A social registry linking Aadhaar to residence info can target aid to the vulnerable during a pandemic. Do you agree with this view? Analyse (200 Words)
Refer - The Indian Express
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IAS Parliament 3 years
KEY POINTS
· 23 per cent of Indians living in Delhi-NCR received a payment of Rs 500 in their Jan Dhan accounts within three weeks of the lockdown being declared.
· Farmers registered for PM-KISAN also received Rs 2,000 in their accounts immediately. However, while using prior registries allowed for quick disbursement of funds, it is not clear that the money reached the most vulnerable households.
· For example, recipients of PM-KISAN were not amongst the poorest households, nor were these the households that were most affected by the COVID-related lockdown.
· The PM-Kisan Yojana applies to landowners, thereby excluding agricultural labourers as well as the urban informal sector workers who were most affected by the lockdown. Similarly, for the PMJDY payment, BPL and non-BPL households record similar receipt transfers.
· It also emphasises the need for post-disaster revalidation of any existing social registration database. These observations suggest that in a disaster response situation, we cannot rely on registries based on individual characteristics to identify beneficiaries.
· Aadhaar linkages of individuals and bank accounts already exist. If residential information in the Aadhaar database can be efficiently structured, this would allow for geographic targeting.
· To the extent that such social registries store only basic information such as location, instead of more sensitive identifiers such as poverty status, they are unlikely to violate privacy.
Venkateshwaran R 3 years
Kindly provide feedback. Thank you Mam/Sir
IAS Parliament 3 years
Good attempt. Keep Writing.
Venkateshwaran R 3 years
