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Scoping Meso Level Insurance in Agriculture Sector in India

Senior Research Associate Vinith Kurian and Research Fellow Sabina Yasmin from LEAD have been awarded a research fellowship as part of Bharat Inclusion Initiative’s 2020 Fellowship Program. The agricultural insurance sector in India has largely focused at the level of micro insurance (individual farmers as policy holders), through highly subsidized central schemes such as PMFBY. Sabina and Vinith’s research will focus on exploring the potential and feasibility of agricultural insurance at the meso-level.

Providing liquidity and cash availability a priority for survival of MSMEs and informal sector

Sharon Buteau joins a panel of experts to discuss measures to protect small businesses under the existing lockdown measures. The panel discussion on 'The GAME COVID-19 Coalition- Funding The Recovery' by Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship (GAME) India, is part of a webinar series powered by YourStory.

Can manufacturing change India’s demographic destiny?

Few efforts have been initiated by the Government of India to match India's substantial youth population with labour market opportunities. In this article, the authors discuss how manufacturing could be a possible solution to this issue.

Is Universal Basic Income a Good Idea for India?

Shashank Sreedharan, Research Associate at IFMR LEAD, writes in The Qrius on the concept of universal basic income, its benefits and its potential to enhance India's social security landscape.

Comics help women become super savers in India: see the pages

The Guardian features IFMR LEAD's study, "testing of financial literacy modules and saving mechanism tools to understand what enable women to save more."

See you in the funny papers: women love comics about financial literacy

The Guardian features the comic books used as part of IFMR LEAD's study to spread financial literacy among women in India

Fifty-eight percent of women in India report difficulty accessing credit, savings, or jobs because of their gender

Center for Financial Inclusion blog features study by NSE-IFMR LEAD in South India.

Chennai should levy Rs.30 per trip as congestion charge

India Climate Dialogue posts an article based on the IFMR LEAD study, “Fiscal Instruments for Low Carbon Transport”