Tata Mundra: A Project Awaiting Settlement
Tata Mundra Project (Coastal Gujarat Power Limited ā CGPL – a subsidiary of Tata Power), is a 4,000 megawatt power plant developed on over 1250 hectares of land near the village Tunda-Wand, in Kutch...
Response to the Cost and Benefit Analysis of the Asian Development Bank Accountability Mechanism by the Asian Development BankĀ
At the very outset, we would like to appreciate ADB in doing this analysis and sharing the information publicly. The costs We are astonished by the fact that $5 mn (2023 prices) was spent...
Case Against IFC at US Supreme Court: Disappointed with the outcome; Quest for Justice Continues
Landmark corporate accountability case resulted in critical reforms for the World Bankās lending arm. April 26, 2022 New Delhi:Ā Last evening India time, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition from a fishing community...
Tata Mundra: Nobel laureate, others ask US apex court to drop immunity to World Bank
Economic, legal, diplomatic and civil society experts ā including Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel Prize-winning economist, and former Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank ā have urged the United States Supreme Court...
Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Joseph Stiglitz and Others Urge the US Supreme Court to Review World Bank Group Immunity in the Tata Mundra Finance Case
This week, prominent economic, legal, diplomatic, and civil society experts ā including Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel Prize-winning economist, and former Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank ā submitted amicus briefs urging...
ADB’s Compliance of its Safeguard Policies in the Tata Mundra Project
The northern coast of the Gulf of Kutch has been witnessing large-scale industrialization for the past two decades while a very large Special Economic Zone is also situated in the vicinity. Among several polluting...
The World Bank Groupās Uncounted
The Tata group, one of Indiaās largest conglomerates, promised to be a good neighbor when it took on the job of building the nationās first āultra megaā coal-fired power plant. The plan was to build...
What does the US Supreme Court’s Judgement mean for the People of Mundra?
What does the US Supreme Court’s Judgement on World Bank Group’s Immunity Mean for the people of Mundra, Gujarat, India and beyond? Dr Bharat Patel General Secretary, Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan and one of...