During Covid 19 when the government ordered a lockdown for 21 days as the problem grew worse. The Public Financial Management System (PFMS) team accepted the challenge and on March 30, 2020, 2.19 crore transactions—the most ever recorded in a single day—were mostly fueled by DBT payments. Under Central Schemes (CS) and Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS), cash transfers were made utilising the digital payments technology vehicle, Public Financial Management System (PFMS).