MSC (MicroSave Consulting) (@microsave.bsky.social)

How can welfare systems reach the people who need them most? MSC’s Arshi Aadil joins the #WhatIndiaNeeds podcast to discuss digital public infrastructure, financial inclusion, women’s financial agency, and improving last-mile service delivery. Tune in on YouTube: tinyurl.com/mr2sxusa

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What India Needs: The Next Chapter of the Indian Welfare State with Arshi Aadil India has proved it can scale welfare. The next challenge is ensuring that scale translates into real outcomes. In this episode of What India Needs, Shutapa Paul speaks with Arshi Aadil, Senior Manager, Government Advisory at MSC (MicroSave Consulting), about India’s welfare delivery systems and what comes next. The conversation explores the shift from scale to substance, last-mile delivery, digital public infrastructure, social protection, financial inclusion, data systems, and building welfare systems that are more resilient, inclusive, and outcome-focused. Catch the full conversation on YouTube or listen on Spotify. #WhatIndiaNeeds #Podcast #SocialProtection #FinancialInclusion #DigitalPublicInfrastructure — 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:02:33 - Building welfare systems at scale 00:05:49 - Convergence and welfare delivery 00:09:10 - Adaptive social protection 00:10:46 - e-Shram, informal workers and migrants 00:12:57 - Data quality and beneficiary databases 00:15:08 - MSC's work on delayed payments and just-in-time funding 00:18:13 - Unified social registries and MSC's work in Indonesia 00:20:53 - AgriStack and Bihar Krishi 00:22:10 - Awareness and access to welfare schemes 00:24:23 - Women's financial agency and lessons from Bangladesh 00:29:24 - Welfare, equity and social protection 00:30:38 - Measuring outcomes beyond enrollments 00:32:45 - The future of India's welfare state 00:34:46 - Outro — #PublicPolicy #WomenInclusion #IndiaDevelopment #SocialWelfare #WelfareState Subscribe to our channel: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shutapapaulpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Shutapa_Paul Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-shutapa-paul-podcast To know more: Follow Shutapa Paul on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shutapapaul/ Twitter X: https://x.com/ShutapaPaul Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shutapa?igsh=MWZ5cHB3aDg3b21jcQ== Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shutapapaulpage/ Follow Arshi Aadil on LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/arshi-a-35100261 Follow MicroSave Consulting on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/microsave/ Twitter X: https://x.com/MicroSave Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MicroSaveConsulting/ MicroSave Consulting: https://www.microsave.net/ https://tinyurl.com/mr2sxusa