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Aadhaar: Is India's biometric ID scheme hurting the poor? - BBC News

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"Three months ago Muniya Devi travelled some 35km to the nearest town to submit the forms and papers necessary to get her family's ration cards linked to Aadhaar. People at the office demanded a bribe to get the job done, so she paid them 400 rupees, nearly four days of family earnings. 'They say the network is down, the computer is not working. And I keep borrowing food to feed my family,' she told me."

From "Aadhaar: Is India's biometric ID scheme hurting the poor? - BBC News".

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