The northern coast of the Gulf of Kutch has been witnessing large-scale industrialization for the past two decades while a very large Special Economic Zone is also situated in the vicinity. Among several polluting...
This mapping document looks at infrastructure sector in India, its basic concepts, estimates by the Government of India, the World Bank (WB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), International Finance Corporation (IFC), Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank...
Government prepares for more reforms to ensure India comes in the top 50 in ease of doing business rankings India currently occupies 63rd position in the rankings of the World Bank in doing business....
Almost a decade after the construction for the Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project and eight years since the operations of the project started, a revisit to Mundra tells the story of the destruction...
IFC’s Opportunistic $ 24.7 trillion Global Green Investment Plan Adding to the global narrative on low-carbon investments, World Bank Groups’ private lending arm International Finance Corporation’s recent report – Green Buildings: A Finance and...
This booklet is a first in a series that looks to provide an overview of the smart cities at a conceptual level, smart cities mission in India, development of smart cities globally, the role...
As per the Early Warning System, which collects and verify information about the proposed and existing projects, India, in 2018, had 112 active or proposed projects funded by Development Finance Institutions (DFIs). These institutions...
The Transmission System Strengthening Project is a project to expand the interstate transmission network in western and southern India. The project, partly funded by ADB and AIIB (as co-financer) along with the Power Grid...
Mumbai, June 23: “The so-called ‘development’ must not come at the cost of constitutional rights,” said prominent activist and Goldman Environment Awardee Prafulla Samantra at the press conference, which was organised on the last...
Express News Service, VIJAYAWADA: Expressing concern over the unchecked borrowing from different banks and funding agencies across the globe by the TDP Government in the State, experts from National Association of People’s Movements (NAPM)...
There has been a worldwide growth in hydropower development, with 31.5 GW new capacity installed in 2016. This figure includes 6.4 GW of pumped storage – nearly double the previous year – while there...
MANILA — The Asian Development Bank will finalize its new long-term strategy in July, but Strategy 2030 still needs plenty of tweaking, according to civil society organizations present at ADB’s 51st Annual Meeting in...
There has been a worldwide growth in hydropower development, with 31.5 GW new capacity installed in 2016. This figure includes 6.4 GW of pumped storage – nearly double the previous year – while there...
This document is an effort to compile data of investments coming into India from MDBs, ExIm banks and other bilateral investments, to help understand the landscape of financing from these institutions and helping to...
Ever since the first lending from World Bank in 1949 worth $34 million to Indian Railways and the bilateral credit India received from the erstwhile USSR and USA in the early 50s, India has...