Using counterfactual microsimulations, Shapley decompositions of time change in inequalityand poverty indices make it possible to disentangle and quantify the relative effect of taxbenefitpolicy changes, compared to all other effects including shifts in the distribution ofmarket income. Using...

Financial inclusion is the broad based delivery of banking and other financial services ataffordable cost to the poorest sections of society. In India, financial inclusion emphasizes toinclude maximum number of people under formal financial systems. The most important partof financial services...