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Wednesday, January 28, 2026
TopicCash Transfer

Topic: Cash Transfer

This is how cash transfers are being discussed by global scholars

Banani Ghosh -
Dismissing unconditional cash transfers through the parochial logic of ‘unearned assistance is undeserving’ narrows the space for policy innovation and restricts possibilities for social mobility.

Indian political parties’ focus on women, cows & freebies, and Mukesh Ambani’s data centre ambitions

Vandana Menon -
Global media also took note of the railway accident in Maharashtra, writing about safety of train travel in India, as well as the reality of the economic downturn in the country.

Mamata’s ‘Lakshmir Bhandar’ was a secret weapon. Bengal TMC is now reaping electoral fruits

Monideepa Banerjie -
BJP can see how voter consolidation behind 'Lakshmir Bhandar' can be pivotal to the 2024 election outcome in West Bengal, but the party has tied itself in knots.

Don’t wait for the perfect database. Modi govt can do cash transfers now

Yamini Aiyar -
It isn’t as hard to find jobless workers in the lockdown as the finance ministry claims it is. There is a way out, if the Centre has the will.

Direct cash transfer best way to help poor in Covid crisis. If Modi govt can’t do it, let us

Nitin Pai -
It is disappointing that direct cash transfers are not a major part of Modi govt's economic package. So here's an idea to make this work.

Flaws of India’s welfare system are visible in our fight against Covid-19

Mekhala Krishnamurthy -
The current welfare system cannot deal with the Covid-19 crisis. It is required to move to a demand-based system of relief and welfare.

50 nations promised cash to fight Covid. Few, like India and Bangladesh, are doing it right

Alan Gelb -
India’s trinity of Jan Dhan, Aadhaar, and mobile communications — or JAM — can work wonders if it is used extensively to reform citizen–state engagement.

3 things Congress must explain before India’s poor believe in its minimum income support

Shalini Mittal -
While the Congress’ Rs 6,000 a month income guarantee is ambitious, there is no clarity yet on how the 20% poor households will be picked.

With cash transfers, both BJP and Congress are showing no imagination in fighting poverty

Sanjay G. Reddy -
The scope for graft in plans like NYAY is massive because the benefit is conditional and administrative authorities hold great discretion.

Rahul Gandhi’s minimum income for poor faces 3 challenges – cost, targeting & delivery

Saksham Khosla -
Rahul Gandhi's announcement is certainly good politics, but does it make for good economics?

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Most EU firms eye India expansion post-trade deal, 90% say profitability to go up—FEBI survey

Vaibhav Pant -
FEBI survey reveals Europe’s big bet on manufacturing, innovation hub amid ‘mother of all trade deals’, but flags regulatory concerns.

Defence

India, EU sign security & defence pact. How it links Indian firms to ‘ReArm Europe’ network 

Keshav Padmanabhan -
The agreement comes despite differences between India and the EU on issues such as Russia-Ukraine war, showcasing the intent to deepen strategic ties. 

National Interest

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

Shekhar Gupta -
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.

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