Independent Research and Policy Advocacy

The Master Trainer Approach to Financial Education

In recent years there has been rising interest among financial service providers, NGOs and policymakers in educating customers and potential customers to enable them to make informed decisions on taking up and using financial products.

Revisiting the core ideas of CCFS

The Report of the Committee on Comprehensive Financial Services for Small Businesses and Low Income Households (CCFS) was submitted to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in January this year.

Top 5 Game changers for the Indian financial system in 2013

Our picks:
1)Appointment of Dr. Raghuram Rajan – In September Dr. Rajan took over as the 23rd governor of the Reserve Bank of India. If his opening speech is any indicator, his appointment could be one of the most important milestones for the Indian financial system.

What are your views on Making Payments Ubiquitous?

Making access to formal payments infrastructure universal is a key component of the overall vision of financial inclusion and the RBI vision document on payments correctly aims towards an economy that is eventually entirely cash less.