What should social protection do?
In this post, we set out our vision for what social protection in India should aim to do, and then pose some questions on how we might achieve this.
What is Social Protection?
Blog post series: This series of posts will attempt to do two things – first, to examine the definitional boundaries of social protection and where they relate to other financial services for low-income households, and second, to use this to arrive at a working definition of social protection for policymakers and research organisations such as Dvara Research. As a first step, we break down a few questions in this first post.
The State of Social Pensions in India
The second post in our three-part series on Pensions.
Priorities for Social Protection in India
Launching the Social Protection Initiative at Dvara Research
Are we protected enough?
Research on Life insurance coverage and metrics used to measure
Building Natural Catastrophe Protection for Low-income Households – Notes from the Joint Workshop hosted by Asian Development Bank and IFMR Holdings
Natural catastrophes, whether in the form of the severe drought that regions like Bundelkhand are currently witnessing or floods, like the one which deluged Chennai in 2015, leave behind them a tale of destruction that is both unparalleled and deeply disturbing
Understanding Voluntary Pension Contributions by Informal Sector Workers
Financial inclusion is a priority area in the minds of policy makers in India. The larger focus of this debate has been on access to credit and insurance.
Field Report on the Impacts of Cyclone Phailin
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.
Including Everyone in the National Pension Scheme: Review of the CRIISP Report
The Committee to Review Implementation of Informal Sector Pension (CRIISP) recently released their report focusing on National Pension Scheme (NPS), its design architecture, its performance till date and recommendations for increasing outreach and awareness about the product
NPS Lite: Securing Old Age Income
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
