New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the Government saved a whopping Rs 36,000 crore through the use of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme, while stressing that the use of information technology can help check leakages of government subsidy.
He also asserted that a poor country like India cannot afford luxury of corruption, Mr Modi said the State should be policy-driven and not based on whims of an individual.
The Prime Minister was speaking during the valedictory function of vigilance awareness week by Central Vigilance Commission.
“When we make rules and if there is any ambiguity in it which is open to people’s inference then it opens door for corruption. That is why State should be policy-driven. It should not run on individuals’ whims. If state is policy-driven, then there are restrictions for ifs and buts. And if there are no ifs and buts then there is no scope for discrimination,” he said.
