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...
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...
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।...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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’...
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...
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...
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...
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...