Rocket Post is a telling example of India’s jugaad culture: over 11,000 people are subscribed to this news service in Uttar Pradesh that delivers hyper-local news on WhatsApp....
Holding up half the sky: Elected Women Representatives in Jharkhand
“There was much I didn’t know when I was within the four walls of my house,” said Manju Devi from Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand, an elected...
State Spotlight: Jharkhand
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Demonetisation: 100 days on, are we ready to go cashless?
Over time, the purported agenda for demonetisation shifted from capturing black money to putting India on a firm road towards cashless, accounted-for transactions.
Idea #1 – The Right Way to Go Cashless: Exploring ICT-enhanced Value Chains in Rural India
The demonetisation move may have been announced to herald the cashless era – indeed, the volume of electronic transactions increased 43 per cent from November...
Our view on the use of ICTs for development
ICTs for development have evolved through several stages. The very first stage in the mid-2000s was marked with hyped optimism that merely provisioning technology could...
OnionDev in a GSMA casestudy
We are very proud that the GSMA has published a case study and blog about our work.
Campaign on Financial Inclusion With Micro Save
As India steps into its 70th year of Independence, a large section of the country’s population still remains unbanked. This malaise of inefficient financial inclusion...
Empowering Women Through Electoral Participation
In the 2014 General Elections, 7577 male contestants stood for elections and 481 of them got elected. The number of female contestants in comparison to...
