GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS DELHI ECONOMICS CONCLAVE 2015 ―Realising India’s JAM (Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile) Vision‖ Venue : Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi November 6, 2015 Time Event Speaker 9.00-10.00 AM Registration Inaugural Session 10:30 AM PM arrives 10:30 AM Welcome speech by Dr. Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance 10:35 AM Opening remarks by Shri Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister 10:45 AM Inaugural address by Prime Minister 11:20 AM Vote of Thanks by Shaktikanta Das, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance 11:25 AM PM departs 11:25-11:40 Tea Plenary Session 1 International and Indian experience & Future Speakers: Chair 1. Lant Pritchett, Professor, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Arvind Panagariya, U.S. Hon’ble Vice-Chairman, Theme: Technology of the Future (12 minutes) NITI Aayog 2. Luis Henrique Paiva- Brazil. 11:40-12:30 Theme: Brazilian experience with conditional cash transfers (12 minutes) 3. Pradeep Kumar Sinha, Cabinet Secretary Theme: Indian experience (10 minutes) Questions & Answers (10 minutes) Plenary Session 2 The benefits and risks of biometric authentication—evidence from social programs in India Chair Speaker: 12:30-1:10 Yaduvendra Mathur, Karthik Muralidharan, Professor of Economics, University of Chairman, EXIM Bank California-San Diego (12 minutes) Discussants: 1. Amarjeet Sinha, Additional Secretary, Rural Development (7 minutes) 2. Arghya Sengupta, Vidhi Legal Policy (7 minutes) 3. Lant Pritchett, Professor, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, U.S. (7 minutes) Questions & Answers (5 minutes) 1:10:1.50 Lunch Plenary Session 3 Beneficiaries’ experiences with technology-based targeting Speaker: Chair Paul Niehaus, Associate Professor of Economics, University of San J S Deepak Diego & Founder, Give Directly (12 minutes) Secretary, Deptt of Discussant: 1:50-2.40 Electronics and 1. A Babu, District Collector, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh (8 Communication Technology minutes) 2. Santhosh Mathew, JS (Skills & IT), Ministry of Rural Development (8 minutes) 3. Renana Jhabvala, SEWA Bharat President (8 minutes) Questions & Answers (10 minutes) Plenary Session 4 Financial inclusion and DBT—the uncovered territory Speaker: Chair Raghuram G Rajan, Governor, RBI (15 minutes) Jayant Sinha, Discussants: Hon’ble MoS Finance 1. Pawan Bakshi, Financial Services for the Poor program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, (8 minutes) 2. Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Founder, Paytm (8 minutes) 2:40-3.35 3. Rajesh Aggarwal, Mission Director, PMJDY (8 minutes) Questions & Answers (10 minutes) 3:35-4:30 Plenary Session 5 Political economy and States’ perspectives and preparedness Speaker: Chandrababu Naidu, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Andhra Chair Pradesh (12 minutes) Dharmendra Pradhan, Discussants: Hon’ble Minister of Ram Sewak Sharma, Chairman, TRAI (8 minutes) State(IC), MoPNG Vrinda Sarup, Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution (8 minutes) Sandip Sukhtankar, Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College, US (8 minutes) Questions & Answers (10 minutes) 4:30-4:45 Tea 4:45-5:25 Plenary Session 6 Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Adviser Nandan Nilekani, former Chairman, Unique Identification Authority Conversation of India Theme: JAM+ Vision for Future 5:25-6:35 Closing Session Panel Discussion on JAM Vision – Challenges and Way Forward 1.Chandrababu Naidu, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh(10 Moderated by minutes) Arun Jaitley, 2. Dharmendra Pradhan, Hon’ble Minister of State (IC), MoPNG Hon’ble Finance Minister (10 minutes) 3. Raman Singh, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Chhattisgarh (10 minutes) 4. Devendra Fadnavis, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Maharashtra (10 minutes) 5. Jayant Sinha, Hon’ble Minister of State for Finance (10 minutes) (FM would wrap up - 15 minutes) 6:35 High Tea .