To quote the Political Science professor, Robert O’Brien, at the McMaster University in Hamilton, “the world is at a high level of protest right now”. He further adds that he can witness “a dissatisfaction...
The Government of Uttarakhand has entered into agreements with L&T Uttaranchal and Tehri Hydropower Development Corporation (now, THDCIL) to make the Singoli-Bhatwari Hydroelectric Project on the Mandakini River and the Vishnugad-Pipalkoti Hydroelectric Project on...
Fiscal Federalism is in danger, which can lead to further economic crisis stated Dr. Thomas Issac Finance Minister of Kerala at a National Workshop at Pondicherry. The GST due to states is not given...
The announcement by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman yesterday (Nov 15) that the government is planning to increase the deposit guarantee limit from the existing Rs 1 lakh is a confirmation of the rumours/reports going around for some...
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) approved a lending for Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) Phase 3 for $500 mn. According to a release from AIIB, “A loan of USD500 million granted to the government of...
Deutsche Bank AG was one of the largest Banks in the world (it was ranked largest before Chinese Banks replaced it). The Bank on a verge of collapse due to internal scandals has sent...
On the 3rd anniversary of demonetisation, which wrecked the economy from which India is yet to recover, put people in insurmountable misery and for which nobody is held accountable yet, a small video capturing the...
India’s power scenario of late, has been marked by renewed thrust of mega hydroelectric projects across India’s North East, including classifying large hydros as renewable source of energy, to mobilize resources for large hydropower...
A conversation between Benny Kuruvilla, Focus on Global South, Prof. Biswajit Dhar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Ranja Sengupta, Third World Network on Why did India exit RCEP
On Nov 8th, 2016 the Prime Minister told the citizens that “For years, this country has felt that corruption, black money and terrorism are festering sores, holding us back in the race towards development.”...
It would be politically naive to suggest that India should not join any international trade block. What is important is whether India is joining any such initiative with the position of strength and whether...
More than a month of waiting for 16 lakh depositors is leading to a dangerous position of loss of faith in banks. The Cooperative banks have more than 13 crore small depositors. RBI has...
On 22nd Oct, AIBEA and BEFI went on strike against merger of Banks. Did anybody care? Sad that all Unions and Associatious objecting merger did not fight together. The Banking Sector Trade Unions in...
In the last week, we saw two indices, which were released globally. One on hunger and another on Ease of Doing Business. India slipped from 95th position to 102nd position out of 117 countries...
AIIB’s newly wrapped ESG investments: Asia ESG Enhanced Credit Managed Portfolio Project After fifty investments being approved and many more in pipeline, along with much criticism against India’s Infrastructure Fund , National Infrastructure Investment...