The Department for International Development (DFID), UK, is supporting Government of India’s reform programmes under the UK-India Economic Policy and Prosperity Partnership (EPPP), which includes research and capacity building of Indian central government agencies. PwC India was the consortium lead for this initiative and ICRIER was the consortium partner. Twenty research studies had been commissioned, based on request received from the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) and other departments under Ministry of Finance for their G20 negotiations and domestic policymaking. The core aim of this project was to build the capacity for India’s G20 Presidency in the year 2022 and provide research-based inputs for policymaking across multiple sectors.
Reports for the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India:
1. Agenda for Inclusive Growth under G20 co-authored by Suresh Aggarwal, Divya Satija and Shuheb Khan
2. Taxing the Digital Economy Challenges for India and G20 co-authored by Rajat Kathuria, Mansi Kedia and Richa Sekhani
3. Inclusion of Totalisation-Portability of Social Security Benefits in the G20 Agenda co-authored by Anwarul Hoda and Durgesh Kumar Rai
4. Women Empowerment through Digitised Means of Financial Inclusion co-authored by Rajat Kathuria, Mansi Kedia, Kaushambi Bagchi and Shashank Kapilavai
5. Application of Innovative Technologies for Promoting Financial Inclusion co-authored by Saon Ray, Smita Miglani and Sandeep Paul
6. Promoting Transfer of Technology to Enhance Resilience to Climate Change co-authored by Amrita Goldar, Shubham Sharma, Viraj Sawant and Sajal Jain
7. Bringing Focus on surveillance as an important aspect of health in G20 discussions co-authored by Ali Mehdi, Pallavi Joshi, Divya Chaudhury and Priyanka Tomar
8. Future of Work co-authored by Radhicka Kapoor, Surbhi Ghai and Serene Vaid
9. Infrastructure for Development co-authored by Debarpita Roy, Kuntala Bandyopadhyay and Himanshu Sekhar
10. India-LDCs Trade and Investment Study co-authored by Anirudh Singhal, Neha Gupta, Meenakshi Das, Akshaya Agarwal
11. India’s Strategy under the G20 Compact with Africa initiative (Phase 1) co-authored by Anirudh Singhal, Meenakshi Das, Akshaya Agarwal
12. Universal Health Care
- Phase 1 – Total 3 Reports: Report 1.1; Report 1.2 and Report 2 co-authored by Ali Mehdi, Pallavi Joshi, Divya Chaudhury and Priyanka Tomar
- Phase 2 – Report titled “Traditional and Complementary Systems of Medicine” co-authored by Ali Mehdi, Pallavi Joshi, Divya Chaudhury and Priyanka Tomar
13. Financing Resilience against Natural Disasters co-authored by Saon Ray, Samridhi Jain and Vasundhara Thakur
14. Society 5.0 and Artificial Intelligence with a Human Face co-authored by Mansi Kedia, Richa Sekhani and Shashank Kapilavai
15. India’s Engagement under the G20 Compact with Africa initiative (Phase 2) authored by Anirudh Singhal and Akshaya Agarwal
16. Enhancing Access to Opportunities for All: Digital Financial Inclusion co-authored by Arpita Mukherjee, Drishti Vishwanath, Angana Parashar Sarma, Nibha Bharti and Souvik Dutta (External Consultant)
17. Energy Sustainability and G20 co-authored by Amrita Goldar, Diya Dasgupta, Charulata Singhal, Tarun, Varsha Jain and Sajal Jain
18. Evolution of the Finance Track and the Way Forward co-authored by Saon Ray, Samridhi Bimal, Vasundhara Thakur and Smita Miglani
19. Evolution of the G20 Sherpa Track co-authored by Rajat Kathuria, Akshay Mathur, Mansi Kedia, Tanu M. Goyal and Prateek Kukreja
ICRIER Working papers:
COVID-19, Data Localisation and G20: Challenges, Opportunities and Strategies for India
Author(s): Dr. Arpita Mukherjee, Mr. Soham Sinha, Ms. Angana Parashar Sarma, Ms. Nibha Bharti, Ms.Drishti Vishwanath
Other G20 Publications
In reference with the Research Study 17 (mentioned above) a Report Titled “Digital Financial Inclusion of Women in MSMEs: G20 and India” has been published with the support of NABARD and been released in a Webinar, by Mr. Niraj Verma, Managing Director, NABCONS, on September 23, 2022.
Report:
Digital Financial Inclusion of Women in MSMEs: G20 and India
Author(s): Dr. Arpita Mukherjee, Ms. Eshana Mukherjee, Mr. Souvik Dutta, Ms. Srishti Pal
Op-Ed Article:
G20 and India: Decision Support System (DSS) for Pandemic COVID-19, co-authored with Shouvik Kishore Majumdar as a Policy Paper published by lawschoolpolicyreveiw.com, https://lawschoolpolicyreview.com/policy-papers/ (last accessed on May 25, 2020), April 3, 2020.
