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Resource Type: India Focus Notes

Optimizing groundwater usage through DBT in electricity: Lessons from Punjab-Part II

To check overexploitation of groundwater in Punjab, the state government launched an innovative pilot for Direct Benefit Transfer in Electricity (DBTE), “Paani Bachao, Paise Kamao” (Save water, earn money). This note highlights the on-ground challenges in the implementation of the pilot and the way forward.

Mar 3, 2021

Anusha Jain and Diganta Nayak

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Mar 3, 2021

Anusha Jain and Diganta Nayak

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Optimizing groundwater usage through DBT in electricity: Lessons from Punjab-Part I

This note discusses how free power to the agriculture sector has led to the overexploitation of groundwater in India. It highlights the case of Punjab, where the government launched Paani Bachao, Paise Kamao (Save water, earn money), an innovative pilot program for Direct Benefit Transfer in Electricity (DBTE), to address the rapidly declining water tables in the state.

Mar 2, 2021

Anusha Jain and Diganta Nayak

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Mar 2, 2021

Anusha Jain and Diganta Nayak

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The role of tech-enabled formal financing in agriculture in India

India is home to 146 million farmers, 86% of which are small and marginal farmers. Although agriculture is a key economic activity in India and employs almost 55% of the population, access to finance remains a challenge for most farmers, especially the small and marginal ones.

Jun 3, 2020

Mohit Saini, Shweta Menon, Anil Gupta and Hemendra Mathur

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Jun 3, 2020

Mohit Saini, Shweta Menon, Anil Gupta and Hemendra Mathur

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Are Banks All Set to Dominate Domestic Remittance Market in India?

Driven by the government’s financial inclusion agenda, as the BC model expands in multiple forms, banks and BCNMs are experiencing new consumer demand and expectations.

Oct 31, 2018

Akhand Tiwari and Puneet Chopra

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Oct 31, 2018

Akhand Tiwari and Puneet Chopra

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Assessing the most ambitious public financial inclusion drive in history

This note highlights the survey conducted by MicroSave, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to understand customers’ experience with PMJDY.

Oct 28, 2018

Aishwarya Singh, Manoj Sharma and Mukesh Sadana

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Oct 28, 2018

Aishwarya Singh, Manoj Sharma and Mukesh Sadana

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Where is my teacher?

This publication talks about the primary problem plaguing the education system in India and discusses a few innovative solutions to help improve the situation of public education in the country.

Oct 23, 2018

Aishwarya Singh, Neha Parakh and Vijay Ravi

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Oct 23, 2018

Aishwarya Singh, Neha Parakh and Vijay Ravi

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