Tag: Social benefit transfer

Deepening financial inclusion through cash transfers: The case of PKH in Indonesia

In 2017, the Government of Indonesia (GoI) began digitizing social benefit transfers to improve delivery efficiency and achieve sustainable financial inclusion. Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH), a conditional cash transfer (CCT) program, was the first major social assistance payment program (G2P) digitized by the government. It provides incentives for the following: Pregnant and lactating mothers, infants, […]

Nov 13, 2019

Astri Sri Sulastri and TVS Ravi Kumar

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Is India Ready to Phase-out Subsidised Kerosene?

This blog discussed possibilities regarding how India can phase out kerosesne subsidy.

Jan 5, 2018

Ritesh Rautela and Vijay Ravi

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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

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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

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Feeding India’s Poor: Plugging Leakages, Without Doing Any Harm

This policy brief discusses two distinct and more recent approaches, namely, Direct Benefit Transfers and e-PDS (i.e. Automation in PDS), as undertaken by different states to address leakages.

May 31, 2016

Isvary Sivalingam and Lokesh Singh

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Know more about the PMJDY account from ‘Chavvani’ – Our financially literate parrot!

The following animation prepared by MicroSave is a part of ePaathshala (Digital School) and aims to educate end customers about the benefits of opening and regularly using the PMJDY account.

May 23, 2016

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