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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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'Knot suitable': Digital checks save Rs 427 crore in UP's mass marriage scheme

Lucknow: A fake bride, a married groom posing as eligible and a wedding party that vanished the moment questions were asked - the scene in Kannauj could easily have become another case of welfare fraud slipping through the cracks.

Instead, it became an evidence of how technology is seeking to reshape the delivery of government benefits in Uttar Pradesh.

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