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Video: How mandatory Aadhaar authentication is leaving the poor without food rations

In Jharkhand, Aadhaar has disrupted the public distribution system that millions of families depend on.

Aamir Hasan Khan & Waqar Akhtar
Oct 26, 2017 · 09:15 am
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