Governance South Asian Perspective Hasnat Abdul Hye Pdf ((hot)) -

India’s JAM trinity (Jan Dhan accounts, Aadhaar biometric ID, Mobile) is a textbook governance reform. Hye would have applauded the reduction of rent-seeking (middlemen stealing subsidies). However, he would also ask his characteristic question: Has citizen participation increased? Reports of exclusion errors (denial of food rations due to biometric mismatch) show that top-down efficiency can undermine the very accountability Hye prized.