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Household Finance

Dvara Research’s Household Finance Research initiative aims to rigorously understand the financial choices and decisions of low-income or excluded individuals and households, and their relation to achieving households’ objectives. It has been our consistent endeavour to study financial inclusion as a gateway to a suite of appropriate financial services eventually enabling well-rounded household balance sheets and consumer financial well-being.

Misha Sharma Dvara

Misha Sharma

Head - Household Finance

Natasha D’cruze Dvara

Natasha D’cruze

Research Associate

Niyati Agrawal Dvara

Niyati Agrawal

Research Associate

Priyadarshini Ganesan Dvara

Priyadarshini Ganesan

Senior Research Associate

Risha Ramachandran Dvara

Risha Ramachandran

Research Consultant

Our Work

January 23, 2021 | Dvara Research

In this research brief, we use the income and expenditure data from CMIE to study the formal savings potential of the households over a period of six years

By Niyati Agrawal, Rakshith S. Ponnathpur
January 7, 2021 | NDTV Profit

The best banks are boring banks, whose strength is in the maturity of their processes for managing capital, writes Nachiket Mor.

By Dr. Nachiket Mor, Deepti George
December 24, 2020 | Dvara Research

In this post, we summarise the themes of HHF as articulated in a our working paper as well as comment on the gaps in a recent paper on HHF

By Monami Dasgupta
December 18, 2020 | Dvara Research

This brief presents the evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on the daily life of low-income households from a fortnightly panel survey conducted by Dvara Research

November 26, 2020 | Dvara Research

In this note, we review the current status of ESIS and consider pathways through which ESIS can more effectively deliver the promised services and benefits to its beneficiaries.

November 17, 2020 | Dvara Research

In this blog post, we analyse migrant risks and work choices

By Vikram Bahure
September 28, 2020 | Dvara Research

In the wake of COVID-19 related lockdown and the resultant impact on the financial lives of millions of households, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approved a series of regulatory measures, which among others, enabled lending institutions to provide their borrowers with a 6 month-repayment moratorium on term loans. A debt moratorium at this scale […]

By Dwijaraj Bhattacharya, Misha Sharma, Monami Dasgupta
September 21, 2020 | Dvara Research

Financial inclusion is a key aspect of sustainable economic growth. It helps households mobilise savings, smooth consumption and manage risks throughout their life cycles.

August 18, 2020 | Dvara Research

How have household financial portfolios changed between 1993 and 2003, and between 2003 and 2013, as per successive rounds of NSSO All India Debt and Investment Survey (AIDIS)

By Vishwanath C, Rakshith S. Ponnathpur
August 18, 2020 | Dvara Research

An analysis on the changes in the financial portfolio of rural households between 1993 and 2003, and between 2003 and 2013

By Rakshith S. Ponnathpur, Vishwanath C