In the context of COVID-19, what are the perils involved by the perpetuated subordination of social welfare access to biometric identification? Silvia Masiero Gradually over the last years, India has introduced biometric identification of users in most of its social welfare schemes. One of the main such schemes is the Public Distribution System (PDS), the … Continue reading [BigDataSur] Beyond Touchscreens: The perils of biometric social welfare in lockdown