Why customer protection is central to financial inclusion
India needs a robust and comprehensive financial customer protection regime, which it currently lacks. Imagine the following scenario. Raja and Rani are a low-income householder couple with two children in elementary school. They also take care of Raja’s ailing mother. The household’s monthly income is ₹20,000.
Formalising social security for the informal sector
During the Budget speech, the Finance inister talked about the 20-year long process of implementing the labour codes in India.
Comments on Social Security Code, 2020
In this post, we provide some comments on social security for informal workers as it now stands under the 2020 Code.
Proceedings of Roundtable on Social Security for Self-Employed Workers in the Informal Sector
The Social Protection Initiative organised a closed-door virtual roundtable discussion on social security for self-employed workers
Challenges to Social Security for Self-Employed Workers in India and the Code for Social Security Bill 2019
This is part of a series of guest posts on social security for self-employed workers in the informal economy
Where do we go from here? Considerations for social security for migrant workers
Reflections on issues related to the delivery of benefits announced for migrant workers under Atma Nirbhar Bharat welfare scheme
Designing a Universal and Comprehensive Social Security Floor for Informal Sector Workers
In this policy brief, we examine the provisions of the Code on Social Security Bill, 2019 insofar as
they apply to workers in the informal sector. We note that there is a lack of clarity in the Bill on
the definition of an informal sector worker.
Proceedings from our Roundtable on Social Security for Informal Sector Workers
Insights from the roundtable on Social Security for Informal Sector Workers
Social Security for the elderly in India
Insights on Social Security for the elderly in India
Financial Access for Persons with Disabilities – Current Status and Challenges
As part of our coverage on the recently held knowledge management sessions at our office, in this post we share video from a session on “Financial Access for Persons with Disabilities – Current Status and Challenges”.
