More than 350m people, over half of them women, have benefited from the government’s effort to open no-frills bank accounts
days of joy,” says Rajmati, a health worker in Haryana state, when asked what an extra 6,000 rupees a month would mean to the poor households in her village. “It will also mean that you can survive without a husband.” Her enthusiasm is shared by the other villagers gathered in her back room, where she provides health checks, postnatal care and immunisations. One says she would use the cash to open a bangle shop.
What has not greatly improved is the government’s ability to identify the poor. It already hands out ration cards to people deemed “below the poverty line”, entitling them to subsidised food and fuel. But many poor people lack these cards, and many cardholders are not poor. In rural districts the authorities typically decide eligibility based on the advice of village councils, the condition of people’s houses and a survey of household assets.
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