Tag: Social security

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”.

This post is the third in a series on Social Security for the Indian Unorganised Sector.

This post is the second in a series on Social Security for the Indian Unorganised Sector.

This post is the first in a series on Social Security for the Indian Unorganised Sector.

Social Security is widely seen as a fundamental building block of a just and equitable society. While ideas of welfare, pension and charity have been with us since the times of the earliest civilizations, the modern concept of social security can arguably trace its origins to the aftermath of the industrial revolution.

The twin calamities
A few weeks ago, Bindu and I visited Dhanei KGFS that serves the districts of Ganjam and Khurda through a network of thirty branches.

This is the first post in the Unemployment Support in India series. In this series, we will explore the unemployment support mechanisms in India today;

The announcement of National Pension System (NPS) Lite, a pension plan geared towards economically disadvantaged populations, brings hope for much needed money during non-productive years