferred online, while in the second phase, relief funds in cases of loss of life, property and livelihood because of natural disasters will also be transferred online.

E-kuber will facilitate quick transfer of government aid in cases of floods, droughts, fire outbreaks, hailstorms, fog and cold waves, cloudbursts, earthquakes/tsunamis, cyclones, landslides, pest attacks, avalanche, unseasonal heavy rainfall, celestial lightning, thunderstorms, heat strokes, boat accidents, snakebite, sewer cleaning, gas leakage and in cases of wild animal attack.

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