-The Telegraph Ranchi: A study supported by a German non-government organisation has found that Aadhaar numbers/cards issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India is playing a big role in empowering jharkhandi women. The results of the study that were presented at a workshop, organised today by Heinrich Boell Foundation at a city-based hotel, found that the Aadhaar cards had helped the women forge their own identity, besides fighting social taboos. Presenting the...

-The Hindu The technical glitches that plague cash transfers in jharkhand may not have arisen with a simpler system that does not need Internet connectivity Pilot cash transfer projects taken up in jharkhand for MGNREGA wages have achieved little success due to a variety of logistical, human and technological problems. A year after the launch of these projects, the problems remain unsolved. In Ramgarh district, a majority of the beneficiaries are in Dohakatu...

-The Hindustan Times The Aadhaar-linked direct cash transfer scheme, which will be launched on January 1, runs the risk of tripping in more than one-third of the 43 districts where less than 50% of the population has an Aadhaar number. This includes Maharashtra's Nandurbar district, where Prime Minister Manmohan Singh handed over the first unique identity number to Ranjana Sonawne of Tembli village in September 2010. Overall, about 55 million of 84 million...

-Pratirodh.com Hundreds of the victims of  failed 'cash transfer' experiment in Kotakism met the Rural Development minister Jairam Ramesh at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi where a three-day dharna began on Wednesday demanding a more inclusive 'Food Security Act'.   More than 1000 people from all over the country are participating in the dharna which has been organised by 'Right To Food Campaign'.   Victims of failed cash transfer experiment shared their experiences with the...

-The Times of India Crest Cash transfers have been described as the world's favourite new anti-poverty device. As India gets set to implement it, TOI-Crest finds out if the politics will ever be divorced from the cash The UPA government's ambitious plan to introduce direct cash transfers (DCT) by January 1, 2013 reflects both the political desperation of a beleaguered government and the urgent need to reform India's inefficient and corrupt public...