Source: BL
Context:
The Union Government has launched an integrated e-Bill System to digitally process fertiliser subsidies worth around ₹2 lakh crore, marking a major step towards end-to-end digital governance in subsidy administration.
About the e-Bill System for Fertiliser Subsidies
The e-Bill System is a completely digital, end-to-end platform for:
- Submission
- Processing
- Tracking
- Payment
of fertiliser subsidy bills.
It replaces the earlier paper-based and manual workflow, reducing delays and procedural inefficiencies.
Nodal Ministry
- Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Objectives
- Ensure timely, transparent, and accountable disbursal of fertiliser subsidies
- Improve financial discipline and expenditure monitoring
- Strengthen auditability and compliance through digital trails
- Enhance overall efficiency in subsidy management
Key Features of the e-Bill System
- End-to-end digital workflow
- Eliminates physical movement of subsidy bills and manual scrutiny
- Online claim submission
- Fertiliser companies can submit subsidy claims digitally and track payment status in real time
- Real-time tracking & centralised reporting
- Enables continuous monitoring of subsidy expenditure at the national level
- Built-in financial controls
- Automatic validation of claims against predefined norms
- Enforces rule-based compliance before payments are cleared
- Tamper-proof audit trail
- Every action is digitally logged, supporting audits and accountability
- FIFO (First-In-First-Out) processing
- Ensures uniform, predictable, and non-discretionary bill clearance
- Faster payments
- Facilitates timely release of weekly fertiliser subsidy payments, improving liquidity for fertiliser companies
