Fuel, Inflation and the Household Burden

India’s inflation story is beginning to look more fragile than the headline numbers suggest. Retail inflation, measured through the Consumer Price Index (CPI), remains below the RBI’s comfort level at 3.48 per cent in...

भारत के शहर क्यों बन रहे हैं आग के गोले?

एक अध्ययन के अनुसार, ग्रामीण इलाकों की तुलना में शहरी इलाकों में बहुत ज्यादा तापमान बढ़ रहा है। पृथ्वी इस समय अतिरिक्त 1.9 डिग्री गर्म होने की ओर है जो पेरिस समझौते के लक्ष्य...

Read more May 20, 2026 at 4:56 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

Just and Sustainable Transitions (JUST) Fellowship 2026

Documenting grounded pathways of transition from communities, landscapes, and lived realities An initiative by Samata and Centre for Financial Accountability The JUST Fellowship is a four-month, field-based fellowship that seeks to document and engage...

प्रकृति का मौन विलाप: विलुप्त होती प्रजातियों की पुकार

धरती पर जीवन का इतिहास करोड़ों वर्षों पुराना है, जिसमें असंख्य प्रजातियां उत्पन्न हुई और समय के साथ समाप्त भी हो गई। यह प्रक्रिया प्राकृतिक रूप से भी होती रही है, लेकिन आधुनिक काल...

Read more May 15, 2026 at 5:29 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

2nd Marjorie Fernandes Internship Program for Undergraduate Students (2026)

Curious about the forces shaping economies, public policy, and people’s lives? Join CFA’s Marjorie Fernandes Internship Program and work on issues that matter. At the Centre for Financial Accountability, interns become part of ongoing...

Austerity should be for the rich, not the poor

As several economists had anticipated, the close of the election season has been followed by calls for austerity. The Prime Minister has urged citizens to reduce spending on petroleum products and gold, revive practices...

Midnight raids and mining rights: Odisha tribes take on Vedanta again

Tribal communities in Odisha’s Rayagada district are locked in an intensifying confrontation with mining giant Vedanta Limited over a proposed bauxite extraction project in the Sijimali hills — a conflict that erupted into violence...

Read more May 13, 2026 at 11:42 am Deepmala Patel

The Great Nicobar Question!

The recent visit by Rahul Gandhi to Great Nicobar Island has reignited debate around the massive “holistic development” project proposed for the island. While the project is being framed as strategically vital, a closer...

Stories in Numbers | Storytelling and Data Interpretations Workshop

A three-day Residential Workshop Date: 02nd June to 04th June 2026 Venue: USO House, USO Marg, 6, Special Institutional Area, New Delhi Data is a crucial tool for making sense of the world. It...

Energy Campaigner & Research Associate

Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) is a non-profit organisation based in New Delhi. CFA engages in critical analysis, monitoring and critiquing the role of financial institutions – national and international, and their impact on...

India’s Fossil Delusion and Just Transition Opportunity

It is more than 45 days into the direct and major US-Iran war. Since then, the global oil prices have skyrocketed to about $140 a barrel, commercial LPG prices have risen by ₹195.5 and India’s strategic...

Read more May 4, 2026 at 3:32 pm Dr Vishvaja Sambath

RBI should own responsibility for the extraordinary delay in closing Paytm Payment Bank

RBI has cancelled the licence of Paytm Payments Bank Ltd on 24th April, 2026, more than two years after barring it from accepting deposits or top-ups. The move effectively prohibits the Payments Bank from...

Read more May 4, 2026 at 12:58 pm Thomas Franco

कर्ज की ईंटें: गुजरात के ईंट-भट्टे, जहां मेहनत से पैदा होती है आर्थिक असुरक्षा और बंधन

कानूनों और कागजी सुरक्षा के बावजूद गुजरात के ईंट-भट्टों पर पीढ़ी-दर-पीढ़ी चलता बंधुआनुमा श्रम, अनौपचारिक कर्ज, बाल मजदूरी और शिक्षा से वंचित होते बच्चे विकास मॉडल पर गंभीर सवाल खड़े करते हैं | 33...

Read more April 29, 2026 at 9:43 pm Minakshi Ambedakar

Heat, Rain, and Rising Prices | Finance Matters | Editorial | 24 April 2026

India may be heading into a difficult inflation cycle, and this time the trigger is the weather. Extreme heat and the threat of weak monsoon rains are not just environmental concerns, they are economic...

West Asia, War, and Rising Trade Insecurities in India

Online discussion Date: 29th April 2026 Time: 3 p.m. Speakers: Subhash Chandra Garg – Former Finance and Power Secretary, speaking on the implications for the energy Sector Dinesh Abrol – Scientist, ISID, speaking on...

Read more April 29, 2026 at 11:29 am CFA

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