India has developed the world’s largest welfare programme—delivering food, cash, insurance, jobs, pensions, scholarships and dozens of entitlements.
Yet access eludes millions. Very often, this is because of lack of awareness of the myriad schemes. And, this has become more relevant given the recent decision to make social security mandatory for all workers, including those in the gig economy.
A pioneering social enterprise, Haqdarshak, is seeking to bridge this information asymmetry to expand access to millions. StratNewsGlobal.Tech spoke with Aniket Deogar, CEO and Founder of Haqdarshak about the complex challenge of last-mile inclusion on Capital Calculus.
Anil Padmanabhan has been a journalist for the last 36 years. He has worked in various capacities in several publications including Afternoon Despatch & Courier, Press Trust of India, Business Standard, Mint and was based in New York for India Today. He was a Nieman Fellow in 2001. He tweets at @capitalcalculus.
