Theme: Financial Lives of Poor Households

Inviting research institutions/think-tanks, institutional and independent academicians, and scholars to submit research proposals

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.

Insights from the roundtable on Social Security for Informal Sector Workers

This blog examines the growth in household holdings of financial assets and liabilities for the period 2000-01 to 2016-17

Insights and field experiences from Dvara Money.

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.

Inaugural Dvara Research Blog Competition 2019

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