While cash transfers are widely used by the government to roll out social protection policies and schemes, there has been an ongoing debate among the policy practitioners regarding its efficacy.
It seems what we are currently witnessing is a metamorphic, amalgamated evolution of the new-and old welfare state.
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BREAKING NEWS INTO PIECES | 6-minute read
The toilet scheme could have won Modi the hearts and votes of women.
Effective monitoring of delivery of welfare schemes, with the help of geo-tagged pictures and Aadhhar data, could propel the BJP back to power.
In Kashmir, doctors turned away a pregnant woman who then delivered a dead baby. India claims to be a global leader in healthcare. Then why is it failing its own people so brutally?
The poor and vulnerable are dismissed as ‘ghosts’ and ‘frauds’ while authentication errors lead to many going hungry.
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Prescriptions | 3-minute read
The focus needs to move away from overhauling the public health system to educating the underprivileged.