India's Private Security Industry
Gated Communities and Visitor Apps
How gated housing societies spend on guards, gates and visitor management apps like MyGate, and debates about exclusion and domestic workers' access.
Gated communities buy private security.
Spending
Societies pay for guards, gates, cameras and intercoms from maintenance fees.
Visitor apps
Apps like MyGate and NoBrokerHood log visitors, deliveries and domestic workers.
Club goods
Security in a gated society is a club good: members share it, outsiders are excluded.
Domestic workers
Workers may face checks and restrictions, raising dignity concerns.
Deliveries
Apps manage the flood of delivery workers.
Effects on cities
Gated communities can separate rich and poor areas.
A resident approves a delivery on MyGate before the guard lets the rider in.
It's a club good that excludes outsiders.
- Gated societies buy private security.
- Apps manage visitors.
- Security is a club good.
- Access rules affect workers.
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