South Africa has been using biometric identification and electronic transfers and ATMs to distribute pensions and social grants for over 20 years.
Food rations and free shoes were distributed, pensions were increased, and (for a time) free Saturdays were introduced.
On another afternoon, they stood guard in the sun while federal workers distributed pension checks to the elderly in a town square, looking bored.
The relationship allows Goldis representatives to speak at the union's annual meeting and distribute pension planning software in city firehouses.
Newcastle won a unique reputation for his skill and patience in securing a voting majority in the House of Commons by distributing posts, sinecures, and pensions.
In the future, Mr. Ahluwalia said, Aadhaar will be used in distributing scholarships to students, pension, wages to those hired under government welfare programs and different types of subsidies.
It was one thing to distribute old-age pensions but quite another to allow the government to intrude into intimate medical affairs.
Mr. Ortega, elected in 2006 with a former contra as his running mate, has distributed roofing materials, pensions and property titles to families of contras who turned in weapons as part of a 1987 peace accord.
In the building of the local pension fund, employees started distributing 1,000 hryvnya (£41.63) vouchers to pensioners.
