Dr Apurv Mishra from the Prime Minister’s EAC mentioned that the report on ‘Status and Pathways for Portability of Cash and In-Kind Transfers in India’ came at a time of intense and cascading global challenges. The short-term disruptions with COVID-19 have posed a new set of challenges for the government like financial crunch and lack of expertise. The recommendations suggested in the report tell the government how to be flexible in response to these challenges.