The principles of accountability and participation are vital to ensure the smooth implementation of welfare schemes, ensuring their success in reaching the last mile. Examine.

Welfare schemes are policy actions taken by government to specifically target certain needs of a particular section of society eg - PM Fasal Bima Yojana for farmers, Sukanya school for tribal students. These Account those implementation face challenges as - → poor targeting → leakages & corruption → lack evaluation. → Lack of awareness To address these issues, accountability & participation plan vital role Accountability - 1) Fixing responsibility - by ensuring accountability, the role and responsibility of individuals in the delivery chain of scheme is ensured as - holding owner of PDS responsible 2) Better targeting of beneficiary - as beneficiary of PM-Awas Yojana can be better approached with accountability at each stage

— Utkarsh Pathak · AIR 179