The Smart Cities Project, since its introduction in India, has garnered both applause and criticism and despite the mixed response, has successfully rewired the very imagination of the Indian city. This article attempts to...
Lockdowns and curfews have been the most commissioned procedure by the Indian state to regulate and manage resistances all over the country. Kashmir has been the epicentre of such a monopolisation of public spaces...
In the past several years, infrastructure has become a focus sector in the Indian economy as it is expected to boost overall development. Infrastructure continues to attract attention not only from the government but...
In the wake of RBI’s decision to transfer Rs 1.76 lakh crore to the government as per the recommendations of the Bimal Jalan-led committee; and Modi Government’s the decision to merge 10 Public Sector...
Nirmala Sitaraman, Minister of Finance, in her latest press conference, announced the merger of 10 Public Sector Banks (PSBs) to carve out four big banks. In the process six, PSBs are being closed. Presently...
The press conference addressed by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman yesterday (Aug 23) is an indication that finally, the government acknowledges that the economy is crumbling and nearly hitting the rock bottom. That a...
India’s government has ambitious plans to achieve 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by March 2022, although it was standing only at over 81 GW by the end of July 2019. It is even...
August 18, 2019, Chennai: The recently concluded two-day conference on Energy Finance in India at IIT Madras witnessed enthusiastic participation from various regulators, experts, industry leaders, bankers, activists and discussion on issues related to...
The first budget of the newly re-elected government was placed on July 5, 2019, by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The budget failed to address the real problems of the economy like unemployment, agrarian...
Since the beginning of 2019 till last month, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has already cut the repo rates twice by 25 basis points (0.25%) each time. However, both of these attempts have...
RBI ‘relaxes’ norms on BSBDA accounts: There are news reports mentioning that with the new notification RBI has eased norms for BSBD accounts and new facilities will be provided to Basic Saving Bank Deposit...
लोकसभा चुनाव के बीच, केद्रिंय विधुत विनियामक आयोग ने अडानी मुद्रां पावर परियोजना की 2000 मेगावाट यूनिट का तय टैरिफ 2.80 रुपए से बढाकर 3.10 रुपए करने का आदेश जारी कर दिया है। इसका...
The crisis in the banking sector is a created one, where the commercial banks have been forced to lend on a large scale to the development projects and to the corporates and which has...
The Financial Year 2018-19, which recently ended, proved to be the most challenging year for the financial world. The first and foremost challenge was the introduction of the Financial Regulatory and Deposit Insurance Bill...
Our Money, Our Right Towards a Transparent and Accountable Financial and Banking System Appeal to political parties by people’s movements, civil society organisations, trade unions and concerned citizens on finance and banking, with a...
