For this Koraput elderly, DBT is a bane

Direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme might be providing relief to those who are digitally literate and able to visit banks/ ATMs to withdraw money, but it has turned out to be a burden on Shukra Pangi, 79, a differently-abled elderly man of Khadakpur village under Nandapur block in Koraput district who has to spend 1,000 on transport to withdraw the same amount as monthly pension.

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Reports said Shukra, who lives alone in a dilapidated mud house with no close family to support him, has made an emotional appeal to the administration to provide his monthly pension in cash rather than transferring it to his bank account.

Meanwhile, a few of his relatives have placed a bed on the verandah where he stays all the time as he is unable to move inside. Often, the relatives come, feed him and help him return to the bed, which has become his permanent resting place.