Banks on the Brink
The unprecedented crisis in the Indian banking sector, which has brought banks’ lending operations to a virtual standstill, means that they can do little to help the economy, which is buffeted on multiple fronts....
Power Sector NPAs: New Report Slams Parliamentary Panel on Energy
The 37th Report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy failed to fix accountability for the NPA crisis in the power sector, while absolving disastrous moves like delicensing. A new report by Delhi-based Centre for Financial...
Parliamentary Panel Failed to Address NPAs in Power Sector? A Delhi Think Tank Believes so
In a critique of the March 2018 report of the Parliamentary standing committee on energy, CFA has stated that the recommendations suggested by the Committee to address the problem of stressed assets in power...
A Critique of Report on ‘Stressed/Non-Performing Assets in Electricity Sector’
A new report has criticised the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy for failing to fix responsibility on who should have been held accountable for the current NPA crisis in the power sector. The report,...
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy Missed a Great Opportunity to Address the NPA Crisis
September 6, 2018: A new report has criticised the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy for failing to fix responsibility on who should have been held accountable for the current NPA crisis in the power...
Growing Financial Crisis in the Power Sector
In the past few years, a major shift has taken place in the power sector on several fronts including environment clearance, national forest policy, coal mining regulation, power purchase agreement (PPA), fuel supply agreement...
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...
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...
ब्रीफ़िंग पेपर: भारत में जलविद्युत विकास को बड़े पैमाने पर बढ़ावा
इस सेक्टर में निजी क्षत्रे को आकर्षित करने के लिए सरकार ने 2016 में इस पर चर्चा शुरू की कि नवीकरणीय ऊर्जा के क्षत्रे को और विस्तृत किया जाए ताकि 25 मेगावाट क्षमता से...
Briefing Paper: Big Push for the Development of Hydropower in India
It is noteworthy that currently, coal-based power projects are under threat due to lack of coal linkages and power purchase agreements, thus stalling many existing power projects and discouraging many companies from expanding to...
Big Push for the Development of Hydropower in India
There has been a worldwide growth in hydropower development, with 31.5 GW new capacity installed in 2016. This figure includes 6.4 GW of pumped storage – nearly double the previous year – while there...
The corruption in the power sector is in the tune of over one lakh crore: Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
August 23, 2017, New Delhi: “The corruption in the power sector is in the tune of over one lakh crore,” said senior journalist and author Paranjoy Guha Thakurta. The former editor of EPW and...
Communities Affected by Tata Mundra Approach US Court to Review “Absolute Immunity” Doctrine
For Immediate Release After a Judge declared World Bank immunity cases “wrongly decided,” the communities affected by the Tata Mundra project approach US court to review “absolute immunity” doctrine Communities harmed by Tata Mundra...
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