Publication: Dvara Research

Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs) play a critical role in the credit ecosystem by acting as last-mile financiers for the unbanked and underserved segments of the Indian economy,

This casestudy showcases exclusion from the PDS leading to further exclusion from COVID-19 relief efforts targeted at ration cardholders

In this blog post, we analyse the VimoSEWA model in India, which shows the strength of community-level intervention and support

Excessive debt negatively affects households and can diminish any developmental gains from such debt. It also dampens a nation’s economic growth and threatens its financial stability.

This post summarises the research findings from our recently concluded project on exclusion and grievance redress that was undertaken in collaboration with Gram Vaani et.al

This chapter documents the growing informalization of India’s labour force and the consequences of this phenomenon for the state of social protection in India.

This post provides an overview of the financial consumer grievance redress system in India and highlights the issues that make it less effective and less consumer-friendly

Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) is a health insurance/ assurance scheme which was launched by the Government of India (GoI) in September 2018. It is the second component under Ayushman Bharat; a scheme envisioned to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in India.

In this post, we examine the concept of managed care and attempt to understand its relevance in the Indian context.

An analysis of literature on the socio-economic implications of sharing privately held NPD and the objectives of other comparable frameworks suggests that the rationale for some of these goals are unclear. They do not take into consideration the complete economic and social merits and demerits of sharing privately held NPD.