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In-kind transfers: Deadweight losses or gains?

Do in-kind transfers for social assistance lead to ‘deadweight losses’ by restricting consumer choice? This article presents findings from an experiment in Maharashtra, which involved offering low-income respondents the choice between a free quantity of rice and varying amounts of cash to elicit...

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Content Type: Articles
Topic: Poverty & Inequality
Year: 2024

Defensive cooperation: Understanding pro-social attitudes in Indian Muslims

Mainstream theories of development predict greater willingness to contribute to public goods in more homogeneous settings. This article reports findings from a study in Delhi slums to assess how Hindus and Muslims respond to social pressure promoting their contribution to community sanitation initia...

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Content Type: Articles
Topic: Social Identity
Year: 2024

Reporting of gender-based violence: Why public activism and dialogue matter

The recent case of an on-duty female doctor being brutally raped and murdered in a Kolkata hospital, has sparked nation-wide protests and yet again raised serious questions and concerns around women’s safety in India. Examining the impact of the ‘Nirbhaya’ incident in Delhi in 2012 and the res...

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Content Type: Articles
Topic: Social Identity
Year: 2024

WazirX: Socialisation of losses and need for financial regulation

The cryptocurrency exchange WazirX recently faced a security breach resulting in huge losses for its users. In this post, Nipuna Varman evaluates the ‘loss socialisation’ recovery plan that was initially put forth, comparing it to the practice of bank bailouts by the government – and highlight...

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Content Type: Perspectives
Topic: Money & Finance
Year: 2024

Digital gender divide amidst India’s service-led growth

While India’s growth in recent decades has been services-led, entering high-productivity business services requires an adequate supply of high-skilled workers. In this context, Isha Gupta discusses how the country’s ‘digital gender divide’ – women’s lower access to and use of information...

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Content Type: Perspectives
Topic: Social Identity
Year: 2024

Impact of the Food Security Act on Public Distribution System

‘Leakages’ from the Public Distribution System – that is, grain released by the Food Corporation of India that fails to reach consumers – stood at around 42% in 2011-12 at an all-India level. Passed in 2013, the National Food Security Act guaranteed food security and mandated PDS reforms. As...

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Content Type: Perspectives
Topic: Poverty & Inequality
Year: 2024

Uneven resilience: Why some emerging markets better navigate US monetary policy cycles

As the US dollar and monetary policy continue to have a significant impact on global financial dynamics, some emerging markets are observed to be more resilient than others to the policy cycles. Analysing data on a large sample of emerging markets, this article highlights the role of consistent stra...

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Content Type: Articles
Topic: Macroeconomics
Year: 2024

How RBI’s macroprudential policies shape housing loan decisions

The recent surge in housing finance in India calls for a robust regulatory framework to ensure financial stability and avert overheating of the housing market. Using data on individual mortgage loans from a nationally representative public sector bank for the period 2010-2021, this article examines ...

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Content Type: Articles
Topic: Money & Finance
Year: 2024

Is it better to be governed by an elected leader or appointed bureaucrat?

The division of governance functions and responsibilities between politicians and bureaucrats varies, both across and within political regimes. Based on an experiment in Karnataka, this article examines the impact of being governed by an elected leader versus an appointed bureaucrat. It shows that w...

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Content Type: Articles
Topic: Governance
Year: 2024

Grain subsidies and junk food purchases among low-income individuals

While governments rely on expensive food subsidy programmes to address malnutrition among low-income communities, their impact is unclear as only self-reported data on food purchase decisions are available. Based on an experiment in Mumbai using data from point-of-sale scanners, this article finds t...

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Content Type: Articles
Topic: Poverty & Inequality
Year: 2024

Policy Roundup: Women’s safety, social security, clean air

This post presents our monthly curation of developments in the Indian policy landscape – highlighting (recent and upcoming) I4I content pertaining to the issue of women’s safety at home, the need to prepare for ‘ageing India’, and the non-health impacts of air pollution. We take a look at st...

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Content Type: Perspectives
Topic: Miscellany
Year: 2024

How the Bangladesh unrest may impact India’s trade

Bangladesh has been a major export market for India, with India traditionally enjoying a strong trade surplus with its neighbour. In this post, Pandey and Sharma provide an overview of recent trends in India-Bangladesh trade, and consider how Bangladesh’s ongoing political turmoil may impact its i...

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Content Type: Perspectives
Topic: Trade
Year: 2024