Senior Manager
Ritesh is a Senior Manager in MSC’s Digital Financial Services domain focused on Government and Social Impact (GSI) in India.
Designing Beneficiary-Centric ‘Direct Benefit Transfer’ Programmes: Lessons from India – Part II
This Policy Note Part II, details out the “Seven Steps of DBT Programme Design” for a robust and beneficiary centric direct benefit transfer programme.
Sep 23, 2016
Arshi Aadil, Lokesh Singh, Ritesh Rautela, Rridhee Malhotra and Vijay Ravi
Sep 23, 2016
Arshi Aadil, Lokesh Singh, Ritesh Rautela, Rridhee Malhotra and Vijay Ravi
Designing Beneficiary-Centric ‘Direct Benefit Transfer’ Programmes: Lessons from India – Part I
This Note as a first part of the two-step series explains the pre-requisites and the steps, which if followed, can help in implementation of successful government DBT programmes.
Sep 19, 2016
Arshi Aadil, Lokesh Singh, Ritesh Rautela, Rridhee Malhotra and Vijay Ravi
Sep 19, 2016
Arshi Aadil, Lokesh Singh, Ritesh Rautela, Rridhee Malhotra and Vijay Ravi
Low Preference for Cash Transfer in TPDS – What Affects Beneficiary Behaviour?
The cash versus in-kind subsidy transfer for food, fuel or fertiliser has no clarity on which method should be adopted going forward – cash or in-kind subsidies.
May 18, 2016
May 18, 2016
India Post – Initiatives to Facilitate G2P Payments
The blog highlights the initiatives of the Indian government in establishing India post as a vital body disbursement of G2P payments in the state of Jharkhand
May 13, 2016
May 13, 2016
Fair Price Shop Ownership: How Viable Is It?
In this Note, we cover the revised commissions proposed by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) in India, which have been proving inadequate for fair price shop (FPS) owners.
Mar 15, 2016
Mar 15, 2016
Savings Achieved through FPS Automation: Step for Greater Efficiencies
In this note, we discuss the savings that have accrued because of automation of fair price shops (FPS) in Andhra Pradesh and to an extent in Telangana.
Mar 3, 2016
Mar 3, 2016
Behavioural Biases Affecting Buying Behaviour of Kerosene Consumers for Alternate Fuels
MSC conducted an exploratory research that aimed to understand the enabling factors that might induce consumers to buy and use alternate fuels if direct benefit transfer is implemented.
Feb 10, 2016
Feb 10, 2016