स्मार्ट सिटी योजना’ : पूंजी के लिए ‘प्राइवेट पार्टनर

साल 2015 में लॉन्च किए जाते समय ‘स्मार्ट सिटीज मिशन’ का उद्देश्य 100 शहरी क्षेत्रों का चयन करके उनके बुनियादी ढांचे को चमकदार बनाया जाना और निवासियों को बेहतर प्रशासनिक दक्षता उपलब्ध करवाने में सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी का उपयोग प्रस्तावित था। ‘शहरी...

Read more November 3, 2025 at 6:04 pm Gaurav Dwivedi

സ്മാർട്ട് സിറ്റീസ് മിഷൻ: പൊതു-സ്വകാര്യ പങ്കാളിത്തത്തിലെ കോർപ്പറേറ്റ് താത്പര്യങ്ങൾ

കേന്ദ്ര സർക്കാറിന്റെ ‘സ്മാർട്ട് സിറ്റീസ് മിഷൻ’ പത്ത് വർഷം പൂർത്തിയായതിന്റെ പശ്ചാത്തലത്തിൽ സെന്റർ ഫോർ ഫിനാൻഷ്യൽ അക്കൗണ്ടബിലിറ്റി (www.cenfa.org) തയ്യാറാക്കുന്ന ലേഖന പരമ്പര, മൂന്നാം ഭാഗം. 2015-ൽ ആരംഭിച്ച സ്മാർട്ട് സിറ്റി മിഷൻ, രാജ്യത്തെ 100 നഗരപ്രദേശങ്ങളെ അടിസ്ഥാന സൗകര്യങ്ങളോടെ നവീകരിക്കുന്നതിനും, നഗരവാസികൾക്ക് കൂടുതൽ സുസ്ഥിരമായ അന്തരീക്ഷം...

Read more September 28, 2025 at 8:26 pm Gaurav Dwivedi

Why is India’s smart city plan pushing the dubious Public-Private Partnership model?

Access to services like health and water is increasingly dependent on citizens’ capacity to pay, which transforms rightsholders into consumers, critics warn. A labourer in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City or GIFT city in Gujarat...

Read more September 15, 2025 at 1:32 pm Gaurav Dwivedi

Financial Institutions look to step up infrastructure project financing

In this month’s infrastructure update, the national and international financial institutions such as the ADB, JICA, AIIB and BoB are looking to increase project and policy financing for infrastructure projects.

Read more December 15, 2023 at 6:49 pm Gaurav Dwivedi

Institutions expecting mega-scale in future infrastructure projects

The infrastructure continues to be the focus to push the economic growth rates in India. This month’s update provides the developments around the financial institutions such as India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL), Rural...

Read more November 15, 2023 at 12:21 pm Gaurav Dwivedi

Infrastructure Finance Update

Infrastructure Finance Update for the month of April 2023 covers majorly the developments from the national financial institutions for infrastructure building like the National Infrastructure Investment Fund (NIIF), National Bank for Financing Infrastructure Development...

Read more May 17, 2023 at 5:35 pm Gaurav Dwivedi

Urban Infrastructure Financing in India – What has changed?

In the post 1990s era in India, the urban areas in the country have been in focus with cities being named as “the engines of economic growth”. This has been highlighted by various national...

Read more February 16, 2023 at 3:27 pm Gaurav Dwivedi

7 Years of Smart Cities Mission, India – A Review

The Smart Cities Mission (SCM) was launched in 2015, and was meant to conclude in five years. Centre for Financial Accountability has been researching and documenting various aspects of the mission. Reports are currently...

Read more September 14, 2022 at 12:10 pm Gaurav Dwivedi

How India’s Private Infrastructure Projects Risk Economic Stability, Environment, and Public Welfare

To become a $5 trillion economy by 2025, India is heavily relying on private infrastructure investment across sectors. The government has been rolling out several policies, regulations and tenders to encourage private investments. In...

Read more July 26, 2022 at 12:19 pm Gaurav Dwivedi

Tracing the Origins of Gati Shakti Missions

A Briefing Paper This briefing paper looks at large linear projects being implemented in India and the influence which international financial institutions are seemingly able to exert on the governments to follow their recommendations...

Read more July 25, 2022 at 5:55 pm Gaurav Dwivedi

World Bank aided privatisation and commercialisation – sectoral learnings from India

Note to the readers: This is a mildly edited transcript of the talk given by the author at the World Without World Bank Campaign Week in 2021 at a panel titled “Privatisation, Commodification and...

Read more April 28, 2022 at 1:50 pm Gaurav Dwivedi

Is the New DFI Answer to India’s Infrastructural Challenges?

The infrastructure sector is one of the key sectors for India to achieve higher economic growth rates and requires major investments into projects to push the growth rates higher. The infrastructure sector requires long-term...

Read more September 10, 2021 at 10:29 am Gaurav Dwivedi

Financing Inland Waterways in India

ndia has embarked on implementing large scale infrastructure projects across the country as part of the plan to develop world class infrastructure in the country and also as an important measure to boost the...

Read more July 6, 2021 at 11:11 am Gaurav Dwivedi

Smart & Sustainable? The Case of Bhopal Smart City

The case study of Smart Cities Mission in Bhopal provides an overview of the projects being implemented under the mission in the city. The case of Bhopal Smart City is quite distinctive in the...

Read more February 19, 2021 at 2:02 pm Gaurav Dwivedi

World Bank Group and Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Power Project

The World Bank directed its resources to the removal of key barriers to private investment. It played a fundamental enabling role by financing key environmental and social management and institutional strengthening activities, as well...

Read more December 28, 2020 at 2:37 pm Gaurav Dwivedi

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