The much delayed food security bill has recently been kindled by the media as the parliament considers holding a special session to pass the bill. Introduced in December 2011 in the Lok Sabha, the bill was tabled earlier this year, … Read More
Blogs
Is the Food Security Bill the Answer to India’s Hunger and Malnutrition Problems?
LEAD Research Team | July 1, 2013
An Average Ravichandran
LEAD Research Team | June 28, 2013
In 1951, the Times of India commissioned cartoonist R.K. Laxman to illustrate the common man’s reactions to current events in a daily comic strip, “You Said It”. The comic strip had an extremely successful run and more than 60 years … Read More
Financial Inclusion – The Challenges of Implementation
LEAD Research Team | June 26, 2013
CMF’s Savings Monitors Study provided me an opportunity to get a first hand feel of some of the challenges faced in implementing financial inclusion among the poorer, rural community. Recent research has shown that individuals across the world have … Read More
No Country For Women!
LEAD Research Team | June 20, 2013
What is women’s empowerment? And more importantly, how is a woman valued in India? A brutal gang-rape of a medical student, who gave in to her injuries a fortnight later, shook the nation last December. The incident and the events … Read More
Why do Indians Buy Gold?
LEAD Research Team | June 19, 2013
India is one of the biggest markets for gold and gold loans. Reasons for this are spread across various social, economic and cultural dimensions. According to World Gold Council, India accounts for 10% of total world gold stock, of which … Read More
Welcome to the new IFMR Research Blog!
LEAD Research Team | June 19, 2013
As you can see, we’ve rebranded our blog from the Centre for Microfinance Blog to include the Centre for Development Finance (CDF), the Small Enterprise Finance Centre (SEFC) and the Centre for Microfinance (CMF) – the research centres under IFMR … Read More
Going to the Roots – Budget 2013’s Focus on Agriculture
Deepti KC | March 7, 2013
While going through the recent Budget 2013 session described vividly across various media sections, it would be safe in saying that it has not raised any major controversy or questions to some extent, though experts are still going through the … Read More
A Day in the Life of a Tribal Village Market (Haat)
LEAD Research Team | February 26, 2013
I am quite sure most of you have seen or know of a village haat or bazaar. Ever wonder what exactly happens out there? (In case if you are not aware of what a village haat is- as most interior … Read More
A Mother’s Plea to her Government
LEAD Research Team | February 21, 2013
Dear Government, My eldest 17-year-old son has lately started talking about going to a big city for a “better” livelihood. He is a very skilled farmer; however, he does not see any future in it. Some say our young boys … Read More
Farm Credit in Pakistan: Benefiting Farmer Segments
LEAD Research Team | February 19, 2013
While reading up on Agricultural Credit, came across this interesting paper on farm credit in Pakistan, our neighbour. What was interesting about this paper is that the provision of farm credit in rural Pakistan actually benefited the small farmers though … Read More
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