NITI Aayog has been the strongest opponent of expanding food security programmes. It has repeatedly sought to pare down and radically overhaul the public food distribution system, which gives subsidised rations.

Findings by the National Productivity Council point out that the terms of the auctions allowed millers to fleece the government and supply poor-quality pulses.

Fast Lane Automotive developed a business model offering technological solutions based on this exclusive right to Indian citizens’ data to its clients. And its business boomed. 

The partnership with German firm ManServ, in Fast Lane’s own written admission, included sharing of “very sensitive information”.

In July this year, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed the Lok Sabha that 41,360 bank employees had been held responsible for NPAs in the past five financial years.