The datafication of anti-poverty programmes: Evidence from the Public Distribution System in Karnataka

The notion of datafication implies rendering existing objects, actions and processes into data. This research-in-progress paper focuses on the meaning of datafication for anti-poverty programmes, conceived as social welfare schemes designed specifically for poor people. Drawing on a state-level case...

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Main Authors:	Soumyo Das, Silvia Masiero
Format:	Default Conference proceeding
Published:	2019
Subjects:	Other commerce, management, tourism and services not elsewhere classified Datafication Public distribution system Aadhaar Data justice Welfare benefit programmes Business and Management not elsewhere classified
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/36735
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spelling	rr-article-94989532019-01-01T00:00:00Z The datafication of anti-poverty programmes: Evidence from the Public Distribution System in Karnataka Soumyo Das (7197266) Silvia Masiero (2940726) Other commerce, management, tourism and services not elsewhere classified Datafication Public distribution system Aadhaar Data justice Welfare benefit programmes Business and Management not elsewhere classified The notion of datafication implies rendering existing objects, actions and processes into data. This research-in-progress paper focuses on the meaning of datafication for anti-poverty programmes, conceived as social welfare schemes designed specifically for poor people. Drawing on a state-level case study of the adoption of Aadhaar, India’s biometric population database, within the main national food security programme, we illustrate a techno-rational perspective that views datafication as capable of enhancing the effectiveness of anti-poverty schemes. At the same time, field narratives collected from beneficiaries show multiple forms of data injustice including informational gaps, restriction of the universal right to food to the enrolled, and exclusion of entitled households from service provision. Based on the qualitative research conducted on the scheme we put forward a politically embedded view of data, framing datafication as a transformative force that concurs to deep reform of existing anti-poverty programmes. 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Conference contribution 2134/36735 https://figshare.com/articles/conference_contribution/The_datafication_of_anti-poverty_programmes_Evidence_from_the_Public_Distribution_System_in_Karnataka/9498953 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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spellingShingle	Other commerce, management, tourism and services not elsewhere classified Datafication Public distribution system Aadhaar Data justice Welfare benefit programmes Business and Management not elsewhere classified Soumyo Das Silvia Masiero The datafication of anti-poverty programmes: Evidence from the Public Distribution System in Karnataka
description	The notion of datafication implies rendering existing objects, actions and processes into data. This research-in-progress paper focuses on the meaning of datafication for anti-poverty programmes, conceived as social welfare schemes designed specifically for poor people. Drawing on a state-level case study of the adoption of Aadhaar, India’s biometric population database, within the main national food security programme, we illustrate a techno-rational perspective that views datafication as capable of enhancing the effectiveness of anti-poverty schemes. At the same time, field narratives collected from beneficiaries show multiple forms of data injustice including informational gaps, restriction of the universal right to food to the enrolled, and exclusion of entitled households from service provision. Based on the qualitative research conducted on the scheme we put forward a politically embedded view of data, framing datafication as a transformative force that concurs to deep reform of existing anti-poverty programmes.
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author	Soumyo Das Silvia Masiero
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title	The datafication of anti-poverty programmes: Evidence from the Public Distribution System in Karnataka
title_short	The datafication of anti-poverty programmes: Evidence from the Public Distribution System in Karnataka
title_full	The datafication of anti-poverty programmes: Evidence from the Public Distribution System in Karnataka
title_fullStr	The datafication of anti-poverty programmes: Evidence from the Public Distribution System in Karnataka
title_full_unstemmed	The datafication of anti-poverty programmes: Evidence from the Public Distribution System in Karnataka
title_sort	datafication of anti-poverty programmes: evidence from the public distribution system in karnataka
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The datafication of anti-poverty programmes: Evidence from the Public Distribution System in Karnataka

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