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Anganwadi staff oppose face tech for ration
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
|February 25, 2025
OPPOSING the process of using facial recognition for the distribution of Take-Home Ration (THR), anganwadi workers in Tamil Nadu announced state-wide protests on March 4.
Addressing media persons, All India Federation of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers (AIFAWH) president A R Sindhu and Tamil Nadu Anganwadi Workers and Helpers Association general secretary T Daisy said the Ministry of Women and Child Development announced the rollout of a facial recognition two-factor authentication system for distribution of THR from March 1 across the country. Anganwadi workers from Tamil Nadu will n
This story is from the February 25, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Tirunelveli.
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