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India used digital technologies to reduce disparities: UN

A flagship UN study has stated that, India has successfully managed to use digital platforms to reduce disparities among population groups. India’s experience of complementing mobile technologies with the Aadhaar identification system to reduce inequality is likely to be replicated in other countries in future. “India harnessed the potential of digital technologies for more inclusive development”, as published in the The World Social Report 2020, by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA).