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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | How Aadhaar-based biometrics hurts PDS in India -Nikita Kwatra

How Aadhaar-based biometrics hurts PDS in India -Nikita Kwatra

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published Published on Apr 4, 2019   modified Modified on Apr 4, 2019
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* A new research paints a mixed picture on the relative merits of Aadhaar-based biometric authentication in the PDS

* The research highlight there can be several ways to authenticate beneficiaries in the public distribution system

Since 2017, the Indian government has mandated the use of Aadhaar-based biometrics in India’s public distribution system (PDS) to tackle the longstanding issue of leakages. Critics, however, suggest that this has excluded many beneficiaries and increased the costs of operating India’s flagship food security programme.

New research paints a mixed picture on the relative merits of biometric authentication in the PDS. In a new Economic and Political Weekly paper, Rakesh Allu of the Indian School of Business and others compare Aadhaar-based biometric authentication in the PDS with other methods of authentication. They highlight that there can be several ways to authenticate beneficiaries in the PDS.

For instance, in Haryana, the biometrics of beneficiaries are matched with a central database before they are able to avail subsidized foodgrains, while in Karnataka, beneficiary biometrics are matched with pre-uploaded biometric data in a local database.

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Livemint.com, 2 April, 2019, https://www.livemint.com/politics/policy/how-aadhaar-based-biometrics-hurts-pds-in-india-1554147719377.html


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