Bank on postmen and bank mitras for vaccine delivery, because health inclusion intersects financial inclusion January 19, 2021, 7:37 AM IST
S Anas Ahmed, J Venkatramu and Bhagwan Chowdhry
India is undertaking the world’s largest immunisation drive after the regulatory approval of two Covid-19 vaccines and a nationwide dry run. But many questions still remain unanswered on how the vaccines can reach people in each and every corner of the country irrespective of their socio-economic background. While there are experts who are addressing many of these questions, our experience from working on financial inclusion has brought an answer to our minds.
Inoculation is voluntary and after the frontline workers it will be done in phases based on an individual’s degree of need for inoculation and hence there will be a need for a mass registration to decide on who, when and where to inoculate. To do this the government has come up with an app and a website called CoWIN
IndiaPulse@ISB launched for new insights on economy
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First edition of IndiaPulse@ISB focuses on GST
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First edition of IndiaPulse@ISB focuses on GST
The Indian School of Business (ISB) on Thursday said that its Digital Identity Research Initiative (DIRI) has launched IndiaPulse@ISB to provide new insights on different aspects of economy.
“We are conducting spatio-temporal studies on high-frequency data curated from recognised sources to offer new insights through dashboards and stories in covering indicators of economic activity, healthcare, jobs, skills, migration and other related sectors,” a release from ISB, on the launch, said.
DIRI Executive Director Bhagwan Chowdhry said that IndiaPulse@ISB will serve as a ready reckoner for various stakeholders who wish to benefit from this analysis. Stating that deeper insights were not readily available across platforms, he said that ISB, through its thought leadership, is enabling the country to