An Initial Analysis of the Atal Pension Yojana
The Finance Minister, in his budget speech for 2015-16, has announced a new defined benefit pension scheme – Atal Pension Yojanai (APY, henceforth) – for unorganised sector workers who are not covered under any statutory social security scheme.
Evaluation of the National Pension System – Swavalamban Scheme
85% of our workforce employed in the unorganised sector workforce who do not have access to any formal pensions, the Government of India (GoI) introduced the National Pension System-Swavalamban (NPS-S) in 2010. This scheme was implemented with of the objective of encouraging citizens engaged in the unorganised sector to save towards retirement.
An overview of the features of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (2005)
Continuing on our series on Unemployment Support In India, this post provides an overview of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (2005).
JNNURM: Brief Overview of the Mission – Part I & II
Continuing our blog series on Municipal Finance in India, in this two-part series we provide a brief overview of the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).
Panchayat Finances and the Need for Devolutions from the State Government
In the current edition of Economic & Political Weekly, Anand Sahasranaman of IFMR Finance Foundation has published a paper on Panchayat Finances based on an analysis of three villages – Pallavapuram, Pandiyapuram and Cholapuram in rural Tamil Nadu
