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Mid-day Meal Scheme : How India feeds 115 million children every school day
Over the years, India’s Mid Day Meal program has capitalized on improvements in the digital infrastructure in the country to incorporate systems that enable real-time monitoring and quality checks. Learn more about this flagship initiative
Jan 19, 2021
India’s LPG cooking gas subsidy reform: Lessons for policymakers in reducing costs and building acceptance for reform
This policy brief summarizes the reforms India introduced to streamline, digitize, and transform cooking gas subsidy from an in-kind to a cash transfer program.
Oct 5, 2020
Caroline Pulver, Arshi Aadil, Anurodh Giri and Mitul Thapliyal
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana: A demand-side diagnostic
The objective of the study was to examine the efficiency, efficacy, and operational aspects of the scheme and understand the triggers and barriers that drive the behaviour around usage and refills of LPG by the PMUY beneficiaries
Aug 21, 2018
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana: Challenges and the road ahead
The mere ownership of an LPG cylinder alone is not enough to make people switch from using traditional fuel and chulhas. Challenges like the high cost of refills and lack of doorstep delivery of LPG cylinders in remote locations restrict the regular use of LPG. In this video, MicroSave suggests strategic solutions to enable a […]
May 11, 2018
Voices of non LPG users
Women in rural areas spend a major part of their life arranging for fuelwoodand cooking on a wood-fired oven, or chulha . This video describes problems like health hazards, drudgery and inconvenience associated with cooking on unclean fuels.
May 11, 2018
Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana: The benefits unfolded
PMUY has been a phenomenal success so far. The scheme has successfully distributed more than 38 million LPG connections to poor households. The scheme aims at empowering women and changing the quality of their lives by providing them access to clean fuel. This video describes the scores of benefits that PMUY beneficiaries and their families […]
May 11, 2018