Nobody wants to control Plastics, including India | On Second Thought
The third attempt at a plastic treaty bombed. Held in Nairobi and attempted by reps from all nations couldn’t reach a consensus, thanks to the petrochem companies. They flew in umpteen lobbyists and even...
One more man-made disaster in Himalayas | The Money Trail
It is payback time. Project after project in the Himalayan ranges is facing setbacks. Now it is the Chardham Project’s tunnel. Last month it was the dam project in Sikkim. The sensitivity of the...
Banks’ bad loans are at an all-time high! | The Money Trail
An RTI enquiry has revealed that the bad loans of banks are spiking like never before. The answer from RBI reveals that compared to FY 2004 to FY 2014, the last 9 years were...
Sikkim tragedy is man made. Don’t look for excuses | The Money Trail
The devastation of the flood in Sikkim was multiplied several fold by the dams in Teesta river. This disaster was warned well in advance. Scientists provided studies. People protested. Nature gave warnings. But the...
G20 vs We20 | The chronicle of a clampdown | The Money Trail
The Money Trail As the date of the #G20 Summit is drawing nearer, the Union Government is becoming more and more intolerant. Its clampdown on the We20 Peoples’ Summit is the latest. When the...
Why are we euphoric of G 20? Have they delivered anything so far?
The Money trail The Indian government is celebrating G 20 Summit as the panacea for all maladies and the proof of its global acceptance. But behind the hype and fanfare lies a murky reality...
G20: Can an elite club push people’s issues?
Huge advertisements flaunting India’s presidency at G20 are adorning our cities everywhere. G20 is being projected as a big achievement of this government; and India is being projected as the ‘mother of democracy.’ On...
India’s climate disaster moment has arrived!
Flood alerts have replaced the heatwave alert within weeks. The climate disaster is no more a distant threat for India. It's time to give more attention to terms like carbon emission and global warming....
G 20: An Explainer
How and why G20 is not for the global south and for all those who are poor https://www.cenfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/G%2020.mp4
Why are Indian millionaires moving abroad?
6,500 high-net-worth individuals are going to leave India this year, as per the latest Henley Private Wealth Migration Report. Last year, 7500 millionaires left India.
अबकी बार राज्यों पर वार | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब
केंद्र सरकार ने केरल की उधार लेने की क्षमता पर अनुचित प्रतिबंध लगाकर एक ही झटके में उससे लगभग 15000 करोड़ छीन लिए है। इस कारण निकट भविष्य में केरल गंभीर वित्तीय संकट में...
Another Data leak!
Another data breach, this time from the CoWin portal, is serving as a reminder of India’s weak data protection system and the need to immediately work on it. Last week, The Fourth, a news...
How the Centre is suffocating Kerala and how Rajasthan is surviving and shining
By imposing unfair restrictions on the borrowing capacity of Kerala, the Union government has denied about 15000 crore in a single stroke. The State may get into serious financial trouble in the near future,...
Balasore Train Accident—Safety Before Speed
Do we need luxury trains or safe and reliable trains? Do we need Vande Bharats that cost over Rs 1000 even for a small journey or trains that the poor take to work, to...
Page 1 of 13