Browsing Faculty Publications (Bibliographic) by Author "Khera, Reetika"

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    • The Aadhaar debate: Where are the sociologists? 

      Khera, Reetika (Sage Journals, 2018)
      The Aadhaar project which aims to provide all residents in India with a unique identity number requires much more attention from sociologists of India. There are several areas of research where sociologists can help: one, ...

    • Casting the Net: India's public distribution system after the food security act 

      Dreze, Jean; Gupta, Prankur; Khera, Reetika; Pimenta, Isabel (Economic and Political Weekly, 2019)
      A broad-brush assessment of the public distribution system is presented in six of India’s poorest states—Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and West Bengal—soon after the National Food Security Act, ...

    • Dissent on Aadhaar: big data meets big brother 

      Khera, Reetika (Orient BlackSwan Hyderabad, 2019)
      Aadhaar, India’s unique identity system, was introduced in 2009 with the stated purpose of creating a more inclusive and efficient welfare system. Hundreds of millions of Indians were enrolled into the biometric database, ...

    • Impact of Aadhaar on Welfare 

      Khera, Reetika (Orient BlackSwan Hyderabad, 2018)
      Pope aptly describes the origins and evolution of the unique identity project, that was initiated to provide each resident of India a unique number linked to his or her biometrics. Among other things, it was meant to lead ...

    • Introduction 

      Khera, Reetika (Orient Black Swan, 2018-01-19)