Poverty Reduction

  • RSBY Connect

    UNDP, in partnership with the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India and DFID organized a national-level workshop on the role of IEC and local-level monitoring tools to improve community ownership of the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY). The July edition of the RSBY newsletter highlights key findings from the workshop and lessons learnt towards effective implementation of the government’s flagship health insurance scheme for the poor.

  • Ready Reckoner on Microfinance

    The Microfinance Community is working to provide solutions to the day to day challenges faced by in providing finacial services to the poor, thereby helping attain the Govermrnt of India's poverty reduction targets.

  • Realizing the future we want for all

    The first report from the UN system on the Post-2015 Development Agenda – Realizing the Future We Want for All – recommends that new goals should build on the strengths of the Millennium Development Goals, apply to all countries, and be based on the fundamental principles of human rights, equality, and sustainability.

  • Results of an Experimental Pilot Cash Transfer Study in Delhi

    The report outlines results of an experimental pilot study undertaken by the Government of Delhi and SEWA as part of a joint UNDP-Government of Delhi partnership initiated in 2009. The It tests the effects of substituting Public Distribution System by cash transfers for BPL families.

  • Rights-Based Legal Guarantee as Development Policy: The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

    This paper analyses the legal framework and policy innovations undertaken towards achieving the stated objectives of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.

OUR WORK - HIV AND DEVELOPMENT

UNDP India supports government’s efforts to reduce HIV/AIDS amongst vulnerable groups and uphold the rights of the marginalised, including sexual minorities and people living with HIV. We also work to address socio-economic, cultural conditions and norms that influence the drivers of the HIV epidemic.

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