बाघों के बहाने वीरान होते गांव
पर्यावरण के पिरामिड की चोटी पर बाघ विराजता है और उस पर मंडराता कोई भी संकट दरअसल पर्यावरण पर संकट माना जाता है। जाहिर है, ऐसे में किसी भी कीमत पर बाघ और उसके...
Wrong Diagnosis & Misplaced Priorities
A Critique of the Boston Consulting Group's Report on Banking in India
Loan Waiver to People Affected by Disaster – Wayanad and Beyond: Is it a Just Demand?
Random Reflections The government and banks, which write off crores of depositors’ money to benefit the wealthiest, make a hue and cry when farmers or disaster-affected people demand loan waivers. Disasters occur frequently across...
Exploring:Sovereign Wealth Funds and Pension Funds Capital in Indian Infrastructure
This report while examining the capital investments of Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) and Pension Funds (PFs) reveals a growing interest in infrastructure projects, amongst these institutional investors. This trend stems from the attractive security provided...
New Phase, Old Problems: Questioning the Human Cost of NTPC Gadarwara’s Expansion
The second stage of National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) owned Gadarwara Thermal Power Plant located in Narsingpur district of Madhya Pradesh, 2*800 (1600 MW) is currently in process. The minutes of the March...
குப்பையில் எரியும் நீதி: குப்பை எரிவுலைகளின் பிரச்சினைகளும் அவற்றுக்கான மாற்றுகளும்
உலகம் முழுதும் குப்பைகளைக் கையாள்வது பெரும் பிரச்சினைய ாக உருவெடுத் து வருகிறது. குறிப்பாக , விரைவாக பொருளாதார வளர்ச்சியடையும் நகரங்கள் இந்த பிரச்சினையை அதிகம ாக எதிர்கொள்கின்றன. இந ்த வரிசையில் பொருளாதாரரீதியாக வளர்ந்து வரும் சென்னை ம ாநகரானது தனது குப்பைகளைக் கைய ாள்வதி...
Delhi-NCR civil society organizations, communities, and citizens urge the government to scrap the proposed expansion of toxic waste-to-energy incinerator projects in the National Capital Region
The deteriorating air quality and its health hazards across the world has raised the concerns around people’s right to breathe clean air. Delhi-NCR, particularly in the winter months, has in fact emerged as a...
The Government saving Madhabi or Adani
A sitting minister in Singapore, Eswaran, has recently been sent to jail to serve a one-year term on corruption charges involving acceptance of a golf set, tickets to attend an expensive show, etc. Can...
Indian Civil Society Demands a new democratic financial system on World Bank/IMF’s 80th Anniversary
The Bretton Woods institutions – the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF)- have completed 80 years of existence and operations. As people of the global south, who continue to bear the brunt of...
चुटका निर्माण के सवालों पर व्यापक विमर्श हो
चुटका परमाणु विरोधी संघर्ष समिति के दादू लाल कुङापे और मीरा बाई मरावी तथा बरगी बांध विस्थापित एवं प्रभावित संघ के राज कुमार सिन्हा ने संयुक्त बयान जारी करते हुए कहा है कि चुटका...
Banking on Renewables: Powering People, Protecting the planet | Report
There are already predictions that 2024 will be the hottest year on record,1 and that the Paris goal of keeping global average temperatures below 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming is at critical risk of...
Putting just transition at the heart of solar power: A case study on India
India has set ambitious targets for renewable energy (RE). The Government of India set an ambitious target in 2015 of installing 175GW of renewable energy capacity by 2022. Since then, as part of the...
Statement to the multilateral development banks: Criteria for public investments in 100% renewable energy for climate, for people, for the planet.
In response to the urgent need for global climate action, the COP28 climate negotiations set a target to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030, demanding a significant transfer of public finance towards the...
Announcing Smitu Kothari Fellows – 2024
Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) is happy to announce recipients of the 7th Smitu Kothari Fellowship for young writers. The 6 recipients for 2024 come from diverse backgrounds and experiences, and hail from different...