State of Exclusion : Delivery of Government-to-Citizen Cash Transfers in India
This report, a compilation of all our key learnings from field engagements spanning 7 states, attempts to bring the last mile to the fore of policy discussions on social protection entitlements and their delivery.
Delivery of Social Protection Entitlements in India: Unpacking Exclusion, Grievance Redress, and the Relevance of Citizen-Assistance Mechanisms
we also propose a set of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that can be a ready reference for community-based institutions, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), or government-run help centres, engaged in citizen assistance in the field of social welfare and accountability.
Delivery of Social Protection Entitlements in India: Unpacking Exclusion, Grievance Redress, and the Relevance of Citizen-Assistance Mechanisms
This report has been submitted to Azim Premji University under their COVID-19 Research Funding Programme 2020
Detecting Over-Indebtedness while Monitoring Credit Markets in India: An Approach
In this report we propose Monitoring and Detection Framework for OID with twin outcomes in mind, that of financial stability and financial consumer protection
Tracking Performance of Payments Banks against Financial Inclusion Goals
In this report, we analyse the payments bank (PB) model in terms of the performance of individual PBs in furthering the goal of financial inclusion placed on the payments bank model.
Have Payments Banks fulfilled their Financial Inclusion Objectives?
In this report we study the performance of the four fully operational Payments Bank
Tracking Performance of Small Finance Banks against Financial Inclusion Goals
The author works as a Research Associate with Dvara Research. The author acknowledges the contribution of Deepti George, Dwijaraj B, Madhu Srinivas, Sowmini G Prasad for their valuable inputs on the draft.
Report on the Early Stage Assessment of the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana
Research insights on design and implementation of PMMY.
Evaluation of the National Pension System – Swavalamban Scheme
85% of our workforce employed in the unorganised sector workforce who do not have access to any formal pensions, the Government of India (GoI) introduced the National Pension System-Swavalamban (NPS-S) in 2010. This scheme was implemented with of the objective of encouraging citizens engaged in the unorganised sector to save towards retirement.
Comprehensive Social Security for the Indian Unorganised Sector
Social Security is widely seen as a fundamental building block of a just and equitable society. While ideas of welfare, pension and charity have been with us since the times of the earliest civilizations, the modern concept of social security can arguably trace its origins to the aftermath of the industrial revolution.
