Independent Research and Policy Advocacy

May 21, 2021 | Dvara Research

In this research brief, we seek to explore the differences in healthcare expenditure between States in greater depth. We study the differences in budgetary allocations for healthcare between States as a proportion of State GDP and as a portion of total expenditure overall.

By Hasna Ashraf, Anupama Kumar
May 19, 2021 | Dvara Research

As part of the 5th Dvara Research Conference on Household Finance primer series, in this post we discuss the theme 'Portfolios of Migrant Households'

By Rakshith S. Ponnathpur
May 17, 2021 | Dvara Research

In this set of videos, we discuss our work pertaining to exclusion and the delivery of social protection entitlements

By Team SPI
May 6, 2021 | Dvara Research

In this brief, we look at how the financial portfolios of Indian households have changed over time, specifically between 2014 to 2020, using the Consumer Pyramid Household Survey collected and maintained by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy.

By Niyati Agrawal, Misha Sharma, Harini Ravi
May 3, 2021 | Dvara Research

In this post, we cover the case of a daily wage worker in need of money, who turned to the programme, but failed to receive her wages

By Aarushi Gupta
April 26, 2021 | Dvara Research

This paper seeks to understand the nature of harm emerging from personal data processing activities and its impact on user protection. To this end, the paper analyses how personal data-related harms are unique and distinct from other kinds of harms arising from torts, breach of contract, crime or defects in products and services.

By Srikara Prasad
April 23, 2021 | Dvara Research

This paper examines the increasing use of dark patterns in digital interfaces and the concerns they raise for consumer protection

By Beni Chugh, Dvara Research, Pranjal Jain
April 21, 2021 | Dvara Research

This post reviews various sources of literature on how COVID-19 has affected migrant households & conclude by summarises some of the recommendations provided by sector experts

By Rakshith S. Ponnathpur
April 19, 2021 | Dvara Research

In this paper, we document the growing informalization of India’s labour force, and the consequences of this phenomenon for the state of social protection in India

By Hasna Ashraf, Dr. Indradeep Ghosh, Aarushi Gupta, Rakshith S. Ponnathpur, Monami Dasgupta, Anupama Kumar, Nishanth Kumar
April 15, 2021 | Dvara Research

In this paper, we assess the public disclosure regime of the Indian banking sector & provide our recommendations that RBI can consider implementing to enhance the transparency of disclosures

By Amulya Neelam, Sowmini G Prasad, Madhu Srinivas