-National Herald More than 25% of the villagers in Nagri, near Ranchi, where the pilot was introduced, have not received subsidies. Most have made multiple trips to the banks wasting their money and yet no solution Aychi Nagduwar is 85 years old and she lives with her 40-year-old mentally-challenged son in Singhpur near Ranchi. The food subsidy supposed to be credited by the Jharkhand government under the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme...
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PDS beneficiaries oppose cash transfers in Nagri block of Jharkhand
Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) or cash transfer might appear attractive on papers, but in reality it is opposed by its beneficiaries when implemented. Something similar to this has happened in the Nagri block of Ranchi district, where cash is being transferred to the aadhaar seeded bank accounts of beneficiaries in lieu of providing subsidized foodgrains. Cash transfers in the public distribution system (PDS) have been in operation in the Nagri block...
More »97 Percent Residents Unhappy with Jharkhand's Direct Benefits Transfer Scheme, Says Survey -Aradhna Wal
-News18.com Released by economist Jean Drèze on Saturday, the survey looked into the workings of the Direct Benefit Transfer among 244 households in 13 villages in Nagri block of Ranchi, under which residents first collect their food subsidy in cash from their banks accounts, and then purchase rice from their ration shops at Rs 32 per kg. New Delhi: The Jharkhand government’s experiments with Direct Benefits Transfer (DBT) has left nearly 97...
More »DBT protest at CM's door
-The Telegraph Ranchi (Jharkhand): Five political parties and a dozen other organisations will march to the chief minister's residence here on Monday to protest against direct transfer benefit (DBT) for food subsides, which was launched in Nagri block of Ranchi district as a pilot project in October last year, citing glitches in the subsidy-transferring mechanism. In two consecutive news meets held at XISS-Ranchi on Saturday, the findings of a sample study conducted...
More »How DBT is causing tremendous inconvenience and why most people are unhappy with it
-CounterView.org A survey, coordinated by well-known academic Jean Drèze and researcher Nazar Khalid, has found an overwhelming popular opposition to the direct bank transfer (DBT) experiment in Jharkhand. Details of the survey: Glitches in the system have deprived people of nearly half of their food rations in the last four months. When they do get their rations, people spend 12 hours collecting them, on average. Most people are opposed to the new...
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