Digitalizing Welfare: 'The One Nation One Ration Card' & the Reshaping of Social Security in Post-Covid India
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
Horizon Hall, #6325
Join the Urban Research Hub for an engaging hybrid talk by Professor Veena Naregal from the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, as she discusses Digitalizing Welfare: The 'One Nation One Ration Card' and the Reshaping of Social Security in Post-Covid India, about the transformative effects of digital governance on welfare frameworks in contemporary India. Focusing on the One Nation One Ration Card scheme, Professor Naregal will discuss how the integration of digital technologies is reshaping food security and social security entitlements for interstate migrants in the wake of significant policy shifts.
Accompanied by discussant Professor Maction Komwa, from the Geography & Geoinformation Science department, the session will highlight the critical implications of digital governance on social security welfare in India, particularly in the context of a rapidly evolving digital state.
Don't miss this opportunity to engage with leading experts on the intersection of digital governance and social welfare!
This event is sponsored by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences CIPS Fund.
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Hosted by The Urban Research Hub .
