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Policy Briefs

A Policy Brief is a concise document that summarizes a specific policy issue and offers action-oriented recommendations. For us, it is an important output format for communicating complex policy issues to a non-technical audience. We believe that our policy briefs can help policymakers to better understand the issues at hand and make informed decisions backed by thorough research.

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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
May 19, 2020 | Dvara Research

In this policy brief, we identify some of the challenges in enrolling for and availing the benefits under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana announced by the Central Government of India.

By Aarushi Gupta, Anupama Kumar, Janani AP
May 19, 2020 | Dvara Research

In this policy brief, we address the concerns of last-mile delivery of welfare benefits announced under the Pradhan Mantri Gharib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY)

By Aarushi Gupta, Anupama Kumar, Janani AP
May 18, 2020 | Dvara Research

This policy brief identifies serious categories of transaction failures in the Aadhaar enabled Payment System or AePS in India together with solutions for urgent discussion

March 27, 2020 | Dvara Research

In this policy brief, we explore four simple suggestions that can potentially have a significant impact in easing the hardships of unorganised sector households.

By Hasna Ashraf, Janani AP, Aarushi Gupta, Anupama Kumar, Nishanth Kumar, Anognya P, Madhu Srinivas
March 24, 2020 | Dvara Research

In this policy brief, we examine the provisions of the Code on Social Security Bill, 2019 insofar as they apply to workers in the informal sector. We note that there is a lack of clarity in the Bill on the definition of an informal sector worker.

By Anupama Kumar
October 3, 2019 | Dvara Research

Dvara Research Policy Brief - Implementing the Personal Data Protection Bill in India