Thread by @roadscholarz

Still believe #Aadhaar is good for #welfare? Here's why it's not. Glimpses from a recent PDS- Aadhaar Survey in Jharkhand /0

#AadhaarFail

Olasi Hansda*, a widow, cannot walk, hence cannot authenticate herself = No grains since Jan. /1

#AadhaarFail

Fingerprints do not match for Jainathram = No grains since Sept. 2016 /2

#AadhaarFail

Birsi Devi + daughter, both are widows, and for both fingerprints don't work = no grains for several months

Tilo Kumari is hard of hearing. Fingerprints don't match. She's a single earner. /4

#AadhaarFail excluding the most vulnerable consistently

No POS-able member in Jahrina's family since intro. OTP worked for a couple of months. Now failing. /5

#AadhaarFail

Despite possessing and submitting Aadhaar, no member in Guriya's family is POS-able = no grains for past 10 months.

#AadhaarFail

Introduction of Aadhaar based biometric authentication = no grains for Mangal Munda's family since Aug 2016.

#AadhaarFail

Quantity fraud continues as Aadhaar cannot shift power balance b/w dealer & beneficiary. + Causing much disruption.

#AadhaarFail

No internet connection meant dealer has to separate authentication (here, under a tree) & disbursal of grains (PDS shop).

#AadhaarFail

Erroneous Aadhaar seeding (or the lack of) = no grains for Lusiya Kullu & husband since March 2017.

#AadhaarFail

If daughter not around, Rejan Samad, 72 yrs old, ill and infirm, cannot get his grains

And we speak of 'citizen empowerment'? #AadhaarFail

No Aadhaar seeding = no grains for 8 mos for Marothamay Muru, a widow & son ==>They are considering leasing their agro land #AadhaarFail

The curious case of Sagupta.

Dealers have found ingenuous ways to circumvent Aadhaar and siphon grains.

#AadhaarFail

Judaida 70 yr old widow, lives alone. Only son is POS-able, but lives elsewhere. OTP worked only once. No grains for 3 mos

#AadhaarFail

No Aadhaar despite multiple attempts to get one = no rations since Nov 2016 for Rahil, a widow & Antayodya card holder. (n/n)

#AadhaarFail

Aadhaar is undoubtedly causing exclusion, often to the most vulnerable. Tech breaking down even in urban areas like Ranchi district /

/The two oft-cited pro-#Aadhaar arguments: "state capacity" & "citizen empowerment" rest on very weak ground /

/Esp. in light of busted myth of savings, and large-scale exclusion. Add v. serious privacy and surveillance concerns /

/Aadhaar must be used as a 'how-to-not' design public&social policy. In current form, it must go back to the drawing board//

#AadhaarFail