QUESTION 8
GS2
10 marks
Reforming the government delivery system through the Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme is a progressive step, but it has its limitations too. Comment.
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7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
Comment on DBT as a progressive delivery reform and set out its limitations.
CommentGive your own view on the statement and back it with facts and examples.
Demand-wise check
- 1Progressive aspects: JAM trinity, less leakage, faster payments, savings to the exchequer≈35 words
- 2Limitations: exclusion errors (biometric failure, Aadhaar seeding), digital divide, bank access, not suitable for all goods≈35 words
- 3Way forward≈35 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
DBT designGains with dataLimitationsMeasuresConclusion
Where marks usually go
- Only praising DBT with no limitations
- No data on savings or scale
Draw this
- Flow chart: government → Aadhaar-seeded bank account → beneficiary, with failure points marked
Value addition
- DataThe government reports cumulative savings of over ₹3 lakh crore from DBT by removing fake beneficiaries.DBT Mission, Cabinet Secretariat
- EvidenceStudies of Jharkhand's PDS found that biometric authentication failures excluded some genuine beneficiaries.Muralidharan, Niehaus and Sukhtankar (2020), J-PAL study
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- Aditya Srivastava · AIR 1 · Page 5 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 38 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aditya Srivastava · AIR 1 · Page 44 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Shakti Dubey · AIR 1 · Page 11 ↗Same syllabus reference
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