UPA’s gamble with disintermediation

On Friday, the Prime Minister’s office (PMO) gave a fresh nudge to its grandiose plan to move to a system of cash transfers for making subsidy payments directly to the beneficiaries equipped with a unique identity issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). In the process, it has signalled unequivocally that there is no turning back on its intent to initiate a regime change in subsidy payout.

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