Identity Verification Standards in Welfare Programs: Experimental Evidence from India
Karthik Muralidharan,Paul Niehaus,Sandip Sukhtankar — Identity Verification Standards in Welfare Programs: Experimental Evidence from India (2025)Karthik Muralidharan; Paul Niehaus; Sandip Sukhtankar · 2025 · Article · abstractEstablishedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0543 · as of 2026-10-27 · about: Aadhaar: India's biometric digital identity · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“Muralidharan, Niehaus and Sukhtankar found that stricter biometric verification in a major Indian welfare programme reduced leakage, but 1.5 to 2 million legitimate beneficiaries lost benefits at some point, mostly because of how the transition was managed.”
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Building State Capacity: Evidence from Biometric Smartcards in India
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