Author(s): Jitendra Date:Jul 28, 2013 Jitendra visited three districts in Rajasthan to meet people who are supposed beneficiaries of UPA government’s much-touted Direct Benefit Transfer scheme. He found the scheme has only increased the sufferings of the poor Direct cash transfer… Continue Reading →
The official poverty threshold is low. Many people above the threshold are also poor and look just like the people below the threshold. As a result, there is no reliable way in which subsidies can be targeted only… Continue Reading →
Press Trust of India Posted online: Fri May 31 2013, 16:05 hrs New Delhi : Amid concerns that sticking to Aadhaar card criteria could deprive many people especially in remote areas of benefits of UPA’s ambitious cash transfer scheme, Union… Continue Reading →
by R Jagannathan May 30, 2013, First Post #Cash transfers #DCT #Espirito Santo #HowThisWorks #Politics #Sonia Gandhi #Subsidies Share3201 The Congress party has set great store by the direct cash transfers (DCT) scheme, which it has relabelled as direct… Continue Reading →
MADHAVI CHERIAN, The Hindu SILO TO BAG: The government’s decision to promote cash transfers in the National Food Security Bill ignores crucial lessons from India’s past at a time when it needs to intervene on both the demand and… Continue Reading →
Madan Sabnavis April 22, 2013 BS The government urgently needs to consider 5 ‘Ss’ before it launches itself into this commitment As a rule, the government likes creating new structures without fully understanding their implications and then disbanding them once… Continue Reading →
April 1, 2013 · http://freepress.in/ The Central Government is doing a direct Cash Transfer into the hands of the Poor Indian Citizens using UIDAI based Aadhar Payment Gateways / Biometric Payment systems / ATM. The key… Continue Reading →
Mar 14, 2013 | Age Correspondent | Mumbai Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Wednesday assured the legislative council that possessing an Aadhar number would not be made mandatory for accessing any benefits of government schemes unless 80 per cent… Continue Reading →
Politics news, Updated Feb 28, 2013 Rupashree Nanda, CNN-IBN The Direct Benefit Transfer initiative of the government came in for discussion and scrutiny in Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council on February 26. Nandan Nilekani, Chairperson of UIDAI, sought to… Continue Reading →
Oci courtesy- The Hindu Pratap Bhanu Mehta Posted online: Thu Oct 25 2012, 02:13 hrs The paradigm shift in welfare needs as much public debate as corruptionIndia is at two critical inflection points. Its administrative practice was corrupt, secretive, hierarchical, arbitrary… Continue Reading →
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