A "Compromised Governance"

The UPA Government's 'Direct Cash Transfer Scheme' in place of subsidies is not more than an example of what we call "compromised governance". Cash in place of subsidies ("services") lacks a sense of responsibility and accountability towards providing social security and social protection of the poor people. The two basic pillars of this scheme are-  Aadhaar cards and opening of new bank accounts. The implementation of Aadhaar scheme is already in question as the National Identity Authority of India Bill 2010 was rejected by the Parliamentary Standing Committee in 2011 and on November 30 this year, the Supreme Court issued a notice to the Union Government seeking their response on the Constitutionality of implementing the Aadhaar scheme for social entitlements. Opening of millions of new bank accounts on the basis of Aadhaar cards (which already have some technical flaw) is the next challenging aspect of this lofty cash transfer scheme. today, our banks are flooded with number of cases related with accounts having fake identity, illegal transactions, discrepancy, etc. In that case millions of new accounts will make it more difficult to handle the situation. The access of banks and banking activities, easy availability of markets, etc. will have to ensure to the poor people on behalf of the government. If the scheme is implemented, then the scene would be like this- a beneficiary will go to the bank, collect the sum of cash after standing for hours in a long row, then will go to the market, purchase some items of daily uses and finally will back to home............when will he work to make some earn? Because a poor eats what he earns everyday. An economy running under the inflationary pressure, such kind of schemes can prove a wrong move. Government should never be hasty in taking those decisions influencing a large public domain.