For nearly a decade, India has invested in building a digital infrastructure to transfer social benefits to its citizens directly to their bank accounts. Known as the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) platform, it currently includes 380 schemes run by 52 ministries of the federal government. This brief discusses the Bihar's COVID-19 Assistance program, which provided a relief package of cash transfers to women, elderly and farmers. The report shares the challenges, issues addressed and the takeaways from the case.