Social Protection Initiative

We have provided our constructive comments on the Draft in response to the call for responses from stakeholders dated 17.09.2019. (Ministry of Labour and Employment , 2019) We have commented on the following aspects of the Draft, namely: 1. The need for greater clarity on institutions set up under the Draft, particularly the Central Board of Trustees and the National Social Security Board for Unorganised Workers. 2. The definition of “worker” and “employee” under the present draft.

Our response to the Ministry of Labour on social security code.

It provides no guidelines to account for minimum consumption by households, despite Supreme Court rulings on this.

Observations on the allocations for social welfare under the July 2019 Union Budget

The second post in our three-part series on Pensions.

Insights on Social Security for the elderly in India

Launching the Social Protection Initiative at Dvara Research

On issues faced by Farmer Producer Organisations and recommendations on how to address these issues.

Research on Life insurance coverage and metrics used to measure

At least 988 million Indians--more than the population of Europe and 75% of all Indians--are not covered by any form of life insurance, and an Indian is assured of only 8% of what may be required to protect a family from financial shock following the death of an earning member, according to our analysis of government data and industry data.