The central government may have chosen Pune from among the five districts in the country to introduce Direct Cash Transfer (DCT) though UID for 13 governmental schemes from March 1, but it seems highly unlikely that the deadline will be met. Till date, out of 55,000 Scheduled Castes (SC) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) scholarship students entitled to DCT, only 627 students are actually eligible to avail the benefit. The reason being that the district administration is yet to receive UID numbers of the remaining students.

Deadline woes: A UID centre in Agripada. Representation Pic