Identifying Eligibility Fraud in Welfare Schemes For better targeting & higher savings

About State Government

The client, a state government, aimed to streamline its welfare schemes to ensure benefits were delivered only to eligible beneficiaries. However, the government faced significant challenges due to duplicate and fraudulent entries in beneficiary databases, leading to resource leakage and inefficiencies. The need for a robust and scalable solution to detect and eliminate eligibility fraud became critical to improve targeting, optimize resource allocation, and achieve higher savings.

Problem Statement

  • Very large volume of data
  • The way demographic information is recorded varies highly
  • As Aadhar cannot be used, there is no unique key for comparison across databases such as government/retired employee, death registry, 4-wheeler owners, and land owners

Solution

Results

  • Improved Inclusion & Exclusion Error: no ineligible applicant was benefiting from the scheme, and no eligible person was deprived of it
  • Curtailed disbursement leakage: substantially improved savings for the government