जलवायु सम्मेलन को वादे से क्रियान्वयन की ओर जाना होगा

इस वर्ष 30 वां जलवायु सम्मेलन (काप- 30) 10 नवंबर से 21 नवंबर तक ब्राज़ील के बेलेम शहर में आयोजित हो रहा है। यह जलवायु परिवर्तन पर संयुक्त राष्ट्र फ्रेमवर्क कन्वेंशन पर केंद्रित है,...

Read more November 11, 2025 at 5:52 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

A Note on Agriculture Debt Relief in Maharashtra

In 2017, Maharashtra implemented an agriculture debt relief scheme that waived debt amounting to ₹18,762 crore. This was followed by another debt relief program in 2019 for an amount of ₹20,497 crore. In the...

Read more November 10, 2025 at 6:23 pm Devidas Tuljapurakar

Merger of Banks, Appointment of MDs from Private Sector and Privatisation of Banks

The Finance Minister has again started talking about the merger of 2–3 big banks to compete in the global market, and newspapers say that the government is considering the appointment of Managing Directors in...

Read more November 10, 2025 at 11:53 am Thomas Franco

स्मार्ट सिटी योजना’ : पूंजी के लिए ‘प्राइवेट पार्टनर

साल 2015 में लॉन्च किए जाते समय ‘स्मार्ट सिटीज मिशन’ का उद्देश्य 100 शहरी क्षेत्रों का चयन करके उनके बुनियादी ढांचे को चमकदार बनाया जाना और निवासियों को बेहतर प्रशासनिक दक्षता उपलब्ध करवाने में सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी का उपयोग प्रस्तावित था। ‘शहरी...

Read more November 3, 2025 at 6:04 pm Gaurav Dwivedi

Crores spent, Smart Cities Mission leaves behind more bills, superficial infrastructure

The decade-long programme to transform India’s cities was driven mostly by Central and state funding and invested little in the social well-being of citizens. The Smart Cities Mission, launched in June 2015 under the...

Read more October 28, 2025 at 5:22 pm Asmi Sharma and Nancy Pathak

How the Smart Cities Mission represents another nail in the coffin of local democracy in India

Implementing projects through Special Purpose Vehicles altered the balance between the levels of government with a centralising vision and control. When the Indian government announced the Smart City Mission 10 years ago, it mandated...

Read more October 28, 2025 at 5:14 pm Marie Hélène Zérah

How the ‘smart cities’ plan has used public funds to hasten the privatisation of citizens’ data

Digital infrastructure is used to collect information that is being accessed by businesses, without clear data laws and policies. The Smart Cities Mission promised to revitalise India’s cities by ushering in an era of...

Read more October 28, 2025 at 4:58 pm Khaliq Parkar

बिहार चुनाव में जंगल राज बनाम सरकारी नौकरी की बौछार

बिहार की राजनीति में अपराध, जाति और सत्ता का त्रिकोण लंबे समय से निर्णायक भूमिका निभाता आया है।जंगल राज’ शब्द का पहली बार प्रयोग 1997 में हुआ था, और उसका संदर्भ आज के राजनीतिक...

Read more October 28, 2025 at 4:29 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

Crucial Facts Concealed During Court Hearings on Tata Mundra: CAO Report. Communities Still Await Remedy as IFC Walks Away from Its Obligations

The Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) concealed

Read more October 10, 2025 at 2:25 pm CFA

IFC Sustainability Framework Review

In 2025, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-sector arm of the World Bank Group (see Inside the Institutions, What is the International Finance Corporation (IFC)? ), launched its first review of the Sustainability Framework...

Read more October 9, 2025 at 6:24 pm The Bretton Woods Project

India Should Know That in the Face of Genocide, Silence is Complicity

India’s current approach stands in sharp contrast to its own history. While the world confronts the horrors unfolding in Gaza, India’s cautious stance on the ongoing genocide is deafening. According to the report by...

Read more October 9, 2025 at 12:27 pm Hajira Puthige

Justice delayed is not only justice denied but justice killed.

In the recently published book (In) Complete Justice? The Supreme Court at 75, Critical reflections edited by Justice S. Muralidhar, former Chief Justice, Odisha, Dr. Usha Ramanathan, in her article, has quoted many cases...

Read more October 8, 2025 at 10:55 am Thomas Franco

मीठा कफ सिरप का जहरीला कारोबार

मध्यप्रदेश में जहरीले कफ सिरप से मरने वाले बच्चों की संख्या 16 हो गया है। हाल ही में राजस्थान के भरतपुर और सीकर ज़िले में भी बच्चों को कप सिरप पिलाने से मौत हुई...

Read more October 7, 2025 at 2:53 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

People’s Tribunal: A Report on the Proceedings, Testimonies, and Verdict

World Bank on Trial! | On the 80th Anniversary of World Bank/IMF The Independent People’s Tribunal (IPT) on the World Bank @ 80, convened in Kolkata in December 2024, critically examined the World Bank’s...

Explained: The five big problems with India’s Waste-to-Energy plants

India is running out of landfill space, and governments across cities are increasingly pushing Waste-to-Energy (WtE) plants as the solution. On paper, these plants promise a win-win: burning non-recyclable waste to produce electricity, while...

Read more October 3, 2025 at 7:09 pm Gangadharan B

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