Independent Research and Policy Advocacy

August 1, 2025 | Dvara Research

In this blog post, we analyse the changes in the direction and weigh them through the lens of customer protection and long-term sustainability. We also offer suggestions on streamlining the KYC updation (re-KYC) exercise without adding to systemic risks.

August 1, 2025 | Dvara Research

In this document, we present our response to the policy document on DHRUVA (Digital Hub for  Reference and Unique Virtual Address): The Digital Address DPI, hereafter referred to as the ‘policy  document’, published by the Department of Posts in May 2025.   

July 17, 2025 | Dvara Research

The Consultation Paper sets out the landscape of use cases of AI prevalent in the Indian Securities Market.

May 13, 2025

IN FOCUS: FINANCIAL LIVES OF POOR HOUSEHOLDS 5 min read Arun and his family live in a rural town in Odisha. He is the sole income earner of his family. Arun is a part- time small holding farmer. He also works as an agri- labourer on his neighbour’s farm to support his family’s expenses. For […]

April 29, 2025 | Dvara Research

The survey was conducted between March and April of this year in partnership with Gram Vaani, a social technology company, in seven districts of Rajasthan: Ajmer, Alwar, Bharatpur, Bundi, Dausa, Deeg, and Jaipur.

By Hasna Ashraf, Sowmini G Prasad
April 9, 2025 | The Hindu Business Line

Fairness, explainability and human-in-the-loop principle are vital elements of Responsible AI

By Beni Chugh, Neeraj Sibal, PwC
April 4, 2025 | Dvara Research

On 13 December 2024, the Ministry of Finance, Government of India (MoF) released the draft Banning of Unregulated Lending Activities (BULA) Act. This aligns with recommendations made in the Report of the Working Group on Digital Lending.

By Deepti George, Dwijaraj Bhattacharya, Manvi Khanna, Anubhutie Singh
March 29, 2025 | Dvara Research

By studying people’s instinctive, unguided ‘trust-decisions’, we hope to uncover their mental models of trust. More specifically, we aim to (i) articulate the expectations that customers have of trustworthy lenders, (ii) help lenders design their products in a manner consistent with the customer's expectations, and (iii) translate these principle-level expectations into processes that lenders may adopt in their customer service to become trustworthy.

By Beni Chugh, Hasna Ashraf
March 29, 2025 | Dvara Research

This Whitepaper unpacks what RTAI would mean in the context of digital lending. While the term Responsible AI has been adequately conceptualized in academia and elsewhere, it still needs to be coherently contextualized to specific domains.

By PwC, Beni Chugh, Manvi Khanna, Anubhutie Singh
March 28, 2025 | Dvara Research

In this blog, we delve further to uncover the institutional, cultural, and evolutionary factors underpinning the challenges of engendering formal savings among LIHs.