On January 2, PM Narendra Modi from the dais of a public gathering held in Karnataka transferred a total of âš12,000 Crores into the accounts of 6 crore farmers across India by clicking a button.
Initiatives are not meant to be only on paper;  by making them digital, transparency in the system is ensured.In the same programme, PM Modi explained this in detail.
And now, money is reaching the poor directly without the intervention of the middlemen.âDirect and Not Anyoneâs DiscretionAn examination of the  UPA farm loan waiver, such âonce in many yearsâ model doesnât make a long-term impact.
As the documents of UPA era clearly show , the loan waiver which was granted in 2008  only once benefitted 3.45 crore farmers with Rs.
This is what happens when any scheme or initiative lacks transparency and its execution is left to somebodyâs âdiscretionâ.Plugging the Leakages & SeamlessnessPM Kisan is one among many examples on how the Modi government has ensured last mile delivery of government incentives and schemes.
We have plenty of examples from the first term of Modi government itself, like  geo-tagging the assets created through MGNREGA, PMAY houses, and toilets under Swachh Bharat, wherein any local administrator simply canât deceive the system by simply showing works merely on paper.