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  Thursday
  November 30
  2017

  Aniket Doegar / Madhura Karnik

  Welfare Schemes Don’t Work if Nobody Knows About Them: Fixing India’s Information Deficit

  An information drought is causing millions of India's poor to miss out on billions of dollars in vital government assistance. Haqdarshak is a tech platform that addresses this massive problem. Using a combination of technology and a network of people, the social enterprise aims to transform the way people find out about, apply for and benefit from various welfare schemes.

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  Education, Social Enterprise, Technology

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  poverty alleviation