Cash transfer good in principle but bad in form: Nitish
November 30, 2012 16:42
Describing the direct cash transfer scheme of the Centre as "good" in principle but "bad" in form as it excludes food and fertiliser, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said he would take up the matter with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
"The cash transfer scheme brought by the Centre is good in principle as Bihar has already successfully experimented this," Kumar told reporters here. He, however, said the form in which the Centre had decided to launch it from January one next year was "bad".
He said the scheme which the UPA government was terming as "game-changer" did not include transfer of cash to beneficiaries of food and fertiliser subsidy.
"The cash transfer scheme brought by the Centre is good in principle as Bihar has already successfully experimented this," Kumar told reporters here. He, however, said the form in which the Centre had decided to launch it from January one next year was "bad".
He said the scheme which the UPA government was terming as "game-changer" did not include transfer of cash to beneficiaries of food and fertiliser subsidy.
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