Digital Divide

Reports say over 92 lakh names have been removed from Maharashtra’s Ladki Bahin Yojana after verification. The controversy raises hard questions on eKYC, leakage, exclusion and accountability.

Maharashtra’s Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana shows how digital welfare schemes can still exclude rural women. Poor network coverage, low mobile ownership, and costly e-KYC travel highlight India’s gendered digital divide …