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by 0x8BADF00D 3224 days ago
> India is a bureaucratic mess. And as UG Krishnamurti put it very succinctly, India is a failed country. As mentioned elsewhere in this thread, we desperately first need to focus on poverty first.

Poverty is difficult to address in a nation as large as India. Such a problem quickly approaches intractability. What are some solutions you envision to help alleviate poverty? There could very well be a huge opportunity for a startup in this space.

I feel like without requiring Aadhaar for benefits, it's impossible to ascertain or measure who is really under the poverty line or not.