India’s growing relationship with Israel during the last one decade of the Bharatiya Janata Party rule at the Centre seems to have prioritised economic and strategic interests over justice and solidarity. India’s capital is...
കേന്ദ്ര സർക്കാറിന്റെ ‘സ്മാർട്ട് സിറ്റീസ് മിഷൻ’ പത്ത് വർഷം പൂർത്തിയായതിന്റെ പശ്ചാത്തലത്തിൽ സെന്റർ ഫോർ ഫിനാൻഷ്യൽ അക്കൗണ്ടബിലിറ്റി (www.cenfa.org) തയ്യാറാക്കുന്ന ലേഖന പരമ്പര, അഞ്ചാം ഭാഗം. പത്ത് വർഷം മുൻപ് കേന്ദ്ര സർക്കാർ സ്മാർട്ട് സിറ്റീസ് മിഷൻ പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചപ്പോൾ, നഗര നവീകരണത്തിനായി തെരഞ്ഞെടുത്ത 100 നഗരങ്ങളും പ്രത്യേക...
With assets wiped out, crops lost and livelihoods ruined, disaster-hit families desperately need new loans or relief from existing debts. The women of Wayanad affected by the devastating 2024 landslide that scarred their lives...
15 मई 2025 को, भारत के सर्वोच्च न्यायालय ने उत्तरप्रदेश सरकार को मथुरा के बांके बिहारी मंदिर के आसपास 5 एकड़ भूमि अधिग्रहित करने की अनुमति दी थी, ताकि ‘कॉरिडोर विकास परियोजना’ को आगे बढ़ाया जा सके। इस ‘अवसंरचनात्मक परियोजना’ को न्यायोचित ठहराने के लिए 2022 की...
The women of Wayanad affected by the devastating 2024 landslide that scarred their lives and lands, have achieved a significant victory at the Kerala high court in their battle for loan relief. A bench...
The people’s organisations warned that re-categorisation of WTE incinerators from the “Red Category” to the “Blue Category” of industries poses a direct threat to public health and environmental safety. The civil society action groups...
Excerpt from Making India Work: The Development of Welfare in a Multi-level Democracy By Louise Tillin, published in 2025 by Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom. The struggles of workers, employers, and the state to...
साल 2015 में लॉन्च किए जाते समय ‘स्मार्ट सिटीज मिशन’ का उद्देश्य 100 शहरी क्षेत्रों का चयन करके उनके बुनियादी ढांचे को चमकदार बनाया जाना और निवासियों को बेहतर प्रशासनिक दक्षता उपलब्ध करवाने में सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी का उपयोग प्रस्तावित था। ‘शहरी...
The decade-long programme to transform India’s cities was driven mostly by Central and state funding and invested little in the social well-being of citizens. The Smart Cities Mission, launched in June 2015 under the...
Implementing projects through Special Purpose Vehicles altered the balance between the levels of government with a centralising vision and control. When the Indian government announced the Smart City Mission 10 years ago, it mandated...
Digital infrastructure is used to collect information that is being accessed by businesses, without clear data laws and policies. The Smart Cities Mission promised to revitalise India’s cities by ushering in an era of...
In 2025, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-sector arm of the World Bank Group (see Inside the Institutions, What is the International Finance Corporation (IFC)? ), launched its first review of the Sustainability Framework...
India’s current approach stands in sharp contrast to its own history. While the world confronts the horrors unfolding in Gaza, India’s cautious stance on the ongoing genocide is deafening. According to the report by...
India is running out of landfill space, and governments across cities are increasingly pushing Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plants as the solution. On paper, these plants promise a win-win: burning non-recyclable waste to produce electricity, while...
Residents of North Chennai have been vehemently opposing the Greater Chennai Corporation’s (GCC) proposed Waste-to-Energy (WTE) plant set to come up in Kodungaiyur. Over the past few months, they have made several representations to...
