FM Nirmala Sitharaman bats for social safety at UN meet

Citing measures akin to Direct Benefit Transfer-enabled Jan Dhan Yojana, Aadhaar biometric identification, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday mentioned social safety ought to have digitisation of public monetary administration methods on the core of the design. She additionally urged the UN that post-pandemic insurance policies should present for sufficient recognition of the psychological wellbeing of susceptible sections.
Speaking on the UN’s high-level dialogue on jobs and social safety for poverty eradication, Sitharaman additionally mentioned insights from behavioural economics will be leveraged in onboarding these employees who’re at the moment not lined beneath the formal safety internet.
“One key principle underpinning the post-pandemic recovery with policies integrating health and social protection is the institutional recognition of mental wellbeing of vulnerable sections through psychosocial support. Future policies must adequately provide for this imperative,” she mentioned in her digital tackle.
The complete social safety system envisaged to be created beneath the proposed international accelerator for jobs and social safety ought to have digitalisation of public monetary administration methods on the core of the design, she mentioned.
“In India, the DBT method enabled Jandhan, the Aadhar biometric identification and mobile trinity helped during the pandemic in rolling out social protection measures without any delays,” she added.