The Labour Codes serve Capital
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 सिटी’ में डाटा : निजीकरण से कमाई
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...
Indian investments in Israel supporting genocide of Palestinians with troubling complicity, says CFA report
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...
ജനാധിപത്യത്തെ ദുർബലപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന ‘സ്മാർട്ട്’ നഗരങ്ങൾ
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...
Wayanad relief: Why India needs climate-sensitive banking now more than ever
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...
कॉरिडोर में कृष्ण : ‘कुंज गलियों’ का पर्यटन
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...
Women of Wayanad & the battle for climate write offs
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...
Activists demand closure of WTE plants in Hyderabad, Dundigal
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...
The Shaping of a Welfare Regime
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...
स्मार्ट सिटी योजना’ : पूंजी के लिए ‘प्राइवेट पार्टनर
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...
Crores spent, Smart Cities Mission leaves behind more bills, superficial infrastructure
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...
How the Smart Cities Mission represents another nail in the coffin of local democracy in India
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...
How the ‘smart cities’ plan has used public funds to hasten the privatisation of citizens’ data
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...
IFC Sustainability Framework Review
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...
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