Independent Research and Policy Advocacy

November 4, 2020 | Dvara Research

This blogpost discusses the case of an unorganised sector worker who, along with many other workers, did not receive the cash entitlement into her bank account

By Nishanth Kumar
October 30, 2020 | Dvara Research

This blog post deconstructs three crucial examples of states seeking to implement digital welfare systems and contracting out design and implementation to private entities

October 29, 2020 | Dvara Research

In this post, we outline some measures that the RBI and Government can take to alleviate the stress faced by the MFI sector

By Madhu Srinivas, Akhil Mehra
October 28, 2020 | Dvara Research

This post analyses the present regulations governing the restructuring of personal loans and their implications for the borrower’s credit score and her credit record

By Dwijaraj Bhattacharya, Deepti George
October 21, 2020 | Dvara Research

In this post, we provide some comments on social security for informal workers as it now stands under the 2020 Code.

By Anupama Kumar
October 20, 2020 | Dvara Research

In this post, we investigate the cost of Interest on Interest (IoI), that emerged out of the RBI’s policy to grant a 6-month debt moratorium

October 15, 2020 | Dvara Research

This note was first published as a part of session 2 of the four-part webinar series hosted by Dvara Research and IndiaSpend.

By Sowmini G Prasad, Dr. Indradeep Ghosh
October 13, 2020 | Dvara Research

Dvara Research, in collaboration with Gram Vaani, University of Montreal, and Tika Vaani has been selected for the Azim Premji University COVID-19 Research Funding Programme 2020

By Team SPI
October 12, 2020 | Dvara Research

This note was first published as a part of session 1 of the four-part webinar series hosted by Dvara Research and IndiaSpend.

By Hasna Ashraf, Dr. Nachiket Mor
October 8, 2020 | LSE

In Work Want Work: Labour and Desire at the End of Capitalism, Mareile Pfannebecker and J.A. Smith address the problems in the prevailing discourse on work and outline how exactly we can put a post-work future into practice.

By Anupama Kumar