Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) is a non-profit organization based in New Delhi. CFA engages in critical analysis, monitoring and critiquing the role of financial institutions ā national and international, and their impact on...
The Tata Group will take over state-owned Air India, marking a successful end to the governmentās bid to privatise the national carrier after having failed to sell a majority stake in it in 2018....
Yes Bank Fiasco reveals who is in command! In his recent book, Mr. Rajnish describes a small incident under the chapter āSBI Emerges as Saviour of Yes Bank.ā The well-known author Stephen A Schwarzman,...
Natural Resources play a vital role in the development of the human civilisation. Natural Resources served as a source of livelihoodsā sustenance for the Natural Resource Dependent Communities (NRDC), since ages. The NRDC are...
Asian Development Bank has approved a new energy policy ostensibly to support universal access to reliable and affordable energy services, while promoting the low-carbon transition in Asia and the Pacific. However a closer look...
The book is worth reading to know how the public sector banks, the RBI and the Ministry of Finance deal with banking. How they create a crisis and try to manage it. I am...
A system that thrives on an ever-increasing demand for electricity will automatically push the burden to unsatiable demand for the fuels that produce it.
In India, nearly 40% girls remain out of school in the age-group of 15-18 years. The COVID-19 pandemic has only heightened the existing patterns of gender discrimination; disproportionately impacting girls more than boys.
Billionaire Gautam Adani, who runs a ports-to-power corporate empire that rules much of India's infrastructure landscape, said in his TiE Sustainability speech this week that he's training his sights next on the green hydrogen...
Today Google Pay (G-Pay) owned by Google, PhonePe owned by Walmart, PayTm owned by Soft Bank and other payment apps have taken over money transfers. As per the report of the National Payment Corporation...
Compliance by financial institutions with ESG requirements for credit decisions, and disclosures has become increasingly prevalent over the last two decades. While some of these requirements are imposed via legislation, others have been voluntarily...
Public Sector Banks (PSBs) have played a significant part in the countryās economic growth. The principles of nationalization also contributed to the social banking character of the PSBs. This scenario has been changing since...
The World Bank has outlined the role it can play as India looks to fund its ambitious National Rail Plan over the next 30 years, which envisages almost 8,000 km of high-speed corridors and...
With the world facing a climate crisis, urgent action is required on many fronts, not least in ensuring adequate levels of climate finance to support mitigation and adaptation in the Global South. Campaigns to...
In September, the World Bank announced that it would discontinue the publication of the Doing Business Report and Ranking (DBR). This overdue decision came after a series of internal audits and an investigation that...
