VICTIMS OF ALGORITHMIC HARM IN INDIA’S WELFARE SYSTEM: ARTICLES 14 & 21 REMEDIES

VICTIMS OF ALGORITHMIC HARM IN INDIA’S WELFARE SYSTEM: ARTICLES 14 & 21 REMEDIES Wasif Rahman Khan, Research Scholar, Chanakya National Law University, Patna, Bihar, (India) Download Manuscript doi.org/10.70183/lijdlr.2025.v03.216 India’s welfare delivery increasingly relies on digital and automated systems for identification, eligibility verification, record linkage, and benefit disbursal. While these tools promise efficiency, they can also India’s welfare delivery increasingly relies on digital and automated systems for identification, eligibility verification, record linkage, and benefit disbursal. While these tools promise efficiency, they can also cause wrongful exclusions at scale due to data mismatches, opaque backend processing, and automated classifications treated as final.