This document discusses various leakages in India's Public Distribution System (PDS) and other welfare schemes like Mid Day Meal, fertilizer subsidies, NREGA, and power subsidies. It notes that PDS, intended to provide subsidized food to poor households, has issues like inaccurate targeting resulting in exclusion/inclusion errors, diversion of grains, ghost cards, poor shop management, and lack of grievance redressal. Fertilizer and kerosene subsidies also have significant leakages estimated in the thousands of crores. The document concludes by outlining the government's plans to implement direct cash transfers to replace subsidies and discusses some challenges and examples of its implementation.