Speaker Bios
Ashok Datar is associated with Mumbai Mobility Forum and heads the Mumbai Environmental Social Network. He has been active in the area of urban transportation and solid waste management. His writings cover issues such...
Programme Schedule
Schedule Session Briefs
Organisers
Centre for Financial Accountability CFA engages in critical analysis, monitoring and critique of the role of financial institutions – national and international, and their impact on development, human rights and the environment, amongst other...
Contact Us
For more information: Dhirendra Panda (CSNR) – dhirendrapanda@gmail.com (+91 9437385757) Gaurav Dwivedi (CFA) – gaurav@cenfa.org (+91 9406689369) Jammu Anand – jammuanand@yahoo.com (+91 9923022545)
Concept Note
Conference on Infrastructure Finance September 4-5, 2019, NCCI, Nagpur The conference on Infrastructure Finance in Nagpur looks to discusses various aspects related to infrastructure development in India which includes not only financial aspects but...
Snippets from the World of National Financial Institutions – August, 2019
Sovereign Debt: Liability in Perpetuity The announcement – made by Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister of India in her maiden budget speech – that India will look for options to raise funds from external markets...
Announcing Smitu Kothari Fellows 2019
The jury for the inaugural Smitu Kothari Fellowship is pleased to announce the following individuals as the Smitu Kothari Fellows for the year 2019. Abhishek Yadav is a freelance journalist and photographer. Yadav, who...
Asia Digs up and Burns Three-quarters of the World’s Coal
That must change if the climate is not to A LARGE SIGN in the city hall of San Carlos, on the island of Negros in the Philippines, lays out the local government’s ambitions. It...
India Needs Up To $700Bn Investment In Renewable Energy
India’s government has ambitious plans to achieve 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by March 2022, although it was standing only at over 81 GW by the end of July 2019. It is even...
Renewable Energy Sources Defeating Coal, Says Report
Lenders prefer renewable energy over coal, especially in 2018: Centre for Financial Accountability Report Coal Vs Renewable Is coal losing its charm? Yes, if the recently released report Coal Vs Renewable is to be believed. Lenders...
Renewable Energy Projects Accounted for 80% of all Energy Financing in 2018
A new report has revealed that renewable energy projects took up a vast majority, nearly 80 percent, of the total energy financing in 2018 A new report has revealed that renewable energy projects took...
Regulators, Experts, Activists Discusses Energy Finance in India Over Two Days
August 18, 2019, Chennai: The recently concluded two-day conference on Energy Finance in India at IIT Madras witnessed enthusiastic participation from various regulators, experts, industry leaders, bankers, activists and discussion on issues related to...
Coal Power Unsustainable, Sharp Decline in Lending by Financial Institutions, Says CFA Report
The Centre for Financial Accountability has found that only five coal power projects with a total capacity of 3800 MW received financing of ₹6,081 crore in 2018. New Delhi: Amid economic slowdown, a latest...
Clean energy projects get four times more finance than the coal-fired ones in 2018: Report
NEW DELHI: India may be the fastest-growing energy market in the world, but its lending to coal power projects had seen a massive dip last year as compared to 2017. The renewables (solar and...
Massive Decline in India in Coal Power Project Lending: Report
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) A financial assessment on Friday revealed a massive 90 per cent decline in coal power investment in India in 2018 compared to the previous year. The report looks at coal...
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