Govt linked JAM to DBT but the blindspot of ‘exclusion’ emerged. Here’s how to plug it
Large-scale scams in PM-Kisan suggest there’s vast leakage in DBT advantages. While inclusion errors are being tracked, exclusion should take priority.
A Tale of Trade-offs: The Anatomy of the Direct Benefit Transfers System
While the system was rightly designed to eliminate ghost beneficiaries, the impact of exclusion errors needs to be professionally and independently evaluated in detail.
What Two New Surveys Say About the State of DBT’s Last Mile Woes
In India, the direct benefit transfer (DBT) system has gained enormous acceptance as a method of delivering welfare to the most deserving. It has been the main instrument of governments’ social protection response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Digital Highways for Social Protection: Delivering Entitlements on the Doorsteps
The social protection landscape in India is transforming at rapid speed owing to the digitization of the various systems that are involved in the process flow of social protection delivery.
Direct Benefit Transfers in Assam, Chhattisgarh, and Andhra Pradesh: Introducing the Dvara-Haqdarshak Study on Exclusion in Government to Person Payments
In this post, we Introduce the Dvara-Haqdarshak Study on Exclusion in Government to Person Payments.
Fintech in India: Can the trust stack up?
Providing a human interface at crucial touch points such consent, disclosure, and grievance redressal will allow for trust in fintech to rise, driving financial inclusion
Proposing a Framework to Document Exclusion in Direct Benefit Transfers
In this blog post, we propose a framework that can be used to document the various axes of exclusion in DBT against the broad policy context
Excluded from Public Distribution System: Enrolment issues in the Last-mile
In this blog post, we explore a case of exclusion from the PDS, wherein a daily wage labourer, Mr. Kabeer, was unable to obtain a ration card
Private Players in Welfare Delivery: A Case Study from South Africa
In this blog post we study the privatisation of grants system in the South Africa
Delivery Protocols in AePDS in Five Southern States of India
In this document, we compile Aadhaar-enabled Public Distribution System (AePDS) protocols in the five southern states of India, namely, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Telangana.
