The finance ministry needs to acknowledge that relying on NBFC-led credit delivery while banks retreat from small-ticket lending is neither equitable nor sustainable. For several years now, India’s Union budgets have relied more on...
The only option for India is to reduce dependence on the external markets and boost internal markets via income support to the marginalised which can more than make up for the loss of external...
Climate emergency is simultaneously also the crisis of labour and livelihood, health and agriculture and biodiversity, and a direct outcome of our industrial and infrastructural development. The climate emergency is live. As smog, debris,...
🪙 As India approaches another Union Budget, questions around privatisation and the future of public institutions have regained importance. The names of Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani have come up a lot during elections...
Instead of fancy salons in the name of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code that gives convenient haircuts to the super rich, we need a budget that makes amends to actually improve recoveries instead of the...
The advocacy group, Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA), has criticised the proposed Draft Social Security Rules, 2025 and the Draft Code on Wages, alleging that they significantly dilute workers’ rights and weaken state accountability...
📽️ WATCH: BUDGET2026 👷♀️Whose Job Is It To Worry About Jobs? And What Can The Budget Achieve? 💼 In about ten days, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be presenting the Union Budget 2026-27. This...
The Kerala government’s embrace of the Blue Economy, backed by international collaboration and private capital, represents not just a development strategy but a fundamental reordering of coastal governance. This article is the second in...
“ഇന്ന് ഉദ്ഘാടനം ചെയ്ത ഈ രണ്ട് ട്രോളറുകൾ ഇന്ത്യയുടെ മത്സ്യബന്ധന സമ്പത്തിന്റെ സാധ്യതകൾ പ്രയോജനപ്പെടുത്താനുള്ള ശേഷി വർദ്ധിപ്പിക്കുക മാത്രമല്ല, വരും ദിവസങ്ങളിൽ സഹകരണ സംഘങ്ങളിലൂടെ മത്സ്യബന്ധന വ്യവസായത്തിന്റെ ലാഭം നമ്മുടെ കഠിനാധ്വാനികളായ ദരിദ്ര മത്സ്യത്തൊഴിലാളികളുടെ വീടുകളിൽ എത്തുന്നുവെന്ന് ഉറപ്പാക്കുകയും ചെയ്യും.” 2025 ഒക്ടോബർ 27 ന് പൂനെയിലെ...
ನೂತನ ಮೀನುಗಾರಿಕಾ ಗಣತಿ: ಸಾಂಪ್ರದಾಯಿಕ ಮೀನುಗಾರಿಕಾ ಸಮುದಾಯಗಳು ಅವನತಿಯತ್ತ? ಗ್ರಾಮವೊಂದರ ಮೀನುಗಾರಿಕಾ ಸಮುದಾಯ ಮತ್ತು ಅವರ ಸಲಕರಣೆಗಳನ್ನು ಪ್ರತಿನಿಧಿಸುವ ಬೋಳುಮರವೊಂದನ್ನು ಕೋರಮಂಡಲ ಕರಾವಳಿಯುದ್ದಕ್ಕೂ ಕಾಣಬಹುದು. ಮೀನುಗಾರರು ತಲೆತಲಾಂತರದಿಂದ ಅನುಸರಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ಬಂದಿರುವ ಸಂಪ್ರದಾಯಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ನಿಯಮಗಳನ್ನು ಹಾಗೂ ಅವರು ತಮ್ಮ ಮಣ್ಣಿನೊಂದಿಗೆ ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ಸಂಬಂಧವನ್ನು ಗಣತಿಯು ನಿರ್ಲಕ್ಷಿಸಿದರೆ, ಅದು...
This article is the first in a series reflecting on 10 years of Sagarmala Programme, ‘The Coastal Course’, co-curated by the Centre for Financial Accountability and Delhi Forum. The Government of India has launched...
In its assessment, the IMF evaluates India in four major policy domains – fiscal policy, monetary policy, the financial sector, and a broad set of structural factors – and offers recommendations on each. In...
What better time to bring into effect the Labour Codes than right after a thumping victory in the Bihar elections. Bihar, a labour-sending state, saw out-migration, “palayan” of youth, lack of employment opportunities and...
स्मार्ट सिटीज़ मिशन’ ने डेटा-आधारित शासन के एक नए दौर की शुरुआत करके भारत के शहरों को पुनर्जीवित करने का वादा किया था। इसमें कहा गया था कि ऐप्स के ज़रिए डेटा का उपयोग करके...
