The Economic Survey 2025 tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, projects a 6.3 – 6.8% growth rate for FY 26, ahead of the Union Budget 2025-26. But, what does it mean to the common...
A People’s Blueprint for the 2025-26 Budget! At the threshold of the 2025 budget, the vitals of the economy are causing alarm to those who are bothered to look beyond the hyperbole and manufactured...
The Union Budget is only a few days away and speculations that the Income Tax will be reduced is high.
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 $5 mn (2023 prices) was spent...
We are just around the corner for another budget. The Finance Minister has been consulting regular industry leaders, business associations, and occasional trade unions in preparation for the budget. While memes around the falling...
Press release 16 January 2025 | New Delhi: The People’s Alliance for Waste Accountability and Delhi residents have expressed deep disappointment over the poorly managed public hearing held on December 27, 2024, to discuss...
Companies engaged in coal power expansion received US$ 2 billion in underwriting services from US based financial institute New Delhi, December 19, 2024: The Centre for Financial Accountability released its seventh annual Coal vs Renewables...
Press Release New Delhi | December 23, 2024 The Working Group on International Financial Institutions (WgonIFIs) is disappointed with the recent decision of the World Bank Board of Directors to approve $800 million for...
December 17, 2024 To, Executive Director The World Bank Washington, D.C. Dear Ms. / Mr. We, civil society organizations from 17 countries, write to express our grave concerns regarding the Amaravati Sustainable Infrastructure and Institutional Development Project (Project ID: P507508), which is scheduled for Board approval on December 19,...
The recently concluded COP29 left many people disappointed due to a lack of progress on critical issues. The Western world offered insufficient climate finance, while major polluters sought to undermine the fossil fuel phaseout...
A critical look at the recent Disaster Managenent Amendment Bill, 2024. Why has the government removed clauses that allowed for loan reliefs and concession loans to disaster affected people? Urgent need to raise pertinent...
A recent investigation by The Indian Express revealed that over 43% of the total non-performing assets (NPA) till March 2019, or Rs. 4.02 lakh crore, was accounted for by just 100 companies. According to...
As the Bretton Woods Institutions complete 80 years, here are eight charges against them (not in order of the severity of the crimes!). 1. Perpetuator of Climate Crisis: Now championing as a climate saviour...
While the Adani indictment by the US Department of Justice and the US Securities and Exchange Commission “may or may not turn out to be the Modi regime’s Bofors moment”, it vindicates what many...
COP 29 which happened in Baku between 11th-22nd November. This was dubbed as the Climate Finance COP as it was expected that there would be an agreement on how much money should go each...
