Ratnagiri Refinery: State repression on a peaceful movement
In the last week of April, the situation in Rajapur tehsil, Maharahtra turned tense in the context of the RRPCL project and people’s resistance to the project.
Using Artificial Intelligence in Banking may become disastrous
Geoffrey Hinton, aged 75, known as the father of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has recently resigned as Vice President, at Google to speak about the potential risks of AI.
Withdrawal of Amendment to Factories Act – Lesson for the Union Govt
The Tamil Nadu Government passed an amendment to the Factories Act
Transforming the World of Finance
What will help the world of finance/economy to transform? While I do not have an answer on that, I want to share why the economy/finance needs a serious and radical transformation.
Customer Service in Public Sector Banks – Is the Finance Minister Irresponsible?
A recent news report by ANI and PTI reported that a senior citizen, Surya Harijan walks many kilometres barefoot with the support of a broken chair to reach a bank to collect her pension...
வளர்ச்சியின் விளைவு- எண்ணூரில் தொடரும் சுற்றுச்சூழல் மாசுபாடும் சவால்களும்
தமிழ்நாட்டின் தலைநகரமாகிய சென்னையின் எண்ணூர் பகுதி பல ஆண்டுகளாக
Mudra Loans and the Dangers of Micro Finance
The Finance Minister has claimed that in the past eight years the government has disbursed 41 crore Mudra Loans worth Rs.23 crores. This is not at all the government’s money.
Ratnagiri Refinery Opposition: An unwavering courage to save Konkan
From opposing the world's largest nuclear power generating station to the world's largest single-location integrated refinery and petrochemical complex, the residents of areas along the Konkan coast have been fighting for their land and...
Fortune At The Bottom of The Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits | Book Review
Globalisation and consumerism are the two elements that define our present economic era. Intricately entwined, and complementing each other they have come to occupy a dominant position in this political economy. This hegemony of...
IFC announces it will stop clients funding new coal projects
Previous policy allowed the IFC’s financial clients to support new coal projects as long as they exited coal by 2030, but the new update explicitly rules out new coal.
Old V New Pension Scheme. The real issue is elsewhere! | The Money Trail
After two decades of the New Pension Scheme, many states are going back to the Old one. Union Government warns of the financial crisis. Political parties accuse each other of political gimmicks. The employees...
India’s Green National Highway Corridor Project gets $500 million loan from World Bank
The infrastructure finance update for the month of March 2023 covers mostly updates from the sectors of roads and highways, smart cities, ports and logistics. The government is making significant investments and working to...
Tax the Rich Campaign Gains Momentum
The ever widening inequality in our country can be reversed only by taxing the rich. Even during the two years of the Covid-19 pandemic the income that Mukesh Ambani earned is equivalent to what a NREGA Worker will...
European Investment Bank (EIB) & UP Govt sign an agreement to invest 3 billion Euros in metro rail projects
Infrastructure Finance Update for the month of February 2023 covers the updates from the railways, ports and roads and highways sector. For the upcoming fiscal year, the Center has substantially boosted its budgetary capital...
Where did the LPG subsidy vanish?
A month has passed since the price of domestic cooking gas was hiked. The hike of ₹ 50 did draw some protests, but they died out soon. In recent times, the nation has seen the greatest...
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