Such a great article. I would like to add that the default gaze of the administration, specifically of the bureaucrats towards the vulnerable and marginalised is scums and this trickles down to the lowest in the chain of orders. Who are basically bridging between the state and the beneficiary. Some may argue that this is an overpopulation induced apathy but to me it’s more like an inherent unwillingness to empathise.
The kid that lost her life, was sure trying to get her rights to midday meal back, but the liable bureaucracy was thick skinned enough to let her die because she lacked some paper credentials.
The probability math is particularly damning. Modern systems often assume that layering safeguards increases reliability. In fragile environments, it can do the opposite by compounding exclusion rather than preventing abuse. That tradeoff rarely gets publicly debated. Truly an insightful read!
What an eye-opening read. As a student, we now have another ID called Apaar ID (Advertised as one nation, one student ID) launched last year under NEP 2020 which is also linked to your aadhar. And now that there are so many IDs one need to hold, we have digilocker. I also have been trying to change my aadhar photo since 3 months but even if I come as early as possible, there is always a line of 50+ people (mostly poor) standing. The online token website is futile and your only chance is to stand and hope you get a token. I am curious to know what solutions you think are possible to this. One obvious one is to have more employees and more aadhar center to cater to our huge population. But aside from this, is there no solution modern tech can offer?
Such a great article. I would like to add that the default gaze of the administration, specifically of the bureaucrats towards the vulnerable and marginalised is scums and this trickles down to the lowest in the chain of orders. Who are basically bridging between the state and the beneficiary. Some may argue that this is an overpopulation induced apathy but to me it’s more like an inherent unwillingness to empathise.
The kid that lost her life, was sure trying to get her rights to midday meal back, but the liable bureaucracy was thick skinned enough to let her die because she lacked some paper credentials.
The probability math is particularly damning. Modern systems often assume that layering safeguards increases reliability. In fragile environments, it can do the opposite by compounding exclusion rather than preventing abuse. That tradeoff rarely gets publicly debated. Truly an insightful read!
What an eye-opening read. As a student, we now have another ID called Apaar ID (Advertised as one nation, one student ID) launched last year under NEP 2020 which is also linked to your aadhar. And now that there are so many IDs one need to hold, we have digilocker. I also have been trying to change my aadhar photo since 3 months but even if I come as early as possible, there is always a line of 50+ people (mostly poor) standing. The online token website is futile and your only chance is to stand and hope you get a token. I am curious to know what solutions you think are possible to this. One obvious one is to have more employees and more aadhar center to cater to our huge population. But aside from this, is there no solution modern tech can offer?
Awesome writeup. This is the first I read about the NREGA fiasco.