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Fishing Community That Took on World Bank Group Immunity Continues Quest for Justice

Landmark corporate accountability case resulted in critical reforms for the World Bank’s lending arm. Today, the ...

Supreme Court rejects World Bank coal case

The Supreme Court today turned down an appeal from a fishing community to review its lawsuit that seeks to hold an arm o...

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Reimagining Renewable Energy for this Earth Day

22nd April 2022 will be the 52nd year since the observation of Earth Day. A day that marked the birth of the modern en...

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New Mineral Amendment Bill (2020)- Who Bears the Cost of Development?

“The development of India may require mining, but are we (the Adivasis) not a part of india? We don’t even know wh...

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Political motive? NREGA’s payment move creating caste divide where ‘none existed’

The Modi government’s accounting jugglery and gaslighting are legendary. Yet, here is one more instance, which is a wor...

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The hidden costs of waste incineration for women in a country like India

Gender mainstreaming (the process of assessing the implications for women and men of any planned action, including legis...

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தூய்மையாகும் சென்னை நகரில் தூய்மைப் பணியாளர் நிலை – ஸ்ருதி.எம்.டி.

சென்னை பெருநகர மாநகராட்சி நிர்வா கத்தில் திடக்கழிவு மேலாண்மைப் பணி, பெருமளவில் தனியார் நிறுவனங்க ளிடம் ஒப்படைக்கப்பட்டு...

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Modi’s welfare offers: Extreme poverty led people to condone govt failures during polls

One of the striking factors in the BJP’s electoral win in the recently concluded election in five states is the role wel...

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Worshipping Ambani, Adani? Lower tax for the rich ‘means’ higher tax for the poor

The Indian tax system has been regressive for long with direct tax contributing less than indirect tax – contrary to wha...

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Why the proposed Silver Line rail project in Kerala is a non-starter

The project is not economically viable; it will also have social and environmental impacts; instead, the government shou...

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May 17, 2022

CFA Admin

Fishing Community That Took on World Bank Group Immunity Continues Quest for Justice

Landmark corporate accountability case resulted in critical reforms for the World Bank’s lending arm. Today, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition from a fishing community in India whose livelihoods have been destroyed by a coal-fired power plant funded by the International Finance Corpora...

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May 17, 2022

CFA Admin

Supreme Court rejects World Bank coal case

The Supreme Court today turned down an appeal from a fishing community to review its lawsuit that seeks to hold an arm of the World Bank liable for environmental damage from a coal-fired power plant in India. Justices declined to take up the Indian villagers’ request to hear Budha Ismail Jam v. Inte...

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April 21, 2022

Bhargavi S. Rao

Reimagining Renewable Energy for this Earth Day

22nd April 2022 will be the 52nd year since the observation of Earth Day. A day that marked the birth of the modern environment movement across the West in the back drop of protests against war and Rachel Carlson’s Silent Spring. Earth Day in the 1990s became a global call for action drawing atten...

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April 21, 2022

Nikita Chatterjee

New Mineral Amendment Bill (2020)- Who Bears the Cost of Development?

“The development of India may require mining, but are we (the Adivasis) not a part of india? We don’t even know who has the mine, or how they acquired it.” -Indu Netam, the convenor of Adivasi Jan Van Adhikar Manch and a member of Mineral Inheritors Rights Association (MIRA) Understandin...

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April 5, 2022

Prasanna Mohanty

Political motive? NREGA’s payment move creating caste divide where ‘none existed’

The Modi government’s accounting jugglery and gaslighting are legendary. Yet, here is one more instance, which is a work-in-progress, and threatens to further damage the society and the economy. We are talking about the caste-based payment system in the Centrally sponsored rural job guarantee schem...

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April 4, 2022

Ashi Datta

The hidden costs of waste incineration for women in a country like India

Gender mainstreaming (the process of assessing the implications for women and men of any planned action, including legislation, policies or programmes, in all areas and at all levels) became popular in several international institutions, including financial institutions like the Inter-American Devel...

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April 2, 2022

Sruti M D

தூய்மையாகும் சென்னை நகரில் தூய்மைப் பணியாளர் நிலை – ஸ்ருதி.எம்.டி.

சென்னை பெருநகர மாநகராட்சி நிர்வா கத்தில் திடக்கழிவு மேலாண்மைப் பணி, பெருமளவில் தனியார் நிறுவனங்க ளிடம் ஒப்படைக்கப்பட்டு ஓராண்டுக்கு மேலாகிறது. ஐரோப்பிய நாடான ஸ்பெயினைத் தலைமையிட மாகக் கொண்ட, உர்பேசர் நிறுவனம் மற்றும் இந்தி யாவை சேர்ந்த சுமீத் குழுமம் இணைந்து, உர்பேசர் சுமீத் என்ற பெயரில், 2020 அக்...

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April 2, 2022

Prasanna Mohanty

Modi’s welfare offers: Extreme poverty led people to condone govt failures during polls

One of the striking factors in the BJP’s electoral win in the recently concluded election in five states is the role welfarism played in overcoming anti-incumbency. Ground reports and political analysts have reported and commented on this. The post-poll survey of Lokniti-CSDS and the exit poll of Ax...

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March 14, 2022

Prasanna Mohanty

Worshipping Ambani, Adani? Lower tax for the rich ‘means’ higher tax for the poor

The Indian tax system has been regressive for long with direct tax contributing less than indirect tax – contrary to what happens in developed economies. It is also known that tax incentives benefit corporates making higher profits than those who make lower. Both turn the cardinal principle of abili...

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June 21, 2022

Hariprasad V M

Why the proposed Silver Line rail project in Kerala is a non-starter

The project is not economically viable; it will also have social and environmental impacts; instead, the government should look at possible alternatives that balance costs and benefits and have fewer impacts. Big infrastructure projects are usually placed in the brackets of ‘development’ and are mo...

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Fishing Community That Took on World Bank Group Immunity Continues Quest for Justice

Supreme Court rejects World Bank coal case

Reimagining Renewable Energy for this Earth Day

New Mineral Amendment Bill (2020)- Who Bears the Cost of Development?

Political motive? NREGA’s payment move creating caste divide where ‘none existed’

The hidden costs of waste incineration for women in a country like India

தூய்மையாகும் சென்னை நகரில் தூய்மைப் பணியாளர் நிலை – ஸ்ருதி.எம்.டி.

Modi’s welfare offers: Extreme poverty led people to condone govt failures during polls

Worshipping Ambani, Adani? Lower tax for the rich ‘means’ higher tax for the poor

Why the proposed Silver Line rail project in Kerala is a non-starter

Fishing Community That Took on World Bank Group Immunity Continues Quest for Justice

Supreme Court rejects World Bank coal case

Reimagining Renewable Energy for this Earth Day

New Mineral Amendment Bill (2020)- Who Bears the Cost of Development?

Political motive? NREGA’s payment move creating caste divide where ‘none existed’

The hidden costs of waste incineration for women in a country like India

தூய்மையாகும் சென்னை நகரில் தூய்மைப் பணியாளர் நிலை – ஸ்ருதி.எம்.டி.

Modi’s welfare offers: Extreme poverty led people to condone govt failures during polls

Worshipping Ambani, Adani? Lower tax for the rich ‘means’ higher tax for the poor

Why the proposed Silver Line rail project in Kerala is a non-starter

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