आजकल विकास का मतलब लूट है
भारत सरकार देश के विकास के नाम पर बड़ी ढांचागत परियोजनाओ के निमार्ण पर पिछलें कुछ दशकों से लगातार बल दे रही है। इन परियोजनाओं को भारत के सकल घरेलू उत्पाद की वृद्धि दर...
शहर-गाँव के बीच की खाई तेज़ी से बढ़ा रहा विकास का आधुनिक मॉडल
अधोसंरचना, ख़ासकर ऊर्जा के नाम पर हमारे देश में जो हो रहा है उसे सार्वजनिक सम्पत्ति की खुल्लाम-खुल्ला लूट के अलावा क्या कहा जा सकता है? मध्यप्रदेश सरीखे राज्य में जहाँ ख़ुद सरकारी दस्तावेज़ों...
US Supreme Court to Consider Immunity for IOs
The plaintiffs contend that the plant’s construction caused saltwater to leach into the local groundwater. They say that the plant’s ‘cooling system discharges thermal pollution into the sea, killing off marine life on which...
Civil Society Groups Welcome IFC Coal Plan but Push for More
NUSA DUA, Indonesia — Civil society groups have welcomed a move by the International Finance Corporation to transition the financial institutions it invests in away from supporting coal projects — but some say it...
Financing For A Robust Energy Regime In India
Along with the unbridled sanctioning of the flow of foreign funds to the country’s energy sector in the bid to be a major driving force in the global energy market (which falters often on...
Catalytic Financing can Scale Up Clean Energy Market: Report
Today, rooftop solar capacity is 1,200 MW only as against Centre’s target of 40,000 MW by 2022 Nagpur: With financing continuing to be a serious impediment in achieving the country’s clean energy goals, the latest...
विकास के नाम पर बढता आर्थिक और सामाजिक सकंट
भारत सरकार देश के विकास के नाम पर बड़ी ढांचागत परियोजनाओ के निमार्ण पर पिछलें कुछ दशकों से लगातार बल दे रही है। इन परियोजनाओं को भारत के सकल घरेलू उत्पाद की वृद्धि दर...
Case Study: Why are the Farmers of a Power-Surplus State Like Tamil Nadu Resisiting High Tension Lines and Towers?
The Transmission System Strengthening Project is a project to expand the interstate transmission network in western and southern India. The project, partly funded by ADB and AIIB (as co-financer) along with the Power Grid...
U.S. Government Opposes “Absolute” Immunity for World Bank Group
For Immediate Release U.S. Government Opposes “Absolute” Immunity for World Bank Group in Brief to SCOTUS Washington, D.C., August 1, 2018 – Late yesterday, the U.S. Government urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse...
PSBs Back Coal, Whereas Private-owned Renewables
A new analysis of energy project lending in India shows that majority of government-owned banks and financial institutions continued to fund coal projects in 2017. The same analysis also reveals private financial companies are...
India’s Publicly Owned Banks ‘Favour Coal Lending Over Renewables’
The Centre for Financial Accountability said coal received $9.4bn last year, compared to clean technologies receiving $3.5bn India’s public-owned banks and finance groups lent more money to coal projects than renewables in 2017. That’s according...
Indian State-run Banks Financed more Coal than Renewable Energy in 2017: Study
The report, prepared by Delhi-based Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA), finds that coal received Rs 60,767 crore ($9.35 billion) in lending whereas renewable energy received Rs 22,913 crore ($3.50 billion). New Delhi: A majority...
India Wants More Renewables, but its Banks are Pouring Billions into Coal
India Wants More Renewables, but its Banks are Pouring Billions into Coal Even as the Narendra Modi government pushes for renewable energy, Indian financiers are backing coal-based power projects. Around 73% of all funding...
Government Banks Continue to Fund Coal Projects in India: Report
A majority of government-owned banks and financial institutions continued to fund coal projects in India in 2017, an analysis of energy project lending said on Tuesday. It also reveals that comparatively, private financial companies...
Booklet: India 2017 Coal v/s Renewables Finance Analysis
This report identified and reviewed project finance lending to 72 energy projects, comprising coal-fired power stations and renewable energy generation facilities in India that reached financial close in 2017. These projects attracted total lending...
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