Finance Ministry today said that over one lakh crore rupees have been paid through Public Financial Management System in various Social Sector Schemes under Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). <br/><br/>The Ministry said, the government has embarked upon DBT in respect of government programmes for more effective and transparent utilization of resources. In an official release, Finance Ministry said, it has taken number of Key Initiatives in the last three years. <br/><br/>It said, in the last three years, over 24 thousand crore rupees were disbursed to states from National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF) for the management of immediate relief operations for people affected by natural calamities like drought, hailstorm, flood, earthquake and cyclone. <br/><br/>Finance Ministry said, in order to ensure faster realization of government revenue, a Non-Tax Receipt Portal was inaugurated to provide a one stop window to citizens, corporates and other users for making online payments of Non-Tax Revenue payable to the government. <br/><br/>It said, the System has helped efficient deposit of receipt in government Account and so far more than 54 thousand transactions have been done, leading to a collection of over 91 thousand crore rupees.