Independent Research and Policy Advocacy

February 18, 2021 | Dvara Research

This post provides an overview of the financial consumer grievance redress system in India and highlights the issues that make it less effective and less consumer-friendly

By Chinmayanand Chivukula
February 18, 2021 | Dvara Research

Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) is a health insurance/ assurance scheme which was launched by the Government of India (GoI) in September 2018. It is the second component under Ayushman Bharat; a scheme envisioned to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in India.

February 16, 2021 | Dvara Research

In this post, we examine the concept of managed care and attempt to understand its relevance in the Indian context.

February 13, 2021 | Dvara Research

An analysis of literature on the socio-economic implications of sharing privately held NPD and the objectives of other comparable frameworks suggests that the rationale for some of these goals are unclear. They do not take into consideration the complete economic and social merits and demerits of sharing privately held NPD.

By FFI
February 13, 2021 | Dvara Research

In this blog post, we present our comments to the Report by the Committee of Experts on Non-Personal Data Governance Framework, December 2020

By FFI
February 12, 2021 | Dvara Research

In this blog post, we summarise the results from survey conducted to understand the challenges faced by rural households' in accessing and using formal financial services

By Monami Dasgupta, Misha Sharma
February 11, 2021 | Dvara Research

In this blog post, we propose a framework that can be used to document the various axes of exclusion in DBT against the broad policy context

By Aarushi Gupta
February 4, 2021 | Dvara Research

This paper report results from an experimental study that examines the impact of information disclosure on consumers’ purchase decision of a high-risk financial product

By Niyati Agrawal, Misha Sharma, Madhu Srinivas, Monami Dasgupta, Monika Halan
February 3, 2021 | The Hindu

During the Budget speech, the Finance inister talked about the 20-year long process of implementing the labour codes in India.

By Nishanth Kumar
February 3, 2021 | Dvara Research

Reports of growing debt stress among microfinance borrowers in Assam follows a similar path as those in AP. In this post we analysis this issue and provide possible solutions