Author: Subhash Bhatnagar, IIMA

India is a country of 1.2 billion people, but only a small fraction of the population is able to establish its identity through documentation.

The inability to prove one’s identity is a major handicap for the poor, as access to benefits under the government’s anti-poverty program — such as old-age pensions, subsidised food grains and rural employment — are often denied on this basis. Read more…