Innovative and blended finance structures, such as Social Venture Funds, offer a unique opportunity for nonprofits to secure new funding.

The Indian government has set into motion the implementation of several schemes that are aimed at improving both the liability and asset sides of the balance sheets of banks and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), so that lending to the real economy can increase. The most recently introduced are four schemes.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Investment in gold by Indian households is motivated by social, economic, and cultural factors.

Reflections on issues related to the delivery of benefits announced for migrant workers under Atma Nirbhar Bharat welfare scheme

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.