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Village Benefits as India Links Welfare, Digital Economy

Anjana Pasricha

   NEW DELHI - Biru Devi is relaxed about getting paid for her labor as
   she toils on the picturesque hill slopes in Tanda village with a group
   of other women. She is working on a construction project under India's
   flagship $10 billion rural jobs program that guarantees poor rural
   households 100 days of work every year.
   "Earlier my money was never paid in time, maybe the bills did not get
   passed. But now my wages go into my bank account and are not delayed,"
   said Devi.

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