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Re:Aadhaar: Ushering in a Commercialized Era of Surveillance... by fractalb on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @08:43AM (#14968033)
> There have been significant fiscal benefits - fake personas have been completely eliminated in the welfare schemes that are aadhar linked, saving a lot for the taxpayers.

Oh I didn't know that. I used to blame politicians for our sorry state.

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Re:Aadhaar: Ushering in a Commercialized Era of Surveillance... by wtmt on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @02:23PM (#14972139)
Please check the links posted by tryprasannan above and also https://rethinkaadhaar.in/ . All the savings numbers by the government are bogus claims. The poor continue to be affected by quantity and quality fraud when it comes to subsidized food entitlements. Aadhaar cannot solve that. It has added one more layer for corruption in many places instead.
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