Making Digital Finance Work for Women: Insights from an Innovative Training Program for MFI Clients
September 2019 - Smitha Cunigal
Lead Centre: LEAD
Focus Area: Financial Inclusion, Capacity Building
This brief captures insights from an awareness generation and training program for MFI clients. The publication was developed as part of a multi-year capacity building program undertaken by LEAD and Sa-Dhan (Association of Community Development Finance Institutions), with assistance from HSBC. The training intervention aims at improving awareness and confidence among MFI clients in the use of various digital financial products and services, through a multi-pronged approach using presentations, videos, and games.
Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission
June 2015 - Centre for Development Finance Research Team
Lead Centre: Centre for Development Finance
Focus Area: Environment and Climate Change
The Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) under the NAPCC was launched in 2010 with the objective of achieving grid parity by the year 2022. It aimed at the deployment of 20,000 MW of grid connected and 2,000 MW of off-grid solar power during the three phases of its operative period. The achievements of the JNNSM up to February 2015 by segment have been tracked in this brief. Key challenges faced by the solar sector in the country have also been identified, in an attempt to understand the reasons behind the same and to recommend effective mitigative strategies.This is one of the eight-brief series prepared as part of the Study titled `Implementation of the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) – Progress & Evaluation’.
National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency
June 2015 - Kadambari Anantram
Lead Centre: Centre for Development Finance
Focus Area: Environment and Climate Change
The overall of goal of the National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency (NMEEE) is to ensure that in the context of providing increasing energy to meet the demands of a growing population, EE is promoted using various approaches and incentives. This brief succinctly discusses the components of the NMEEE in terms of their progress and departures from Mission design. It also enumerates the consequent policy prescriptions and conclusions.This is one of the eight-brief series prepared as part of the Study titled `Implementation of the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) – Progress & Evaluation’.
National Mission on Sustainable Habitat
June 2015 - V. Shivaranjani
Lead Centre: Centre for Development Finance
Focus Area: Environment and Climate Change
The National Mission on Sustainable Habitat (NMSH) envisages a framework to build urban resilience to climate change, by integrating adaptation and mitigation aspects into the urban planning process. While the Mission does not contain specific targets, it mentions adaptation and mitigation strategies, with concomitant requirements for technical capacity building and institutional strengthening. This brief highlights the key aspects of Mission progress along with prescriptions to enhance policy synchronisation and implementation.This is one of the eight-brief series prepared as part of the Study titled `Implementation of the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) – Progress & Evaluation’.
National Water Mission
June 2015 - V. Shivaranjani
Lead Centre: Centre for Development Finance
Focus Area: Environment and Climate Change
The National Water Mission (NWM) has been envisaged within the NAPCC, with a broad mandate of streamlining the focus of key stakeholders in this domain towards an integrated approach to conserving and efficiently managing water resources. The specific orientation towards addressing climate concerns in this regard is embedded within this relatively larger agenda. This brief outlines the salient features of the progress of the NWM in view of a wide range of ongoing water sector initiatives. It also delineates important observations and recommendations for strengthening the same.This is one of the eight-brief series prepared as part of the Study titled `Implementation of the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) – Progress & Evaluation’.
