In effect, India’s tax system mimics advanced economies in numbers but lacks the redistributive structure of the progressive nations.The World Economic Forum (WEF) has described severe income inequality as the biggest risk facing the...
The first issue of Finance Matters was released on 1st July 2017 and had articles titled: Appointment of a new Indian ED at the World Bank raises a few questions The Draconian FRDI Bill,...
𝐘𝐨𝐮, 𝐌𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 | In conversation with Andrés Arauz In this episode, Andrés Arauz unpacks how US trade policy—across Trump, Biden, and beyond—isn’t madness, but a calculated revival of imperialism. From neo-Monroeism...
While this Declaration is timely and music to many, and at first glance looks impressive and ambitious, a closer reading reveals its limited substance. Instead of providing new solutions, many of the clauses reiterate...
India has announced plans to reach Net Zero emissions by 2070
हाल-फिलहाल में सर्वोच्च न्यायालय ने फैसला सुनाया कि लिंग के आधार पर आदिवासी महिलाओं को उत्तराधिकार के अधिकार से वंचित करना असंवैधानिक है और पैतृक संपत्ति पर उनके समान अधिकार की पुष्टि की है।...
Framed as a solution to India’s urban waste crisis, 20 waste-to-energy plants across India, handling 19,900 tonnes or one eighth of India’s total daily waste generation, emit toxic pollutants that endanger public health. Marginalised...
हर महाद्वीप के हर देश का हर व्यक्ति किसी न किसी रूप में जलवायु परिवर्तन से प्रभावित होगा। एक जलवायु प्रलय मंडरा रहा है, और हम इसके संभावित परिणामों के लिए पूरी तरह तैयार...
गढ़चिरौली के आदिवासी समुदाय और नागरिक संगठन ने महाराष्ट्र और केन्द्र सरकार से मांग की है कि गढ़चिरौली में खनन संबंधी सभी मंजूरियां और गतिविधियों का रोका जाए और पर्यावरण प्रभाव आकलन (ईआईए), विस्तृत...
The Election Commission’s ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bihar is not just a bureaucratic exercise; it is a grave injustice unfolding in plain sight. What is being called a...
𝐘𝐨𝐮, 𝐌𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 | In conversation with Prabhat Patnaik
Anil Ambani’s loan has been reported as fraud for the second time by SBI:It’s reported by BusinessLine as: State Bank of India has decided to report the loan account of Reliance Communications Ltd (RCOM)...
The fifth webinar in the Political Economy of the Trump Era series examined the historical exclusions and contemporary fractures of the multilateral system through the lens of the Global South. Titled “Standing Up to...
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC)’s notification on July 11, 2025, relaxing the 2015 mandate for Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) systems in coal-based thermal power plants (TPPs) has drawn sharp criticism...
Rollback of FGD rules is a shortsighted, unhealthy, and economically flawed move. Press Statement | July 16, 2025 New Delhi: On July 11, 2025, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) issued...
