Table 4 Themes categories and subcategories of program implementers’ experiences of implementing conditional cash transfer schemes for girl children in Ballabgarh
Themes identified | Categories | Subcategories |
|---|---|---|
“Conspiracy of silence” | Undervalue the seriousness of problem | Restrict the problem to specific groups (Only those with many girls discriminate; This is not seen in urban areas; seen only in slums due to lack of awareness) |
Complete denial of its presence (Have not seen this problem in my area) | ||
Overrate the effectiveness of the program | The problem is decreasing | |
The program has been very effective | ||
Passive involvement of community in the program | Lack of awareness about the programs | |
Anganwadi workers filling the forms house to house | ||
Clash between the political culture of subsidy and bureaucratic approach of accountability | A culture of subsidies | Nobody says no to free money |
Mainly come forward to claim money, no real change | ||
Why not give it to first child also | ||
“Politician giveth away but Bureaucracy taketh away” | Presence of other schemes like free education, Kanyadaan etc. which also give free subsidies | |
Bureaucratic approach of the program | Too many conditionalities | |
Need for documentation | ||
Delay in release of certificates |