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...
The Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) concealed
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...
In the recently published book (In) Complete Justice? The Supreme Court at 75, Critical reflections edited by Justice S. Muralidhar, former Chief Justice, Odisha, Dr. Usha Ramanathan, in her article, has quoted many cases...
मध्यप्रदेश में जहरीले कफ सिरप से मरने वाले बच्चों की संख्या 16 हो गया है। हाल ही में राजस्थान के भरतपुर और सीकर ज़िले में भी बच्चों को कप सिरप पिलाने से मौत हुई...
World Bank on Trial! | On the 80th Anniversary of World Bank/IMF The Independent People’s Tribunal (IPT) on the World Bank @ 80, convened in Kolkata in December 2024, critically examined the World Bank’s...
The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2), on formulating a Global Plastics Treaty (GPT) held in Geneva from 5–14 August 2025, ended without any treaty. An overwhelming majority of the countries rejected the idea of the...
The three-year-long negotiation process for a Global Plastics Treaty has reached a stalemate, concluding after 11 days of talks at INC-5.2 in Geneva. The negotiations, which began on August 5, 2025, aimed to refine...
Over 100 countries rejected the draft text for the global plastics treaty, labeling it “unambitious” and “inadequate”. This rejection was led by a coalition of “high ambition countries” including many African and Pacific nations,...
Working with the Centre for Financial Accountability offers the chance to challenge dominant narratives about finance
विश्व नदी दिवस 28 सितंबर पर विशेष भारत की संस्कृति में नदियां जीवनदायिनी है।अन्नजल देने वाली इन नदियों को मां मानकर पूजा जाता है। नदियों के बिना मानव जाति के विकास की परिकल्पना असंभव...
This report traces India’s evolving political and economic relations with Israel against the backdrop of the ongoing genocide in Gaza. It analyses India’s shift from a cautious and pro-Palestinian stance to a more overtly...
