A new report has raised concerns over massive environmental clearances given to projects in eco-sensitive zones (ESZ) and Protected Areas (PA). The report has flagged that the dilution of environmental laws is a major...
A Policy Brief Wildlife Clearance plays a crucial role in protecting India’s designated protected areas. The wildlife clearances issued by the Standing Committee of the National Board of Wildlife (SC-NBWL) for various infrastructure and...
A Report on National Conference on Infrastructure Sector in India In the past few years, the pace of constructing infrastructure projects has increased manifold through national programs including smart cities mission, Bharatmala, Sagarmala, inland...
This update for the month of September 2022 covers stories from the sectors of roads and highways, railways, ports, private equity, telecom, and Gati Shakti. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade...
A Case Study of Oriental InfraTrust Research raises red flag over international financial support for risky new infrastructure finance model 20 October 2022: Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) and Recourse today release a new report,...
The Centre had committed Rs 48,000 crore for the mission but only Rs 41,544 crore was allocated till the end of the last financial year. The Narendra Modi government launched the Smart Cities Mission...
Infrastructure Finance Update August 2022 Infrastructure finance update for the month of August 2022 primarily focuses on five sectors, namely, railways, roads and highways, ports, real estate and telecom. The majority of the news...
India’s burgeoning economic growth in the last two decades, especially in the infrastructure sector, has heavily impacted its forests and protected areas. Not only has there been a diversion of large tracts of forest...
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...
A Study on the socio-environmental changes in the Indian part of the Sundarbans Delta Deemed as a “World Heritage”, by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) – Sundarbans is one of...
A Study on the change in livelihood options in Indian part of the Sundarbans Delta The Indian Sundarban region consisting of 4,200 square kilometres (sq km) of reserved forests along with 5,400 sq km...
India is home to 96,000 species of animals and 47,000 species of plants and nearly half the world’s aquatic plants. Conservation of wild flora and fauna has been one of the key thrust areas...
National Conference on Infrastructure Sector in India “Relooking at National Flagship Infrastructure Programs” Dates – 29, 30th August 2022 Venue – Conference Room No. 2, Main Building, India International Centre, New Delhi Session Plan...
Infrastructure Finance Update, July 2022 The Infrastructure Finance Update for the month of July cover the updates from the sectors of Roads and Highways, Ports and the status of Smart Cities in the State...
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...
