Independent Research and Policy Advocacy

Policy Initiatives

Social Protection Initiative

The Social Protection Initiative at Dvara Research is a policy initiative that aims to conduct research that will inform the design and implementation of a universal social security system. We believe a universal social security system is one that protects households and individuals against the vulnerabilities faced across the life cycle. At the same time, it is important to keep in mind India’s unique demographic and economic realities. These vulnerabilities are the outcomes of complex interactions of being exposed to a threat, of a threat materializing, and of lacking the defences or resources to deal with a threat.

Abhishek Mukherjee Dvara

Abhishek Mukherjee

Research Associate

Anjali Nambiar Dvara

Anjali Nambiar

Research Associate

Aishwarya Narayan Dvara

Aishwarya Narayan

Senior Research Associate

Hasna Ashraf Dvara

Hasna Ashraf

Senior Research Associate

Our Work

October 21, 2020 | Dvara Research

In this post, we provide some comments on social security for informal workers as it now stands under the 2020 Code.

By Anupama Kumar
October 15, 2020 | Dvara Research

This note was first published as a part of session 2 of the four-part webinar series hosted by Dvara Research and IndiaSpend.

October 13, 2020 | Dvara Research

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

By Team SPI
October 12, 2020 | Dvara Research

This note was first published as a part of session 1 of the four-part webinar series hosted by Dvara Research and IndiaSpend.

By Hasna Ashraf, Dr. Nachiket Mor
October 8, 2020 | LSE

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.

By Anupama Kumar
October 1, 2020 | Dvara Research

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.

By Anupama Kumar, Apoorva Bantula
October 1, 2020 | Dvara Research

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

By Anupama Kumar, Apoorva Bantula
September 29, 2020 | Dvara Research

The Social Protection Initiative organised a closed-door virtual roundtable discussion on social security for self-employed workers

By Team SPI
September 25, 2020 | Dvara Research

This post is part of a series of guest posts on social security for self-employed workers in the informal economy

By India Migration Now
September 16, 2020 | Dvara Research

In this post, we highlight how in the face of widespread loss of income, households relied on an informal economy, often at high costs