National Urban Livelihoods Mission conferred on SKOCH Governance Gold Award

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New Delhi : Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM), a flagship mission under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, was conferred on the prestigious SKOCH Governance Gold Award for its Portal for Affordable Credit and Interest Subvention Access (PAiSA) at a function held at the Constitution Club of India here on August 29, 2019.

Launched in November 2018, PAiSA is a centralised IT platform which simplifies and streamlines release of interest subvention under the Mission. It offers end to end online solution for processing, payment, monitoring, and tracking of interest subvention claims from banks on a monthly basis.

Claims for subvention are uploaded by banks through their CBS (Core Banking Solution) in respect of the beneficiaries of the Self Employment Programme, which are verified and approved by the ULB and State concerned. The approved claim amount gets credited directly to the beneficiary’s loan account through DBT mode, according to a PIB release. SMS is also sent to the beneficiary’s mobile number intimating the credit of subvention amount.

The portal has been designed and developed through the Allahabad Bank. As of now, 28 States/UTs and 74 Banks including 21 Public Sector, 18 Private, and 35 Regional Rural Banks have been on boarded on the portal. Till date, approximately 1.50 lakh beneficiaries have been paid Rs 27 crore (approx.) as interest subvention through PAiSA.