States across the country are taking steps towards providing digital identities to beneficiaries of their Public Distribution System. In doing so, use of Aadhaar based biometrics seems to be the preferred choice of method. However, this method has been widely criticized for several reasons such...

Despite substantial expenditure, food security programs in developing countries suffer from several inefficiencies that prevent beneficiaries from receiving their entitlements in entirety. Some of these inefficiencies are attributable to the monopoly power wielded by agents involved in the...

Public sector supply chains across the developing world routinely experience diversion of subsidized goods for private gain. Governments are increasingly turning to digital technology interventions for better monitoring and planning of these supply chains but empirical evidence regarding their...