Himalayan Blunder | Why We Need To Listen To The Mountain Communities | Minket Lepcha
As the Himalayan region is caught in the swirl of climate chaos related disasters
Environmental and climate governance in India in 2024-25
In the last one year of the union government’s environmental and climate performance, the negatives far outweigh a few positives. The Environmental Performance Index rank of India, at 176 out of 180 countries assessed...
How Rs 21,000 become Rs 15,00,000 in one month? Will RBI explain?
For many days Facebook is showing apparently an appeal by Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman appealing to every Indian to invest Rs 21,000 immediately as only 1000 can apply now as 80% has been subscribed in...
Too Many BRICS, Not Enough Cement
With India slated to take over the presidency once again in 2026, the question is, would India use the opportunity to address key issues or would it again, as seen during the G20 presidency,...
संसाधनों के नियंत्रण को लेकर आदिवासीयों और सरकार के बीच द्वंद्व
देश के 15 प्रतिशत भूखंड में आदिवासी समूह रहते हैं।वन, खदान, बांध आदि परियोजनाओं ने आदिवासियों के जीवन व जीविका को काफी प्रभावित किया है।58 आदिवासी बहुल जिलों में 67 प्रतिशत से अधिक जंगल...
The Economy of Genocide
Excerpts from the Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 by Francesca Albanese. The report titled From Economy of Occupation to Economy of...
Who Benefits from RBI’s Reforms? | Finance Matters, 27 June 2025 | Editorial
The Reserve Bank of India’s latest economic review paints a mixed picture. On the surface, India’s growth appears strong, among the highest globally, with inflation easing and agriculture performing well. But beneath this headline...
A Quick Glance through the Financial Stability Report 2025
As the Reserve Bank of India celebrates the “resilience” of India’s financial system in its latest Financial Stability Report (June 2025), this briefing cuts through the celebratory tone to examine the deeper, often concealed,...
How to make the biggest public service serve Private Corporates- Learn from BJP Government
Our country has the biggest public service through Post Offices in every nook and corner of the country. Started in 1776 with the idea mooted by Warren Hastings, Lord Clive started post offices which...
उपभोक्ताओं को महंगी बिजली से राहत का इंतजार
मध्यप्रदेश का बिजली देश में सबसे महंगी बेची जाती है।क्योंकि उत्पादन और वितरण की ईमानदारी से नियमन और निगरानी नहीं होती है।वास्तव में सरकार ने उर्जा के उत्पादन और वितरण की नीतियों के मामले...
A Tragic Predicament
Excerpt from Wild Fictions By Amitav Ghosh ‘Trees were my teachers,’ wrote the German poet Friedrich Hölderlin, and if there is any place on Earth that could say the same of itself, it is...
Loan Write-offs and Reduction in Rural Bank Branches Are Undermining Financial Inclusion in India
As the DFS gears up for its stock-taking meet, it must recall that true financial inclusion needs more public sector bank branches and staff. It appears that a major stock-taking and brainstorming is being organised by...
The World Bank’s Nuclear U-Turn Will Endanger Developing Nations
The World Bank must reconsider this dangerous path and ensure that its energy financing truly supports climate resilience and equitable development, rather than exposing vulnerable populations to unnecessary risks. The World Bank’s recent decision to end...
THE GREAT EXTINCTION: TRUMP & THE THREAT OF CLIMATE COLLAPSE
In the context of an accelerating ecological crisis, the fourth webinar in the Political Economy of the Trump Era series, examined how climate collapse is being politically manufactured, seen most visibly through the return...
India’s coal sector revival: A transitional strategy or entrenchment of fossil fuels?
Last week, the Financial Times reported that Coal India Limited (CIL), the world’s largest coal-producing company, will be reopening defunct coal mines to meet India’s growing energy demand. These mines, previously shut down for...
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