Lending to thermal power projects falls for second straight year: Study

The report found a 126% drop in funding from commercial banks to coal compared to 2019, following a 90% decrease in 2018 over the previous year. Lending to renewable energy projects saw a minor...

Read more November 28, 2020 at 12:10 pm Tanya Thomas

IMF’s new policy at odds with green Covid-19 recovery

A new review of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) most recent economic policy advice for five countries with ongoing coal sector expansions show it is green-lighting fossil fuel expansion, despite the fund’s stated support...

Read more October 10, 2020 at 6:30 pm CFA

Time to give Covid burial, not suspend, World Bank’s ‘flawed’ Doing Business ranking

On August 27, the World Bank came out with a statement suspending the Doing Business Report. The statement said that a number of irregularities have been reported regarding changes to the data in the Doing Business...

Read more September 7, 2020 at 12:36 pm Maju Varghese

Draft power bill promotes privatisation, ‘impedes’ social, environmental safeguards

In an appeal to the chairperson, Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy, and its members, 90 civil society group have sought cancellation of the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020, proposed by the...

Read more September 4, 2020 at 1:12 pm CFA

Gujarat, too, exits PM crop insurance scheme, citing premium burden

Chief Minister Rupani launches alternative State-funded scheme for kharif 2020 Is the cookie crumbling for the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) with Gujarat exiting the scheme? The BJP-ruled State has cited the “burden...

Read more August 11, 2020 at 12:32 pm Rutam Vora

Farmers covered under PMFBY in Gujarat decreasing since 2016

There has been a steady decrease in the number of farmers in the state who are covered under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yoja or the crop insurance scheme. According to the agri census...

PMFBY is a Total Failure

The news article on the report “Flop Scheme; An analysis of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana in Gujarat“, published in Mana Telangana on 14th July, 2020 can be accessed here.

Read more July 14, 2020 at 11:45 am Arun Kumar

How the Govt Is Spinning Its Dysfunctional Nagpur Water Project as a Success Story

The Indian government’s PPP database indicates that infrastructure projects worth Rs 15,960.66 crore are listed under the ‘water’ sector, as of December 2019. Nagpur: The issue of water privatisation was once a hot potato...

Read more June 22, 2020 at 12:06 pm Nivedita Khandekar

सस्ती सरकारी बिजली होने के बावजूद महंगी निजी बिजली खरीद रही सरकार

देश और दुनिया कोरोनावायरस महामारी के इस सकंट को फैलने से बचाने मे लगे है। लाखों मजदूर भुखे और प्यासे पैदल आपने गाँवों की और लौट रहे है। यह कहना भी असंगत नहीं होगा...

Read more June 17, 2020 at 5:54 pm Rajesh Kumar

‘सरकार’ को चाहिए महंगी बिजली !

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Proposed electricity Bill to blatantly promote industry profit, ‘ignores’ consumers

Counterview Desk As many as 90 civil society groups and member have strongly objected to comments and objections on the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020, stating it “such comprehensive reform of a major law...

Unnecessary during crisis, Madhya Pradesh Govt’s Power Deal with Adani

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अडानी पर मेहरबान शिवराज सरकार, 4 गुनी महंगी बिजली खरीदने का एमओयू कर मप्र को एक लाख करोड़ का नुक्सान पहुँचाने की तैयारी

मध्य प्रदेश सरकार ने अडानी पावर के साथ में 320 मेगावाट बिजली के पर्चेस एग्रीमेंट पर हस्ताक्षर किया है। सरकार ने इससे पहले ही 20331 मेगावाट बिजली खरीदने के पी.पी.ए. पर विभिन्न कंपनियों के...

MP govt’s power purchase agreement with Adanis at ‘highest ever contracted rate’

As many 28 civil rights and grassroots organizations, led by the National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) and the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) have opposed the Madhya Pradesh government for entering into an agreement...

अडानी से बिजली खरीद समझौता कर किसकी वफादारी में लगी है शिवराज सरकार

सांख्यिकी और कार्यक्रम कार्यन्वयन मंत्रालय की 2019 की रिपोर्ट के अनुसार मध्यप्रदेश मे 20331 मेगावाट बिजली उत्पादन की क्षमता पहले से ही स्थापित है और उसकी मांग 9000 मेगावाट है, तो फिर मध्यप्रदेश सरकार...