Mr Rajnish Kumar’s Book Raises More Questions Than Answers- Part 1
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...
The Mirage of Clean Power
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.
Girls disproportionately impacted than boys due to Covid-19
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.
Green Hydrogen as India’s Next Clean Energy Source
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...
A Look at Fintech Apps and Security Concerns
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...
Creating a better Development Finance Institution for India
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...
Cost of Bank Mergers: The Need for a CAG Audit
Public Sector Banks (PSBs) have played a significant part in the country’s economic growth. The principles of nationalization also contributed to the social banking character of the PSBs. This scenario has been changing since...
Railways Stare at Privatisation: World Bank offers to help National Rail Plan
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...
Ensuring green equity means equity for people and the planet
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...
World Bank’s Doing Business Report is Just the Tip of the Iceberg!
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...
Coal Shortage: Crisis, False Solutions & Opportunity
India's power ecosystem, which depends overwhelmingly on coal to meet the country's baseline electricity demand, is suddenly faced with an acute coal shortage. Even when the Coal Ministry tried to play down the coal...
SBI- A Guinea Pig for Neo-liberal Policies
The union government is bent upon privatising the Life Insurance Corporation of India. They stealthily announced an amendment to the LIC Act by making a statement in the Union Budget 2021 and made it...
शहरी विकास और स्मार्ट सिटी
यह कोर्स विशेष रूप से नागरिक समाज समूहों, कार्यकर्ताओं और मध्यम एवं छोटे शहरों के छात्रों को उनके आस-पास के क्षेत्र में इंफ्रास्ट्रक्चर में बड़े पैमाने पर निवेश, शासन संरचना में परिवर्तन आदि के...
Case of Air India- Wilfully destroyed & now privatised!
Post-Independence, there was reluctance to nationalise the various private airlines that were running very inefficiently. In 1950, an Air Transport Inquiry Committee (headed by Justice G.S. Rajyadhaksha) was appointed which went into a detailed...
RE Matters | September 2021
News & Views on Renewable Energy September issue
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