Kotkasim cash transfer flops as programme skips Aadhaar

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fe Bureau: New Delhi, Dec 14 2012, 00:22 IST

lessons from the experiment is that inappropriate cash transfers could play havoc with the public distribution system,” said activists from the Right to Food Campaign, which held a protest in the Capital. Curiously, the Kotkasim pilot did not use Aadhaar to identify beneficiaries, even though the Prime Minister is on record that the national rollout will ride the unique ID programme.

“The Kotkasim local administration used its own technology,” said an official from the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which has developed the platform for Aadhaar-enabled direct subsidy transfer.

The protest coincided with a Planning Commission meeting with collectors of the 43 districts. The panel was supposed to meet 51 collectors but it was reduced due to elections in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat.

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MOHAN DHAS T | 14-Dec-2012Reply | Forward

Unless the Last Mile Issue (mechanism to provide cash in hand at doorstep without Agent ) is resolved such schemes will lead more hardships than benefits. Now Bank officials start collecting percentages if public (poor) come to banks to collect cash as they may not have the knowledge to operate ATM (even of ATMs are provided at Banks ). In any case, Public now have to walk to reach either the Bank or the ATM - far away in the case of many villagers.