Vadhavan Port: A Development Mirage at the Cost of People and Ecology?
A ā¹76,220 crore mega-port in Maharashtra is being pushed under Sagarmala, threatening fishers, farmers, and Adivasis in Palghar.
Institutions expecting mega-scale in future infrastructure projects
The infrastructure continues to be the focus to push the economic growth rates in India. This monthās update provides the developments around the financial institutions such as India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL), Rural...
Relooking at National Flagship Infrastructure Programs
A Report on National Conference on Infrastructure Sector in India In the past few years, the pace of constructing infrastructure projects has increased manifold through national programs including smart cities mission, Bharatmala, Sagarmala, inland...
Experts, Activists and Journalists Discussed Infrastructure Finance
Experts, Activists and Journalists Discussed Infrastructure Finance in India: A Report September 6, 2019, Nagpur: Around 60 activists, researchers, academics, journalists, trade unionists and grassroots community organisers attended recently concluded two-day conference on Infrastructure...
Blue Economy, Its Impact on the Coastal Economy, and the Role of IFIs
Siddharth Chakravarty of The Research Collective explains the Blue Economy, its impact on the coastal economy, and the role of international financialĀ institutions in pushing this project.
Coastal Infrastructure and Fishers Struggle in India
Jesu Rathnam, Coastal Action Network, says that the Sagarmala project, which envisages the development of infrastructure projects- like highways, ports, jetties- along with the coast of India, will lead to the destruction of the...