Recent Social Security Initiatives in India

If users are not recognized from the front-end interface of the biometric PDS, the risk is exclusion from access to food rations, an outcome already noted in biometrically enabled systems across the nation.

“If users are not recognized from the front-end interface of the biometric PDS, the risk is that of exclusion from access to food rations, an outcome that has already been noted in biometrically enabled systems across the nation (Masiero and Prakash 2015; Drèze and Khera 2017).”

Commentators observe that the transition to cash transfers entails exasperation of the risk of exclusion errors, which might endanger the greater effectiveness brought about by reforms.

“While the move is justified by the purpose of elimination of leakages and distortion, commentators observe that the transition entails exasperation of the risk of exclusion errors, which might endanger the greater effectiveness brought about by reforms (Drèze and Khera 2017; Chanchani 2017).”

Infrastructural complexity leads to system malfunctions registered in diverse states and regions and casts doubt on claims of Aadhaar-based PDS effectiveness.

“Infrastructural complexity leads to system malfunctions registered in diverse states and regions and casting doubt on claims of Aadhaar-based PDS effectiveness (Drèze and Khera 2017).”