On February 27, 2019, the US Supreme Court in a 7-1 decision ruled that international organisations like the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a private-lending arm of the World Bank Group, do not enjoy absolute...
For Immediate Release Villagers Celebrate The Historic US Supreme Court’s Verdict Which Ended The Immunity of the IFIs March 31, 2019, Mundra: The air in Mundra filled with the slogans like Kaun Banata Hai...
Solidarity Statement from India At People’s Dialogue, Cape Town on 31 March 2019 In response to BRICS-led New Development Bank’s 4th Annual General Meeting in South Africa The BRICS led NDB (New Development Bank)...
Executive summary from the report Banking on Climate Change, Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2019. The report is prepared by Rainforests Action Network, BankTrack, Sierra Club, Oil Change, Indigenous Environmental Network, Honour The Earth. This year, 163...
This February, in a landmark decision, the US Supreme Court ruled that financial institutions like the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) are not immune from the law of land, and can be held...
For Immediate Release Peoples Movements and Civil Society Organisations Welcome the US Supreme Court’s Decision on the Absolute Immunity of the IFIs March 1, 2019, New Delhi:Peoples movements and civil society organisations from across...
For Immediate Release February 27, 2019 New Delhi: In a historic 7-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in Jam v. IFC that international organizations like the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group...
The budget session of the parliament witnessed the members asking government questions related to finance. Some of these questions were related to the NPAs, rationalisation of the overseas branches of the banks, charges levied...
Bank unions All India Bank Employee’s Association and Bank Employees Federation of India (BEFI) have called for a two-day nationwide strike today and tomorrow (January 8 and 9, 2019), in support of the general strike...
This speech, transmitted to the conference on “Global Financial Crisis: A Decade after Lehman,” held in New Delhi, Dec 3 to 4, 2018, identifies the trouble spots in the global financial system, raises the...
The jury for the inaugural Smitu Kothari Fellowship is pleased to announce the following individuals as the Smitu Kothari Fellows for the year 2018. Aravind Unni has completed his B.Arch from Jamia Millia Islamia,...
Meera Sanghamira of the NAPM speaks on the various violations being done to implement the Amaravati Capital City Project. People’s response to it including approaching the World Bank’s Inspection Panel, which visited and submitted...
Awadhesh Kumar of Srijan Lokhit Samiti speaks on the lack of response by the US Exim bank on the complaint filed against the Sasan Power Plant
Amulya Kumar Nayak of the Odisha Chas Parivesh Surakhsa Parishad, sharing their experiences with the IAM and the Management’s Response in the GMR Kamalanga Energy Limited, a 1050 MW (with an additional 350 MW)...
Conference on Global Financial Crisis: A Decade after Lehman December 3-4, 2018 Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi This September marked the 10th year of the global financial crisis. A decade later, the world economy still...