Are we parting ways with coal or digging in deeper?
The expenditure budgeted for the year 2023-24 is 192 crores which is 50% less than the budget of the previous years. At the face of it, it would seem that India is phasing out...
Demand to scrap ‘unnecessary, potentially harmful’ large, new coal blocks’ auction
As many as 70 people’s movements, trade unions and civil society organisations (CSOs)* have asserted that India’s biggest ever coal mine auction, announced in November last year “will aggravate climate crisis” and “is against...
India’s Biggest Ever Coal Mine Auction will Aggravate Climate Crisis; Is Against India’s Climate Pledges
The central government opening the biggest new coal mine auction, announced in November 2022, is a mockery of the Prime Minister’s own climate announcements at climate change summits, and an invitation to worsening the...
National Financial Institutions lent 7.12 lakh crores to TPPs between 2005-2022: Study
The report finds 65% accrues to NBFCs, 31% came from public sector banks, and 4% from private banks
The Coal Trail
India’s installed capacity for power generation has also seen a tremendous rise, standing at 405.77 GW. What is also readily observable is the dominant share of coal in the installed capacity equalling 204 GW,...
Coal vs renewables investment report, India 2022
In early August, the Union Cabinet approved India’s updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) that have hence been formally communicated to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). These include goals like reducing the emission intensity...
The Great Indian Power Crisis
The power crisis, triggered by the coal shortage, has been in the news for the past few months. Almost the whole of India was caught in a serious power crisis from early May 2022.
Salaam to Coal Miners of the Country
An unprecedented and prolonged heatwave is sweeping across the Indian subcontinent.
Case Against IFC at US Supreme Court: Disappointed with the outcome; Quest for Justice Continues
Landmark corporate accountability case resulted in critical reforms for the World Bank’s lending arm. April 26, 2022 New Delhi: Last evening India time, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition from a fishing community...
Oil Security or Oil Dependency?
Mr. Amit Bhandari, in his article “A sovereign wealth fund for oil security” published in the Financial Express on February 1, 2022 suggests that despite the push for renewable energy and electric vehicles, the...
A Peopleless Budget: Budget 2022 Analysis
The government has over the years made its priorities clear as to whose interest it serves. It is evident from the fact that the government continues with its gross underspending on key social sectors...
The Mirage of Clean Power
A system that thrives on an ever-increasing demand for electricity will automatically push the burden to unsatiable demand for the fuels that produce it.
Coal Shortage: Crisis, False Solutions & Opportunity
India's power ecosystem, which depends overwhelmingly on coal to meet the country's baseline electricity demand, is suddenly faced with an acute coal shortage. Even when the Coal Ministry tried to play down the coal...
How India is making a way for coal: Energy Sector Updates
Coal has not been only always costlier from the perspective of socio, economic, and ecology, but it has also been one of the biggest greenhouse gas emitters in the energy sources. Despite that, post-pandemic,...
US Federal Court Rules in Favour of IFC in Tata Mundra Case: Fishworkers and Farmers to Challenge Decision.
Press Statement | February 19, 2020 US Federal Court Rules in Favour of IFC in Tata Mundra Case: Fishworkers and Farmers to Challenge Decision. IFC hides it shame & guilt behind technicalities of jurisdiction...
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