Author: Dvara Research

In this post, we discuss the market & regulatory barriers that prevent most farmers, banks & NBFCs from participating in the commodity derivatives market

we also propose a set of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that can be a ready reference for community-based institutions, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), or government-run help centres, engaged in citizen assistance in the field of social welfare and accountability.

This report has been submitted to Azim Premji University under their COVID-19 Research Funding Programme 2020

This working paper was accepted to the 4th Annual Conference of India Gold Policy Centre at IIM Ahmedabad

we conducted a study to evaluate the impact of information disclosures in discouraging consumers from making unsuitable choices, i.e., choices that do not align with their financial circumstances, risk capacity and appetite.

In this blog post, we share our responses submitted to the RBI to the questions posed in the discussion paper

In this video, we follow the self-help groups (SHGs) to understand how they assist women and their families in achieving financial security

Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs) play a critical role in the credit ecosystem by acting as last-mile financiers for the unbanked and underserved segments of the Indian economy,

This casestudy showcases exclusion from the PDS leading to further exclusion from COVID-19 relief efforts targeted at ration cardholders

In this blog post, we analyse the VimoSEWA model in India, which shows the strength of community-level intervention and support