The Puppeteers and the puppets: Indian Marine Capture Fisheries

Natural Resources play a vital role in the development of the human civilisation. Natural Resources served as a source of livelihoods’ sustenance for the Natural Resource Dependent Communities (NRDC), since ages. The NRDC are...

Read more November 17, 2021 at 11:51 am Jones Thomas Spartgeus

Engaging with the Pandemic: Hope and Despair in five villages of Chhattisgarh

It was a cold December evening when I met Kavita Yadaw of village Mardapoti (Nagri block, Dhamtari district, Chhattisgarh). Kavita struggled with her mask. She adjusted and readjusted it. She remembered that the pandemic...

Read more August 2, 2021 at 11:26 am Swarnima Kriti

निजीकरण से निपटाई जाती रेलवे

पिछले बजट सत्र (2020-2021) से ही सरकार ने अनेक सार्वजनिक क्षेत्र की कंपनियों के निजीकरण की घोषणा की है। भारतीय रेल इनमें से एक है। सरकार ‘एसेट मॉनीटाइज़शन’ के द्वारा रेलवे से 90,000 करोड़ रुपयों की वसूली चाहती है।...

Read more June 26, 2021 at 5:28 pm Kavita Kabeer

Holding Ground

Oinam Rajen appears to have suddenly grown old in the past one year. Sitting in his wooden canoe, his eyes wander over the vast expanse of Loktak lake that surrounds his village, in search...

Read more June 3, 2021 at 12:09 pm Donald Takhell

How Modi Govt’s Policy Change Made Air Travel Expensive in India

In the year 2017, the Government of India changed the way airport tariffs are calculated in India. Airport tariffs are fees that passengers and airlines pay the airport for using its services, which include...

Read more May 31, 2021 at 12:06 pm Nihar Gokhale

Rethinking the Right to Internet Access and What it Entails

Since the turn of the 21st century, the Indian state has increased its focus on using digital technologies to provide and organise government services. As information and communication technologies (ICTs) have become ubiquitous, e-governance has...

Read more May 31, 2021 at 11:55 am Uttara Purandare

बुन्देलखण्ड का पलायन, बुन्देलखण्ड को ख़त्म न कर दे

बुन्देलखण्ड भारत या किसी राज्य का टुकड़ा नहीं है, यह संस्कृति है और यह सभ्यता भी है। ऐसा नहीं है कि कोई इस बात को जानता नहीं है। जानते तो हैं, पर मानने में...

Read more May 13, 2021 at 4:17 pm Shivasheesh Tiwari

कोविड महामारी और बुन्देलखण्ड का पलायन

लेख के शीर्षक में प्रयोग किए गए दो शब्द कोविड और बुन्देलखण्ड जैसे ही हमारे कानों को सुनाई देते हैं। वैसे ही हमारे कान चौकन्ने हो जाते हैं। दोनों शब्दों के सुनते ही मन-चिन्तन...

Read more May 11, 2021 at 3:43 pm Shivasheesh Tiwari

Whither Coal?

The Ministry of Coal (MoC), through a notification on  June 18, 2020, officially launched the process of auctioning coal mines, thus opening up the Indian coal mining sector to commercial operations by the private...

Read more April 30, 2021 at 11:29 am Nikhil Varghese Mathew

State-Owned Banks: Do We Need Them Anymore?

As an essential part of the financial system, banks’ role in India’s ambitious goal of becoming a $5 trillion economy has become a topic of intense debate. Significant reforms in scheduled commercial banks, mainly...

Read more April 29, 2021 at 4:47 pm Aswathi Nair

कोरोना वायरस: ठेका श्रमिकों की बढ़ीं मुश्किलें, ऐसे कर रहे गुजारा

हमारे देश में बिजली पैदा करने का प्रमुख संसाधन कोयला है, पर धरती की छाती चीरकर उसे निकालने वाले मजदूरों की बदहाली जहां-की-तहां है। पिछले साल कोविड-19 के कारण देश भर में लगे ‘लॉकडाउन’...

Read more April 29, 2021 at 3:35 pm Rohit Shivhare

Rail privatisation has been a disaster in Britain. Why is India pushing ahead with it?

As talk of privatising the Indian Railways gathers steam, the Narendra Modi government would do well to pay attention to the experience of the United Kingdom. The UK’s railway system began to develop in the...

Read more March 19, 2021 at 3:08 pm Kavita Kabeer

Why privatising India’s rail network is a bad idea

It is no secret that the Indian Railways is in dire need of funds. If the country’s rail network is to be truly strengthened and its capacity augmented by increasing the speed of trains...

Read more March 12, 2021 at 1:37 pm Kavita Kabeer

Announcing Smitu Kothari Fellows – 2020

Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) is happy to announce recipients for the 3rd Smitu Kothari Fellowship for young writers. The eleven recipients for 2020 come from diverse backgrounds and experiences, and from different parts...

Read more November 27, 2020 at 5:13 pm CFA

स्मितु कोठारी फ़ेलोशिप

सेंटर फॉर फाइनेंशियल अकॉउंटेबिलिटी दिल्ली में स्थित एक संस्था है, जो भारत में वित्तीय जवाबदेही को मज़बूत करने और इसे बेहतर करने के लिये काम करती है। सेंटर फॉर फाइनेंशियल अकॉउंटेबिलिटी स्मितु कोठारी फ़ेलोशिप 2020...

Read more November 26, 2020 at 4:47 pm CFA