Wealth of Top 1% Indians increased by 39%, and that of bottom 50% at 3%
It is a good time for the rich in India. India added 18 new billionaires last year raising their number to 119. Their wealth increased by 35 per cent last year – Rs 2200...
As Bhopal Is Recast As A Smart City, Its Poor Have A Question: Where’s The Room For Us?
Madhya Pradesh’s capital is among the first 20 cities chosen for redevelopment under the Narendra Modi government’s Smart Cities Mission. The brochures sell a dream: new residences, services accessed through mobile phone apps, outdoor...
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...
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...
Book: Rubbles of an Economic Earthquake
In the past four and half years, the country has gone through a major socio-political and economic upheaval as never before. At no point in the recent history has the country as a whole,...
From Paris to Bangladesh, How the Climate-Change Accord is Imploding
The onslaught of a new power plant on the fragile ecology of the Sunderbans is fresh proof of the futility of climate reforms. We bring you a ground report. Until two years ago, 28-year-old...
Impact of Global Crisis on the Indian Banking System
This impact is not only circumscribed to NPA. Overall, Indian banking is passing through one of the worst crisis in history. Since the last three years, banking in the public sector is almost stagnant....
India takes second place in renewable energy
India is leading the race in renewable energy but is still expected to become the largest coking coal importer by 2022. Will the country be able to meet its ambitious targets in clean energy...
Mainstreaming India’s Poor in Banking
My intent in this article is to flag off a set of relevant issues one will have to deal with while mainstreaming India’s poor in Banking. The article has five sections: (a) Providing a...
Should Senior Employees of the Public Sector Join Private Post-Retirement?
The recent appointment of SBI’s Former Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya’s as an Independent Additional Director at the board of Reliance Industries Limited has sparked public debate on the post-retirement career of senior employees of the...
The IFC has not always practised what it preaches
In the run-up to this week’s Supreme Court hearing, the IFC has announced a series of new policy reforms that strengthen its social and environmental commitments, an effort that is undoubtedly motivated in part...
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...
An Insight into CVC’s Bank Frauds Analysis
What is the inside story of the bank frauds in India? An insight into the ‘Top 100’ bank frauds by the Central Vigilance Commission On October 15, 2018, the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) released...
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...
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