Welfare hangs in balance: Tribal women tie phones to trees for Ladkhi Bahin OTP

Tribal women in Maharashtra’s Nandurbar district face immense challenges accessing government aid, trekking miles to find weak mobile signals for e-KYC verification for the Ladki Bahin Yojana. Despite the state mandating digital processes, patchy networks and technical glitches leave many struggling to receive their monthly payouts, highlighting a stark digital divide.