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While PMUY successfully provided 80 million subsidized connections to poor households by September 2019, the study finds that access has not translated into sustained use due to affordability barriers, specifically the recovery of connection loans and the high recurring cost of refills. DBTL reduced leakages by blocking 42.3 million fake or inactive connections by March 2019, but inclusion errors persist as 90 percent of the non-poor population continue to receive subsidies. 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