निजी कंपनियों के लिए कोई रुकावट नहीं हैं, आम चुनाव
क्या ठेठ चुनावी गहमा-गहमी के दौरान कोई निजी कपनी अपनी बिजली की कीमतों में इजाफा कर सकती है? और ऐसा करते हुए उसे कोई देख, टोक तक नहीं पाता? गौर से देखें तो बिजली...
Rubbles of an Economic Earthquake: Analysis of Banking & Finance Sector Under Modi Government
This book, published by the Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA), New Delhi, critically analyses some of the major economic policies of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government since May 2014. The book chronicles “tectonic...
Amaravati: World Bank Refusing to Share Public Grievances on Land Pooling Scheme
A new report, prepared by the advocacy group Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA), New Delhi, has taken strong exception to the World Bank refusing to share its independent assessment of the Land Pooling Scheme...
Coal-Ravaged Indian Fishers Take to the Supreme Court
WILD ANIMALS ONCE RAN AMONG the acacia trees outside Navinal, one of many small villages hugging the Gulf of Kutch–an inlet on India’s northwest coast. Gajendra Singh Jadeja remembers them well: Cattle foraged for...
विश्वबैंक जैसे अंतरराष्ट्रीय संगठनों से टकराते जनांदोलन
विश्वयुद्ध के बाद ब्रिटेन के ब्रेटेनवुड में खादी की गई वैश्विक वित्तीय संस्थाओं की ताक़त एक ज़माने में बेतेरह बढ़ी थी। वे अपनी मनमर्ज़ी के विकास की अवधारणा को दुनियाभर पर थोप सकती थीं।...
How Gujarat Fishermen Won US Top Court Ruling Against Global Funding Agency
The case, which now goes back to a US district court, relates to alleged pollution caused by a Gujarat-based power plant partly funded by IFC. On February 27, the US Supreme Court ruled in...
Promise of Renewable and Clean Energy: What Changed in BJP’s Five Years
The generation of solar energy also forms part of the BJP’s plans to ‘double farmers’ income by 2022’ in view of enabling food providers to also take on the role of becoming energy providers....
US Supreme Court Rules Against World Bank’s Claim of Absolute Immunity
In late February, the US Supreme Court ruled against the claim by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s private sector arm, to absolute immunity from suit in the US. The case was...
Congress Manifesto Recognises Air Pollution Crisis
The Congress manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls recognises air pollution as public health emergency, but whether other political parties, like the BJP or the AAP, will take note of this is yet to...
Can Norway’s Oil, Gas Divestment Encourage India’s Leapfrog Into Solar?
Given that India is building many of the world’s biggest solar parks and also harbours high wind power ambitions, there is no reason to waste precious foreign currency on imported gas or thermal coal...
Massive PPP Investment In Infrastructure: For Whom And For What?
It is being emphasised quite often that the infrastructure sector is a crucial driver for the Indian economy. The sector would be responsible for propelling India’s overall development and enjoys intense focus from the...
डूबते खातों की भरपाई के लिए लगाए मनमाने शुल्क
Cut Out Taking Those Shortcuts
This February, in a landmark decision, the US Supreme Court ruled that financial institutions like the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) are not immune from the law of land, and can be held...
Bank Charges: Punishment for the Poor and Marginalised
Bad loans have worsened the banks’ balance sheet. Because of this, the money which banks need to put aside (called provisions) for bad loans has increased manifold, resulting in a decrease of money available...
Wake Up World Bank
Absolute immunity leads to impunity, and that foments lack of transparency and the reluctance to be held accountable Over three decades back, it looked quite impossible to ask the World Bank to review a...
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