Recommendations on the draft report on the potential integration of the World Bank Group’s Independent Accountability Mechanisms

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Risk-Based Premium for Deposit Insurance: What It Means for Banks

The Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) has implemented a risk-based premium system from April 1, 2026, replacing the flat rate structure and linking premiums to banks’ risk profiles. The Deposit Insurance and...

Read more April 28, 2026 at 4:59 pm Rohit Patwardhan

Nationwide Mobilisation Marks Bhagat Singh’s Martyrdom Day with Call for an Equal India

The campaign against inequality from March 23

Read more April 24, 2026 at 10:45 am CFA

Rising Heat, Rising Inequality

India’s worsening heatwave crisis is no longer just an environmental concern, it is a deepening economic and social emergency. Rising global temperatures, driven by the accumulation of greenhouse gases, have made heatwaves more frequent,...

Experts Say That Accountability And Monitoring Requirements Are Why Municipalities Are Not Leveraging Green Bonds

India’s cleanest city, Indore, also supplies some of India’s costliest water. Every month, the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) spends nearly ₹25 crore on electricity to pump water from the Narmada River to its residents....

Read more April 20, 2026 at 4:21 pm Chandrapratap Tiwari & Rajeev Tyagi

पृथ्वी का संकट: असंतुलित विकास और पारिस्थितिकी विनाश

22 अप्रैल विश्व पृथ्वी दिवस पर विशेषपृथ्वी मनुष्य जाति का निवास स्थान है।यह एक ऐसा ग्रह है जहां जीवन है। यही पृथ्वी प्रकृति है। प्रकृति ही मनुष्य जाति के लिए जीने की चीजें जुटाती...

Read more April 20, 2026 at 12:08 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

The first conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels marks a move from process to implementation

Global meet in Colombia aims to turn fossil fuel phase-out pledges into concrete, country-led action Summary A new international conference puts fossil fuel phase-out at the centre of climate action Focus shifts from global...

Read more April 20, 2026 at 11:51 am Rohit Patwardhan

The Price of Ignoring Workers’ Rights

The recent protests by factory workers in Noida, which turned violent, should not be seen as an isolated law-and-order issue. They reflect deeper problems that have been building for months, low wages, long working...

Women Bear the Burden of India’s Debt Crisis: Study

Nearly half of the women surveyed were denied access to public sector bank loans and were consequently forced to turn to NBFC-MFIs, small finance banks, and private sector banks. For millions of poor and...

Read more April 15, 2026 at 12:01 pm S. Krithi

Inequality Is a Political Choice. A New Wealth Tracker Shows How India Could Do Better.

A 2%-6% progressive wealth tax on just the 1,688 ultra-rich families (with Rs 1,000+ crore wealth) along with a one-third inheritance tax, can give us enough to be able to spend Rs 10.63 lakh...

Read more April 13, 2026 at 12:04 pm Anirban Bhattacharya, Raj Shekhar & Jacob Joshy

ईरान के प्रस्ताव से थमा युद्ध, दुनिया पर संकट बरकरार

विगत 28 फरवरी से अमेरिका,इजरायल और ईरान के बीच चले युद्ध में डेडलाइन से डेढ़ घंटा पहले ही अमेरिका के राष्ट्रपति डोनाल्ड ट्रंप ने सीजफायर(संघर्ष विराम) का ऐलान कर दिया है।ईरान ने आधिकारिक तौर...

Read more April 10, 2026 at 1:58 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

An External War, An Internal Strain

The recent remarks by Narendra Modi comparing the West Asia conflict to the COVID-19 may be intended to reassure, but they risk understating the seriousness of the current economic stress. Unlike the pandemic, which...

Response and comments on RBI’s Relief Measures in areas affected by Natural Calamities

CFA submitted comments to the Chief General Manager, Credit Risk Group, Department of Regulation, Reserve Bank of India, on the Draft Directions on Relief Measures in Areas Affected by Natural Calamities dated January 27,...

Press Release | New Report Shows Wealth Tax On 1688 Ultra-Rich Families In India Could Generate Over ₹10 Lakh Crore For Welfare: Calls For Wealth Tax

WEALTH TRACKER INDIA 2026

TAX THE TOP. CLOSE THE GAP. From opulent weddings to brazen political clout, from near complete control over media narrative to mind-numbing net worth figures – what we are witnessing today is truly unprecedented...