Independent Research and Policy Advocacy

January 14, 2023 | ET BFSI, The Economic Times

Tremendous efforts have gone into creating new authoritiessuch as the Central Consumer Protection Authority.

By Deepti George
January 9, 2023 | ThePrint

Low-income households work with irregular income inflows, resulting in shrinking financial planning horizon and necessitating frequent decisions in response to frequent changes.

By Amulya Neelam, Sowmini G Prasad
December 23, 2022 | Dvara Research

In this post, we present our findings from our literature review based on which we conducted the behavioural study.

By Beni Chugh, Srikara Prasad, Nishan Gantayat, Anushka Ashok
December 23, 2022 | Dvara Research

Dvara Research and Final Mile are collaborating on a behavioural science informed primary study to unpack the barriers that customers currently face in engaging with and understanding consent artefacts.

By Beni Chugh, Srikara Prasad
December 16, 2022 | Dvara Research

While the usage of UPI-based payments has been steadily increasing, the experiences of new-to-UPI users are relatively less examined.

By Beni Chugh, Srikara Prasad
December 14, 2022 | Dvara Research

This study was conducted through a donation from WhatsApp Pay. All material created under this study is made available as a public good, accessible through this page.

By Dvara Research, Centre for Social and Behavioural Change, Ashoka University
December 12, 2022 | ThePrint

'JAM' trinity facilitates direct benefit transfers of welfare subsidies into bank accounts of poor, but teething issues have kept the programme from realising its true potential.

November 28, 2022 | ThePrint

The latest iteration of India’s data protection legislation calls for a reminder of why the country needs a Personal Data Protection Bill and what would make it a good one.

By Srikara Prasad, Beni Chugh
November 22, 2022 | FinDev Gateway

Indian households and businesses hold their wealth primarily in physical assets like real estate, gold, and durables, while barely investing in any financial assets.

By Niyati Agrawal, Rakshith S. Ponnathpur
November 21, 2022 | Moneycontrol

Protecting citizens’ privacy is a pre-eminent mandate of any data protection regime. The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill appears to have departed farther away from that mandate