To Link or Not to Link - How Aadhaar Impacts the Delivery of Welfare
Bhaskar, Anjor and Sarkar, Arpita and Singh, Preeti (2024) To Link or Not to Link - How Aadhaar Impacts the Delivery of Welfare. Economic and Political Weekly. ISSN 2349-8846
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Abstract
According to the Government of India, linking Aadhaar with the delivery of welfare schemes has saved nearly `2,73,093 crore till March 2022 due to, apparently, the removal of duplicate/fake beneficiaries and plugging of leakages, etc. What is the overall impact of Aadhaar on welfare delivery? We try to understand this through a case study of MGNREGA in Jharkhand. Surveying nearly 3,000 workers in eight villages in Jharkhand to assess both the costs and benefits of linking MGNREGA with Aadhaar, the paper focuses on its impact on errors of inclusion and exclusion.
| Item Type: | Article | ||
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| Authors: | Bhaskar, Anjor and Sarkar, Arpita and Singh, Preeti | ||
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Aadhaar, Welfare, Government of India | ||
| Subjects: | Social sciences > Social problems & services > Other social problems and services | ||
| Divisions: | Azim Premji University | ||
| Full Text Status: | Restricted | ||
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| URI: | http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/5514 | ||
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