Stakeholders in DBT processes under NTEP

• Beneficiary: These are the individuals who get benefits from payments under a particular scheme. E.g., all notified TB patients are beneficiaries under the Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana. An individual may be eligible for multiple payments under one scheme or may be eligible for multiple schemes. Only individuals with bank accounts will receive these benefits. Also, beneficiaries and their bank accounts need to be approved by a district-level authority to receive any of the benefits from Ni-kshay.
• Processing authorities: The DBT maker and checker are designated personnel in the health system for in processing benefits. They are responsible for the two levels of verification in Ni-kshay; confirming and approving each benefit under their jurisdiction. Both maker and checker are roles that are assigned to any personnel  in NTEP as decided by the District TB Officer. They perform their role through a special staff login in Ni-kshay with the designation “DBT Maker” or “DBT Checker,” created under the staff management module of Ni-kshay.
  1. DBT Maker: Maker acts at the TU level. All benefits created are assigned to the maker, who has to reconfirm the eligibility manually, update necessary details if required and send the benefit to the checker for approval.DBT maker is created by the District Tuberculosis Officer (DTO) upon request from the Medical Officer Tuberculosis Center (MOTC).
  2. DBT Checker: DBT checker acts at the district level. Checker is responsible for approving all beneficiaries under the district once it has been created by the DBT makers at TU levels. DBT checker role in Ni-kshay app is created by the State TB Officer (STO).

Resources

• Introduction to DBT, Ni-kshay Knowledge Base.
• https://tbcindia.gov.in/WriteReadData/NTEPTrainingModules5to9.pdf
• Direct Bene­t Transfer Manual for National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme; MoHFW, Government of India, 2020. 

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