Energy security or plastic profits?
Fossil fuel and chemical industries’ interests are influencing India’s positions in various multilateral environmental and trade agreements related to climate, plastics, and chemicals.
Report on National Consultation on Environmental and Social Safeguards for Financial Institutions
The Centre for Financial Accountability held a consultative discussion on Environmental and Social Safeguards Policy for Indian financial institutions at the National Consultation on Safeguards in Delhi on December 1, 2023.
Banking Industry gets Wage Revision – Settlement Signed
Bankers have successfully achieved their dream of five-day work along with wage revision with the help of their unions, but there is more than meets the eye. Let’s get into the details and understand...
No coal power plant in India receives lending second consecutive year: Analysis
As representatives from nearly 200 nations gather for over a week for COP28, this year’s annual UN climate conference, being held in the oil-producing UAE and led by the head of the country’s state...
Renewables prevail: Second consecutive year without project finance for coal power plants in India
Against the backdrop of intensifying global discussions on phasing out fossil fuels at COP28 in Dubai, a report by the Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) and Climate Trends, an environmental think tank, reveals a...
Claims of employment rate increase a sham: Economists
At a time when the report of the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) report claims an upward trend in employment in India’s labour market with 15 million people entering the workforce, professional economists,...
Economists slam govt claims of rapid economic growth as a sham
The claims of robust growth, according to experts, are rather a celebratory note in the self-appraisal of the government in terms of India’s economic recovery. Claims of rapid growth the Indian economy is projected...
‘New jobs distress-driven’: Economists criticise CMIE claim of upward trend in employment
At a time when the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy’s (CMIE’s) report claims an upward trend in employment in India’s labour market with 15 million people entering the workforce, senior economists have sought to...
Energy Finance Conference, India, 2023- Concept Note
India emitted 2.412 gigatons of CO2 in 2020 contributing to 6.71% of total global emissions in the same year. It is the 3rd largest carbon emitter after China and the USA. Key sectors that...
Economists Term CMIE Employment Rate Increase Claim ‘Sham’
Real earnings have increased only for casual work, economists said at a conference titled ‘Measuring Recovery’. Several economists have termed the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy’s (CMIE) claim that the labour market witnessed an...
Claims of Employment Rate Increase a Sham: Economists
New Delhi: At a time when the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy’s report claims an upward trend in employment in India’s labour market with 15 million people entering the workforce, economists exposed that claim...
भारत के वित्तीय संस्थानों में पर्यावरण और सामाजिक जवाबदेही नीतियों की आवश्यकता
ज़्यादातर देशों द्वारा बड़े स्तर की विकास परियोजनाओं को आर्थिक और सामाजिक विकास के लिए अपरिहार्य माना जाता है। यह दृष्टिकोण भारत में भी अधिक मान्य है।
Beyond borders- Multilateral Policies, Infrastructure Projects and Financing
The update on the developments in the infrastructure sector in August 2023 brings forward perspectives on infrastructure finance from the ongoing G20 summits, an update on the long drawn and awaited multinational India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral...
Changing Financial Architecture
Does configuration or reconfiguration of a nation’s financial system, which is comprised of financial institutions and markets, imply its growth and welfare? The question has a lot of gravity since it helps reconfiguring and/or...
India’s divestment efforts could benefit from a ‘no new coal’ policy
India already has ambitious renewable energy plans, but its coal baggage and failure..
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