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Why IMF called India’s direct benefit transfer scheme a ‘logistical marvel’

IMF has called the deployment of India’s DBT scheme a ‘logistical marvel’ which has reached hundreds of millions of people.

Paolo Mauro, DDFAD at the IMF, said earlier this week: “In fact, just because of the sheer size of the country, it is a logistical marvel how these programmes that seek to help people who are at low-income levels reach literally hundreds of millions of people.