A group of civil society organisations, which has reviewed, and analysed the 2017 draft of the National Energy Policy (NEP), submitted its comments and suggestions from the financial perspective for improving the draft of...
New Banking Legislations: Boon or Bane? Conversation with Dr Thomas Franco, General Secretary, All India Bank Officers Confederation, on the perils of the recent banking legislations, including Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) 2016, Banking...
The union cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has recently approved the proposal to introduce the Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance (FRDI) Bill, 2017 in the upcoming monsoon session of the Parliament. The...
A U.S. Federal Court has held that the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is entitled to “absolute immunity” from lawsuits brought by communities harmed by IFC projects. The case, filed by communities affected by the...
For Immediate Release Federal Appeals Court Rules That World Bank Group Cannot Be Sued For Harming Communities Affected Communities Plan Further Legal Challenge June 27, 2017, Washington D.C., and Mundra: The U.S. Court of...
Press Statement | 26 June 2017 Bailout Pleas by both Adani and Tata Projects in Mundra a symptom of larger menace; Government should not acquire liabilities, to waste public money; Both corporations should be...
After bifurcation of the erstwhile Indian state of Andhra Pradesh in June 2014, both the new states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are sharing the Hyderabad as capital for 10 years. Chief Minister of...
February 07, 2017: Mundra, Gujarat The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard arguments in Budha Ismail Jam v. International Finance Corporation, a case against the International Finance Corporation (IFC),...
Seminar on Understanding Financial Technology, Cashless India & Forced Digitalisation YWCA, Ashoka Road, New Delhi January 24, 2017, 930 am Programme Schedule 9.30 am – Registration 10 am Introduction to the Seminar & Setting...
Press Release January 6, 2017: New Delhi Prominent people’s movements and other civil society organisations from India today extended their support and solidarity to the struggle against the India supported Rampal power project in...
Demystifying Development Funding through NDB and AIIB in the Context of BRICS
Dr Thomas Franco, the vice president of All India Bank Officers Confederation, says Urjit Patel (RBI Governor) is morally responsible for causing crisis and deaths in the country. Franco said the government should have...
Prof. Prabhat Patnaik speaks on demonetisation and the problem
October 18, 2016 An Open Letter to the Prime Minister on Rampal Power Project Respected Prime Minister, We, the people’s movements and other civil society organisations in India, draw your urgent attention to the...