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