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Aam Aadmi aims at the happiness of common man. <ref>http://www.indianexpress.com/news/whose-the-aam-aadmi/467556</ref> The government must protect the common man by providing subsidies on food and fertilizer. However, there are high administrative costs of delivery in present subsidy scheme. The economists now opt direct cash transfers to reduce administrative costs.
 
Aam Aadmi was introduced in 2004 by the Congress-led UPA government. It aims to strengthen the Right to Information Act, National Rural Employment Guaranteed Scheme, National Food Security Act and Bharat Nirman Yojana <ref>http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-toi/special-report/The-rise-of-aam-aadmi/articleshow/5383060.cms</ref> by way of economic and social inclusion of every underprivileged section of society. <ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/a-k-bhattacharya-from-hindutva-to-aam-aadmi/381069|title=A K Bhattacharya: From Hindutva to aam aadmi|publisher=Business Standard|accessdate 2010-01-0927}}</ref> No marginal groups are excluded from the development process. Women, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes belong to the marginal groups. <ref>http://www.blonet.com/2009/01/27/stories/2009012750070700.htm</ref>
 
==The Right to Information Act==