social assistance programmes for low-income sections of the population. Aadhaar is India’s major initiative aimed at … distribution of subsidised fertiliser to low-income farmers in Andhra Pradesh through the Aadhaar-enabled Fertiliser Distribution …

The paper presents a case for a phased rolling out of direct benefits transfer (DBT) for Food in India. By studying all … entitlement) is directly transferred into the Aadhaar-linked bank account of identified beneficiaries. The analysis reveals that …

the beneficiaries. The ongoing policy discussions and strategies for executing DBT-food in India are observed to be …, maximum digitization and use of ICT and JanDhan-Aadhaar-Mobile (JAM) technologies and a secure criteria-based preparation for …

best of the authors’ knowledge, this is one of the earliest studies for India to systematically examine the Jan-Dhan-Aadhaar … biometric identification. To investigate this in detail, the authors employ household-level data on India to examine the … interlinkage among Prime Minister Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) account, Aadhaar card and mobile telephony. Design …

India addressed the requirement for pro-poor service delivery in rural regions by introducing decentralization and … ; India …