Energy Matters | April 2025
A report was submitted to the National Green Tribunal on April 15, 2025, by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on the monitoring and compliance of Waste to Energy (WTE) incinerators in the country....
India’s Census Delay and Its Policy Fallout | Finance Matters, 02 May 2025 | Editorial
India’s national Census, usually conducted every ten years without fail since 1881, has now been delayed for more than five years. Originally due in 2021, it’s now expected only in 2026 — a worrying...
3200 MW Adani Anuppur Project: A Threat to Tiger Corridors and Local Livelihoods
The Adani Group is planning to build a 3,200 (4 × 800) MW ultra-supercritical coal-fired power plant
Increase in ATM Charges and RBI Actions and Inactions
From the first of May, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has permitted the banks, an increase in the charges for ATM transactions above a free limit. The free limit is 5 transactions in...
अंतरराष्ट्रीय मजदूर दिवस (1 मई ): प्रकृति निर्भर मजदूरों की व्यापक आर्थिक सुरक्षा कैसे हो?
भारत में 60 करोड़ से अधिक लोग भूमि, जल, जंगल और समुद्र जैसे प्राकृतिक स्रोतों पर निर्भर हैं । देश में 14.6 करोड़ छोटे और सीमांत किसान, 14.4 करोड़ खेतिहर मजदूर ( बड़ी संख्या...
Dear govt, you can’t burn your way out of a plastic crisis
As part of the 2025-26 budget, the state govt announced two waste-to-energy incineration plants
Nothing Personal? The DPDP Act and the End of RTI
The government says the new Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act is about protecting our privacy. But a closer look shows something very different. This law isn’t about keeping our data safe—it’s about keeping...
विकेन्द्रिकरण का मंजिल दूर है
पंचायती राज दिवस (24 अप्रेल) पर विशेषसत्ता महात्मा गांधी ने स्वराज के बारे में चार बातें कही। एक, आत्म शासन और आत्म संयम। दो, स्वराज से मेरा अभिप्राय है लोक सहमति से चलने वाला...
Secrecy is protecting defaulters under the RBI Act and the proposed DPDP Act.
The whole world is talking about transparency, while data is accessed by the Big Four companies (Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Meta) virtually and used widely, invading your privacy. Mukesh Ambani said, “Data is the...
The Public Hindu Pilgrimage
More Than Faith Pilgrimages are now more than mere religious acts: they are vast moving spectacles where scale becomes proof of sanctity. The call to become part of a moment eternal yet fleeting draws...
Energy Matters | March 2025
On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, US President Donald Trump signed executive orders with the goal to “turbocharge coal mining” in the United States. He promoted coal as a beautiful, clean, reliable, durable, secure, powerful,...
Whose PET Is It Anyway?
By narrowing the conversation to waste management, the industry avoids addressing the root cause of plastic pollution: overproduction. As the world faces the growing crisis of plastic overconsumption and waste, extended producer responsibility (EPR)...
Alliance for Incinerator Free Chennai welcomes the Suo Moto case initiated by the National Green Tribunal- Southern Zone based on the Fact-Finding report by CSOs on the illegal operation of the waste incinerator in Manali for 5 years.
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अधोसंरचना विकास के नाम पर कर्ज का दर्द
वर्ष 2005 में नगर निगम जबलपुर ने शहर में सीवर लाइन व नाला निर्माण वाटर ड्रेनेज योजना के नाम पर एशियन डेवलपमेंट बैंक से 196 करोड़ का कर्ज लिया था।न तो सीवर लाइन का...
Trump’s Tariffs, India’s Silence | Finance Matters, 11 April 2025 | Editorial
Harsher tariffs, trade bullying, and open disregard for international cooperation mark Trump’s new term. This comes at a time when the world is already struggling—with wars, the aftershocks of the pandemic, and growing inequality....
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