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Mor Committee report: Will DBT be the way to financial inclusion?
If the Mor Committee report’s recommendations are accepted as they are, Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) will go through a sea change. This blog assess the recommendations that impact DBT.
Mar 23, 2014
District readiness for G2P payments: Ready or not…Well, still mostly ‘not’ part – I
This blog highlights the complexity of setting-up a system to deliver EBTs effectively in India. And how there seemed to be little rationale for the selection of districts for pilot-tests and rollout of Aadhaar-enabled EBTs.
Mar 19, 2014
Don’t Throw the Baby Out with Bathwater
This note reflects on the understanding on the recent decision to suspend the DBT scheme for liquid petroleum gas LPG cylinders (popularly known as DBTL).
Mar 7, 2014
District readiness for G2P payments: Ready or not… Well, still mostly ‘not’ part – II
Here we discuss how MicroSave has responded to system challenge for EBTs and developed “district readiness assessment” (DRA) tool, to assess the readiness of a district to deliver EBTs.
Mar 6, 2014
The Curious Case of Missing Agents in Rural India
This note highlights the survey conducted by MicroSave covering five districts of U.P and Bihar, to ascertain the real presence of CSPs and their activity levels.
Jan 24, 2014
Akhand Tiwari, Mukesh Sadana, Puneet Chopra and Lokesh Singh