1. DAWN OF THE CARD Scope of Unique ID in Indian urban-scape By Kartik Trivedi
2. Gotham City What factors define a perfect urban scape Economic activity v/s Ease of living Is immigration good for a city More people – less resources or more people – more money Why do people keep on immigrating, despite of reduction in benefits Job? Food? Health? Education? Who is the best Batman of all time?
3. Salaam Bombay Human capital movement – Migration form of capital flow, where the young (fresh product) moves, wealth maximization, larger horizon for that. Risks involved in migration Rural-rural, rural-urban, urban-urban and urban-rural In various behavioral economics model, marriages do play an important part in urbanization – Indians are famous for their inter-cast/sect marriages.
4. Scope within Shantynomy Dharavi – Asia’s largest slum have 5000 businesses and 15,000 single room factories US $ 600 required per person to provide alternative to future low-income slum dwellers (source: 2005 WB Human Settlements Programme) UN Model – 30% Credit : 10% Self : 60% Government UN says – Invest in urban poor through sustainable measures Todaro says – Hey! Think before investing in urban poor Jobs? Food? Health? Education?
5. More on Shantynomy North-South trade (within urban-scape) Open market - Free movement of all the factors of production Consumes goods from North as well as from South Produces low quality good Labor intensive vs Knowledge intensive
6. UIDAI/AADHAAR A 12 digit identification number Identification for every citizen, including infants Database included demographic and biometric information Independent of current documentation methods Intends to replace ration card, passport, driver’s license for identification purpose Voluntary Provides “Yes” or “No” response for any identification authentication queries Source: UIDAI website
7. Is it a bird…is it a plane… is it Superman? Work across the country All Government agencies will know who you are Private agencies wont repeatedly ask for your identity Avoid duplication No profiling
8. Superpowers please… Provides authenticity to avail finances UID and Public Distribution system 57% of intended supply never reaches the beneficiaries UID and Education As per Indian Constitution every child age 6-14 have right to free and compulsory education UID and Public Health 45% of children end up not having basic vaccination UID and MGNREGA 8%+ of total budget fund goes to NREGS
9. Nothing’s Hill Is biometrics the solution What if corruption is at beneficiaries level Can technology avoid all kinds of subversion of system Privacy Duplication
10. econo Matrix Production efficiency Aid based or trade based Tracking the economics Loans Entrepreneurship and Knowledge Spillover
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