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We produce blogs to discuss new research findings, ongoing projects, and even personal reflections on the research process. Our blogs are written for a variety of audiences, including other researchers, policymakers, practitioners, financial service providers, grassroots organizations, impact investors and the public. The format is simple and easy to grasp. The language is straightforward, and the tone is non-academic. Our blogs can be of varying lengths. We choose to write a blog when we don’t want to do a full- fledged study or follow a rigorous research process. Blogs may contain opinions and they can also be based on experiences. Some of our blogs may just share some observations, learnings, or challenges.

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September 3, 2014 | Dvara Research

The Report of the Committee on Comprehensive Financial Services for Small Businesses and Low Income Households (CCFS) was submitted to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in January this year.

By Vishnu Prasad
August 28, 2014 | Dvara Research

This post is the third in a series on Social Security for the Indian Unorganised Sector.

By Vishnu Prasad
August 20, 2014 | Dvara Research

In the latest edition of The Euromoney Securitisation & Structured Finance Handbook 2014/15 (published by the Euromoney Handbooks, London) Sreya Ray & Vaibhav Anand of IFMR Capital have authored a chapter on the topic of Mortgage backed securitisation for affordable housing finance.

By Sreya Ray, Vaibhav Anand
August 12, 2014 | Dvara Research

Simon Kuznets’ seminal 1955 study on income inequality is famous for the inverted ‘U’ hypothesis1 which posits that as an economy develops, inequality first increases and then decreases if a certain level of income is achieved.

By Ravi Saraogi
July 25, 2014 | Dvara Research

This post is the second in a series on Social Security for the Indian Unorganised Sector.

By Vishnu Prasad
July 18, 2014 | Dvara Research

The Committee on Comprehensive Financial Services for Small Businesses and Low Income Households recommended developing a vertically differentiated banking structure, in which banks specialise in one or more of three functions- payments, credit delivery and retail deposit taking.

June 24, 2014 | Dvara Research

Removing an earlier restriction that the Reserve Bank had placed on NBFCs, the RBI today has restored the permission for non-deposit taking NBFCs (NBFC-ND) to become Business Correspondents (BCs) to commercial banks, as recommended by the Committee on Comprehensive Financial Services for Small Businesses and Low-Income Households (CCFS).

June 20, 2014 | Dvara Research

Recently Bindu Ananth participated in a panel discussion as part of Network 18's "Change India: Experiments with Big Ideas" TV series.

By Dvara Research
June 17, 2014 | Dvara Research

Imagine you are a labourer in a village in Odisha and have painstakingly completed your Aadhaar formalities (for which you gave a proof of permanent address and your fingerprints).

June 10, 2014 | Dvara Research

Customers attempting to open a savings bank account in a scheduled commercial bank will no longer require to furnish proof of current address if the customer is staying at a location that does not correspond with that of his or her permanent address.