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India Has Social Schemes for Poor in Crises like Covid. But It Needs a ‘Who to Pay’ Database

Large sections of India’s population are invisible to the state. That is why in crises like Covid and lockdown, we need one common social database.

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Print
 on April 23, 2020

Source: Print

In the current coronavirus crisis and the ensuing lockdown, most migrants in India find themselves suddenly jobless as factories close, supply chains shut down and services freeze. The Narendra Modi government has responded to the crisis by announcing several social protection schemes, including direct benefit transfers for certain sections of the population and free LPG refills, grains and pulses for the poor.

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