Hindu Business Line (India) published an op-ed by Research Fellow Anjani Kumar, Deepak Varshney, and former South Asia Region director PK Joshi that discussed findings from their study. Field studies in the rural districts of three big States — Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh — show that the government has managed to provide emergency relief to the vulnerable sections quickly and at lower cost via direct benefit transfer.
DBT proves an efficient channel in disbursing COVID relief (Hindu Business Line)
June 10, 2020