Case Against IFC at US Supreme Court: Disappointed with the outcome; Quest for Justice Continues

Landmark corporate accountability case resulted in critical reforms for the World Bank’s lending arm. April 26, 2022 New Delhi: Last evening India time, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition from a fishing community...

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Coal Shortage: Crisis, False Solutions & Opportunity

India's power ecosystem, which depends overwhelmingly on coal to meet the country's baseline electricity demand, is suddenly faced with an acute coal shortage. Even when the Coal Ministry tried to play down the coal...

Read more October 11, 2021 at 7:09 pm CFA

Centre must respect fiscal federalism and legal obligations under GST (Compensation to the States) Act, 2017

A Statement from Finance Ministers of State Governments, Prominent Economists and Public Finance and Accountability Researchers The Constitution Amendment Act, effective from 16th September 2016, has provided that Parliament should, on recommendation of GST...

Read more October 3, 2020 at 1:32 am CFA

Inspection Panel’s Report on Amaravati Project only Validates the Issues Raised by CSOs

For immediate release Inspection Panel’s Report on Amaravati Project only Validates the Issues Raised by CSOs July 26, 2019: Confirming the concerns raised by the communities and civil society organisations, Government of India withdrew...

Read more July 26, 2019 at 5:42 am WGIFIs

विश्व बैंक ने अमरावती कैपिटल सिटी परियोजना से हाथ खींचा, लोगों को मिली बड़ी सफ़लता

विश्व बैंक ने अमरावती कैपिटल सिटी परियोजना से हाथ खींचा, लोगों को मिली बड़ी सफ़लता प्रेस विज्ञप्ति | 20 जुलाई, 2019 एक बड़े ऐतिहासिक कदम, जिसका प्रभाव कई स्तर पर देखने को मिलेगा, उठाते...

Read more July 20, 2019 at 5:17 pm WGIFIs

Over 300 Organisations Ask JPMorgan Chase to Stop Financing Fossil Fuels

On the occasion of Chase’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), over 300 organisations from across the world demanded that JPMorgan Chase must do its part to realize the goals of the Paris Agreement, which calls...

Statement: The False Promises of Hydropower

A Joint Statement The False Promises of Hydropower: How dams fail to deliver the Paris Climate Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals by Civil Society Organizations on occasion of the 2019 World Hydropower Congress...

आम चुनाव में सभी उम्मीदवारों से मप्र के जन आंदोलनों की मांगे और संकल्प

आम चुनाव में सभी उम्मीदवारों से मप्र के जन आंदोलनों की मांगे और संकल्प मध्यप्रदेश जन संघर्ष समन्वय समिती 4-5, आप्रैल 2019, युथ होस्टल, जबलपुर आगामी आम चुनाव के संदर्भ में, 4-5 अप्रैल 2019...

Read more April 11, 2019 at 6:31 pm Madhya Pradesh Jan-Sangharsh Samanvay Samiti

Demands from the Peoples Movements of MP to the Lok Sabha Candidates

Demands from the Peoples Movements of MP to the Lok Sabha Candidates Madhya Pradesh Jan-Sangharsh Samanvay Samiti April 4-5, 2019, Youth Hostel, Jabalpur In the context of the upcoming general election, a two days consultation...

Read more April 11, 2019 at 6:05 pm Madhya Pradesh Jan-Sangharsh Samanvay Samiti

Solidarity Statement from India on the NDB’s Fourth AGM

Solidarity Statement from India At People’s Dialogue, Cape Town on 31 March 2019 In response to BRICS-led New Development Bank’s 4th Annual General Meeting in South Africa The BRICS led NDB (New Development Bank)...

हमारा पैसा, हमारा अधिकार: राजनैतिक पार्टियों से अपील

हमारा पैसा, हमारा अधिकार: एक पारदर्शी और जवाबदेह वित्तीय एवं बैंकिंग व्यवस्था की ओर वित्तीय और बैंकिंग मुद्दों को 2019 के चुनावी अभियान के साथ चुनावी घोषणापत्र में इनको शामिल करने का आग्रह करते हुए...

Read more January 24, 2019 at 11:40 am FAN India

Our Money, Our Right: Appeal to the Political Parties

Our Money, Our Right Towards a Transparent and Accountable Financial and Banking System Appeal to political parties by people’s movements, civil society organisations, trade unions and concerned citizens on finance and banking, with a...

Read more January 11, 2019 at 3:35 pm FAN India

Stand in Solidarity with the Bank Union Strike

Bank unions All India Bank Employee’s Association and Bank Employees Federation of India (BEFI) have called for a two-day nationwide strike today and tomorrow (January 8 and 9, 2019), in support of the general strike...

Read more January 8, 2019 at 6:38 pm CFA

CSOs Welcomes IFC’s Move to Exclude Coal in its FI Lending

For Immediate Release Civil Society Welcomes IFC’s Moves to Exclude Coal in its Financial Intermediary Lending But fears that it might be too little too late Bali, 8 October 2018: Civil society groups from around...

Read more October 8, 2018 at 4:04 pm CFA

CSOs Ask World Bank to Strengthen the Inspection Panel

Submission to the Inspection Panel Working Group We are happy to note the Working Group of the World Bank Board’s Committee on Development Effectiveness is reviewing the Inspection Panel’s toolkit to determine whether it...

Read more September 30, 2018 at 4:39 pm CFA

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