TY - JOUR PY - 2019 SN - 1972-554X T1 - Sense-making of digital money among female peripheral agents: a short ethnographic study of informal workers in North India JO - SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO DA - 9/15/2019 12:00:00 AM DO - 10.3280/SL2019-154004 UR - http://www.francoangeli.it/Riviste/Scheda_rivista.aspx?idArticolo=64469 AU - Chakraborty, Anwesha AU - Sarah Sam, Jillet SP - 60 EP - 78 IS - 154 VL - LA - EN AB - This essay compares how digital money is conceptualized by the government with sense-making and practices among women workers in North India. The government promotes and envisions a future with large sections of the population within the fold of ‘Digital India’. The policy rhetoric emphasizes capacity building, both in terms of improving infrastructure and training. However, in its positive narratives, the inclusion of peripherals in the government of the digital economy. Further, through focus group discussions and interviews carried out with women working at the intersection of formal and informal economy. PB - FrancoAngeli ER -