posted on 2016-10-14, 11:05authored bySilvia Masiero
The platform known as the JAM Trinity (an acronym for Jan Dhan Yojana, Aadhaar and mobile numbers) may enable a shift from the current Public Distribution System, based on price subsidies, to the direct transfer of benefi ts. However, it is incorrect to argue that JAM technologies will necessarily lead to the demise of the PDS. State-level experiences of computerisation, recounted here, reveal that the same technologies can actually be tailored to improve the PDS, by contributing to reduce the problem of leakage that affects it.
History
School
Business and Economics
Department
Business
Published in
Economic and Political Weekly
Volume
50
Issue
45
Pages
21 - 23
Citation
MASIERO, S., 2015. Will the JAM trinity dismantle the PDS? Economic and Political Weekly, 50 (45), pp. 21-23.
Publisher
Sameeksha Trust
Version
AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Publication date
2015
Notes
This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Economic and Political Weekly and the definitive published version is available at http://www.epw.in/journal/2015/45/commentary/will-jam-trinity-dismantle-pds.html.