Cash transfer: Direct benefits or mere tokenism?

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In this episode of We Mean Business, experts Mihir Shah, member, Planning Commission; Reetika Khera, associate professor-fellowship, Institute of Economic Growth; M.K. Venu, managing editor, Financial Express; D. Raja, national secretary, CPI(M), and Ashok Kumar Jha, former finance secretary, discuss whether the government’s cash benefit transfer scheme will be a game-changer or is it being pushed just for political gains.

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