Income Tax Bill – Opportunities Ignored – Weapons Sharpened

The Income Tax Bill 2025 was a great opportunity to bring real changes to the tax system of the country. The top taxpayers in the country are actors and not the corporate richest and...

Read more March 10, 2025 at 10:12 am Thomas Franco

परमाणु ऊर्जा का बहिष्कार: सतत और जनकेंद्रित ऊर्जा नीतियों की मांग

जन आंदोलनों का राष्ट्रीय समन्वय (एनएपीएम) का हैदराबाद में राष्ट्रीय अधिवेशन था, जो 1 से 4 मार्च तक चला।इस राष्ट्रीय अधिवेशन में नेशनल अलायंस फॉर क्लाइमेट एंड इकोलॉजिकल जस्टिस, नेशनल अलायंस ऑफ एंटी-न्यूक्लियर मूवमेंट्स...

Read more March 9, 2025 at 6:52 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

Street vendors are the low-hanging fruits in the battle against plastic

Single-use plastic ban vilified street vendors and small players, but conveniently missed the real villains: the producers and users of plastic – petrochemicals companies, plastic producers, and FMCG companies – who choose to make...

Read more March 8, 2025 at 5:32 pm Anirban Bhattacharya

Fossil Fuel-based Economy and human rights – Submission by Indian Civil Society Groups

On 28 February 2025, a joint submission was made by 12 Indian civil society groups to the United Nations Human Rights Council. The Human Rights Council is an intergovernmental body within the United Nations...

Chennai will soon burn 2100 tonnes of garbage everyday: How will this affect us?

TNM hit the ground in Chennai and found the existing small-capacity waste incinerators in the city to be damaging the environment, raising concerns over public health. The Greater Chennai Corporation’s (GCC) proposal for a...

Read more March 7, 2025 at 3:33 pm Nidharshana Raju

The Widening Gap Between the Ultra-Rich and the Struggling Majority | Finance Matters, 28 February 2025 | Editorial

The latest Indus Valley report in fact shows that India’s consuming class is today just a thin layer of 10% and this section is only deepening, not widening. While people from the bottom 90%...

State of PSUs in Oil Refining and Petrochemicals

Critical analysis of the operations and eco-social impact of oil and gas public sector enterprises.

Read more March 3, 2025 at 5:22 pm Benisha B M & Karthik Gunasekar

Energy Matters | January 2025

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has introduced a new draft of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2024 that will replace the existing Solid Waste Management rules that came into force in...

Read more February 27, 2025 at 5:57 pm CFA

जलवायु परिवर्तन संकट में ताप विद्युत संयंत्रों की भूमिका

जलवायु परिवर्तन का संकट तो वैश्विक समस्या है। जिसके कई कारण हैं, जैसे कि जीवाश्म ईंधनों (कोयला,तेल और गैस) का जलना, वनों की कटाई और कृषि। वनों की कटाई विकास परियोजनाओं, कृषि विस्तार और...

Read more February 27, 2025 at 3:31 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

थर्मल प्लांट के राख से त्रस्त किसान और जनता

भारत की लगभग 71.22 प्रतिशत बिजली कोयला आधारित ताप विद्युत संयंत्रों से उत्पन्न होती है। देश में 180 ताप विद्युत संयंत्रों की कुल उत्पादन क्षमता 212 गीगावाट (1 गीगावाट=1000 मेगावाट) है जिसे 2030 तक...

Read more February 25, 2025 at 9:51 am Raj Kumar Sinha

Rising debt, falling savings, liquidity crunch, and the struggle for stable growth | Finance Matters, 21 February 2025 | Editorial

India’s economy is facing a mix of opportunities and challenges.

Read more February 24, 2025 at 5:44 pm CFA

An appeal to SuPer SBI from a Common Citizen

SBI, the 218-year-old bank, the largest in the world in terms of number of branches and customers, which is a leader in housing loans, education loans, and many such areas, is conducting a massive...

Read more February 23, 2025 at 12:36 pm Thomas Franco

Victory for public health and the environment! The International Finance Corporation (IFC) withdraws from the proposed investment of USD 40 million for four waste incineration plants in Gujarat, India.

A Few ‘People’s Budget’

It is rather amusing that in today’s context, when the winds seem to be changing directions and there are talks of higher tariff walls and protectionist moves, the prescription remains the same – more...

Victory for public health and the environment!

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), of the World Bank, decides against investing in the proposed funding of USD 40 million for waste incineration plants in India. PRESS RELEASE February 19, 2025 – In a...

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