A review of BIS’ paper on The Design of Digital Financial Infrastructure: Lessons from India
This blog post reviews the BIS paper, and offers some reflections and critiques based on the experience of these infrastructures in India.
A Commentary on Select Recommendations of the Report of the IRDAI Committee on Microinsurance
As per IRDAI (Micro Insurance) Regulations, 2015, the microinsurance business is exempted from customised benefit illustration6 and disclosure norms prescribed in IRDA (Linked and Non-Linked Insurance Products) Regulations. IRDAI’s latest circular on this continues to extend this exemption.
Response to the White Paper on the Strategy for National Open Digital Ecosystems released by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in February 2020
In this document, we present our response to the White Paper on the Strategy for National Open Digital Ecosystems (the White Paper) released by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in February 2020. We are deeply concerned that creating National Open Digital Ecosystems (NODEs) as envisioned in the White Paper could entrench existing problems with service delivery and hamper the growth of a free and fair digital economy.
Our Response to the White Paper on Strategy for National Open Digital Ecosystems
In this blog post, we present our comments to the White Paper on Strategy for National Open Digital Ecosystems in response to the call for comments by MeitY
What Do We Know About Women’s Mobile Phone Access & Use? A review of evidence
While phone access and ownership has been rising rapidly in India in recent years, women lag behind on access, usage and ownership of mobile phones across the world but especially in South Asia, including India.
Women’s Access and Use of Mobile Phones
This paper provides an analytical review of extant literature on how low-income women in India and in other countries in the Global South access and use mobile phones
Savings in Gold by Low-income Households
Investment in gold by Indian households is motivated by social, economic, and cultural
factors.
Where do we go from here? Considerations for social security for migrant workers
Reflections on issues related to the delivery of benefits announced for migrant workers under Atma Nirbhar Bharat welfare scheme
Last-mile Delivery of PM Garib Kalyan Yojana Benefits during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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.
How can we fix the pipelines? Last-mile Delivery of PM Garib Kalyan Yojana Benefits during the COVID-19 Pandemic
In this policy brief, we address the concerns of last-mile delivery of welfare benefits announced under the Pradhan Mantri Gharib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY)
