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Biometric IDs and the remaking of the Indian (welfare) state

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  • Rao, Ursula

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Across the globe, India's new digital identification system is celebrated as a brave attempt to revolutionise identification procedures. The new system launched in 2009 is called Aadhaar, which literally means "foundation".

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  • Rao, Ursula, 2019. "Biometric IDs and the remaking of the Indian (welfare) state," economic sociology. perspectives and conversations, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, vol. 21(1), pages 13-21.
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