00836nam a22001097a 4500008004100000100003400041245005800075260003400133300003400167520049100201773003400692260522b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aTrikey, Swati and Vyom, Anil   aCoping with Aadhaar: Insights from a village in Bihar  aEconomic & Political Weekly    a61(17), Apr 25, 2026: p.64-70  aAll welfare benefits for communities living at subsistence levels are linked to the 12-digit Aadhaar ID containing demographic and biometric data, though it is officially voluntary. Introduced to curb fraud in welfare delivery, Aadhaar has produced new problems. A rapid survey in Kinaroo village, Bihar, found that 116 of 124 Scheduled Caste households faced Aadhaar-related barriers to accessing entitlements.-Reproduced 

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