Too Many BRICS, Not Enough Cement
With India slated to take over the presidency once again in 2026, the question is, would India use the opportunity to address key issues or would it again, as seen during the G20 presidency,...
संसाधनों के नियंत्रण को लेकर आदिवासीयों और सरकार के बीच द्वंद्व
देश के 15 प्रतिशत भूखंड में आदिवासी समूह रहते हैं।वन, खदान, बांध आदि परियोजनाओं ने आदिवासियों के जीवन व जीविका को काफी प्रभावित किया है।58 आदिवासी बहुल जिलों में 67 प्रतिशत से अधिक जंगल...
The Economy of Genocide
Excerpts from the Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 by Francesca Albanese. The report titled From Economy of Occupation to Economy of...
Who Benefits from RBI’s Reforms? | Finance Matters, 27 June 2025 | Editorial
The Reserve Bank of India’s latest economic review paints a mixed picture. On the surface, India’s growth appears strong, among the highest globally, with inflation easing and agriculture performing well. But beneath this headline...
A Quick Glance through the Financial Stability Report 2025
As the Reserve Bank of India celebrates the “resilience” of India’s financial system in its latest Financial Stability Report (June 2025), this briefing cuts through the celebratory tone to examine the deeper, often concealed,...
How to make the biggest public service serve Private Corporates- Learn from BJP Government
Our country has the biggest public service through Post Offices in every nook and corner of the country. Started in 1776 with the idea mooted by Warren Hastings, Lord Clive started post offices which...
उपभोक्ताओं को महंगी बिजली से राहत का इंतजार
मध्यप्रदेश का बिजली देश में सबसे महंगी बेची जाती है।क्योंकि उत्पादन और वितरण की ईमानदारी से नियमन और निगरानी नहीं होती है।वास्तव में सरकार ने उर्जा के उत्पादन और वितरण की नीतियों के मामले...
A Tragic Predicament
Excerpt from Wild Fictions By Amitav Ghosh ‘Trees were my teachers,’ wrote the German poet Friedrich Hölderlin, and if there is any place on Earth that could say the same of itself, it is...
Loan Write-offs and Reduction in Rural Bank Branches Are Undermining Financial Inclusion in India
As the DFS gears up for its stock-taking meet, it must recall that true financial inclusion needs more public sector bank branches and staff. It appears that a major stock-taking and brainstorming is being organised by...
The World Bank’s Nuclear U-Turn Will Endanger Developing Nations
The World Bank must reconsider this dangerous path and ensure that its energy financing truly supports climate resilience and equitable development, rather than exposing vulnerable populations to unnecessary risks. The World Bank’s recent decision to end...
THE GREAT EXTINCTION: TRUMP & THE THREAT OF CLIMATE COLLAPSE
In the context of an accelerating ecological crisis, the fourth webinar in the Political Economy of the Trump Era series, examined how climate collapse is being politically manufactured, seen most visibly through the return...
India’s coal sector revival: A transitional strategy or entrenchment of fossil fuels?
Last week, the Financial Times reported that Coal India Limited (CIL), the world’s largest coal-producing company, will be reopening defunct coal mines to meet India’s growing energy demand. These mines, previously shut down for...
International Financial Institutions Under Trump: Perspectives from India and the Global South.
As one grappled with the madness to get to the method, the questions around the fate of the financial institutions like IMF, World Bank etc has many curious. Amid the intensifying crises of debt,...
Rising Unemployment in a Rising Economy! | Finance Matters, 20 June 2025 | Editorial
While the Union government proudly touts India’s position as the “world’s third-largest economy,” the latest employment data tells a more sobering story, which doesn’t feature in celebratory speeches or glossy campaigns. According to official...
Reducing Small Loans from Banks – A Serious Alarm, Act Immediately
After nationalisation of 14 banks in 1969 and 6 more in 1980, access to credit became possible for small borrowers. But everything changed after 1991 and worsened after 2014. Please refer to tables from...
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