Pragatika Mishra

From Consumption Relief to Women-Led Productive Investment: Reframing Direct Cash Transfers, Women's Empowerment, and Electoral Welfare in India: A Theoretical Secondary-Data Research Framework

India's rapid expansion of women-targeted direct cash transfers has altered the interface between social protection, women's financial inclusion, and electoral competition. The central problem is not whether transfers provide immediate relief—they often do—but whether recurring c...