Biometric Infrastructures and the Indian Public Distribution System

This paper reflects on the author’s nine-year research on the transformation of India’s Public Distribution System (PDS) enacted through digital technologies first and, more recently, through Aadhaar’s biometric infrastructure. Based on the experiences of two states, Kerala and Karnataka, which adop...

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Main Author: Silvia Masiero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre d’Etudes de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud 2020-04-01
Series:South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/samaj/6459