3200 MW Adani Anuppur Project: A Threat to Tiger Corridors and Local Livelihoods
The Adani Group is planning to build a 3,200 (4 Ć 800) MW ultra-supercritical coal-fired power plant
RBI Attack on Small Borrowers ā New RBI Governor Should Act
The Reserve Bank of IndiaĀ issued a circular on 30th September 2024 titled, āGold Loans ā Irregular Practices Observed in Grant of Loans Against Pledge of Gold Ornaments and Jewellery.ā The instructions are forĀ all banksĀ and...
Few Questions to the Finance Minister
Few of the Trade Union representatives from the Banking Industry met the Leader of the Opposition with certain demands on the Banking Sector. This came out on Social Media, and the Finance Minister, in...
Renewable energy lending up by 60% last year
Lending to renewable energy projects in India in 2023 increased 63% year-on-year to INR 30,255 crore ($3,663 million). Out of the total, 49% went to solar projects. Lending to renewable energy projects in India...
A Government without Accountability? Is it a death of Democracy already?
āDemocracy is by the people, for the people, and of the people.ā-Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the USA (1861-65) We claim to be the largest democracy. Are we? Two latest developments raise this question....
The Government saving Madhabi or Adani
A sitting minister in Singapore, Eswaran, has recently been sent to jail to serve a one-year term on corruption charges involving acceptance of a golf set, tickets to attend an expensive show, etc. Can...
Corporate control of the country must go- Farmers are showing the way
During the year-long agitation in 2020-21, the farmers gave a call to boycott Ambani and Adani. Now they have given a call to Observe Corporate Quit India Day on 9th AugustĀ 2024. They have...
No Transport for Poor Indians
The last 10 years have seen a remarkable disinterest in running and maintaining transport for the poor. Even in all the cacophony around development, the sounds and sights of the poor trying to catch...
Poison PVC: Big Coal Leading PVC Growth in India
The Gulf of Kutch located in western Gujarat covers an area of 7,350 km2, is approximately 170 km long, and up to 75 km wide at its mouth.
The Petrochemicals Landscape in India
Challenging Monopolistic Practices and Emerging Competitors. India holds a prominent position in the global petrochemicals industry. Demand for plastics across diverse sectors
The Carnival Games are Back!
Carnival games are rigged in favour of their owners. It seems ostensibly easy to win. But it isnāt. Somehow you will miss the target or click the wrong tab. So was the Hindenburg expose...
Should SBI backtrack on its loan to Adani? It should!
In spite of the Hindenburg report and the SEBI enquiry under progress, the SBI-led consortium has agreed to give another Rs 34000 crore to the Adani Group as per the news reports.
Donāt Invest Public Money in high risk Adani Coal to PVC Plant
We the undersigned express our deep concern on reports in the news media which state that a State Bank of India (SBI) led consortium is planning to invest ā¹ 34,000 crore in the first...
Is the Finance Ministry Misleading the Parliament to Save Adani?
Almost every day, new information is surfacing. Favours given in allocation of ports to Adani, airports bestowed on him, coal auctions going to him, oil import contracts coming his way, and the list goes...
Should we save the Adani investors?
Share trade resembles a local market auction -the anxious traders,their tricks and hacks and the adrenaline raising rounds of bid. Two decades back it was literally so with share traders jumping around most of...
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