Must the Most Vulnerable Bear the Highest Costs? The Case of Interest on Interest during the Debt Moratorium
In this post, we investigate the cost of Interest on Interest (IoI), that emerged out of the RBI’s policy to grant a 6-month debt moratorium
Commercial Health Insurance in India – Status and Challenges
This note was first published as a part of session 2 of the four-part webinar series hosted by Dvara Research and IndiaSpend.
Building SOPs for Grievance Redressal to Reduce Exclusions in Access to Social Protection Schemes for Poor and Vulnerable Populations
Dvara Research, in collaboration with Gram Vaani, University of Montreal, and Tika Vaani has been selected for the Azim Premji University COVID-19 Research Funding Programme 2020
Status of Health Systems in India at National and Subnational Levels
This note was first published as a part of session 1 of the four-part webinar series hosted by Dvara Research and IndiaSpend.
Book Review: Work Want Work: Labour and Desire at the End of Capitalism by Mareile Pfannebecker and J.A. Smith
In Work Want Work: Labour and Desire at the End of Capitalism, Mareile Pfannebecker and J.A. Smith address the problems in the prevailing discourse on work and outline how exactly we can put a post-work future into practice.
Response dated 13 September 2020 to the Report by the Committee of Experts on Non-Personal Data Governance Framework released by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in July 2020
This response identifies some overarching concerns with the Report that we seek to convey and substantiate.
They are categorised under the following three sections:
Section 1: The Report fails to identify the basis for a separate regulatory regime to regulate non-personal data (NPD).
Our Response to the Report by the Committee of Experts on Non-Personal Data Governance Framework
In this blog post, we present our comments to the Report by the Committee of Experts on Non-Personal Data Governance Framework
Our Comments On Preliminary Draft Code On Wages (Central) Rules, 2020
Dvara Research is a not-for-profit policy research and advocacy institute whose primary mission is to ensure access to financial services for all individuals and enterprises.
Comments on the Code on Wages, 2019 and Draft Wages Code Rules, 2020
In this post, we examine some questions with respect to India’s minimum wage laws, in light of the Code on Wages, 2019 and the Draft Wages Code Rules, 2020
Proceedings of Roundtable on Social Security for Self-Employed Workers in the Informal Sector
The Social Protection Initiative organised a closed-door virtual roundtable discussion on social security for self-employed workers
