Re:India's Billion Digital Identities
by vthallam on Friday October 28, 2016 @12:33PM
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Such rant with little stats.
> A scanner, to have all your documents scanned
> A printer, to get a "printout" of the receipts
You only do it once.
> A shit ton of patience, since the sites barely work.
Check the new Indian govt websites, they are resposnsive with great UX.
> magic wand" that can fix India's leaky bureaucracy - problems which in reality could've been fixed by simple bank a/c numbers.
That's what GOI used before. People created multiple bank accounts with fake id's. Aadhar with it's biometric validation helps avoid this.
People i know who do agriculture get alerts from Govt agencies about soil health in certain area, fertilizer availability, online govt market place to sell cotton/grains(paddy,green gram etc).
> A scanner, to have all your documents scanned > A printer, to get a "printout" of the receipts
You only do it once.
> A shit ton of patience, since the sites barely work.
Check the new Indian govt websites, they are resposnsive with great UX.
> magic wand" that can fix India's leaky bureaucracy - problems which in reality could've been fixed by simple bank a/c numbers.
That's what GOI used before. People created multiple bank accounts with fake id's. Aadhar with it's biometric validation helps avoid this.
People i know who do agriculture get alerts from Govt agencies about soil health in certain area, fertilizer availability, online govt market place to sell cotton/grains(paddy,green gram etc).