How Development is Breaking the Himalayas | Himalayan Blunder | Anmol Ohri

' With the onset of monsoons, our mountains begin to shed tears' Environmental Activist and Founder of Climate Front India

Whither Make in India? Unemployment surges despite India’s economic ranking boost claim

India’s rising unemployment continues to cast a shadow over its much-touted economic ascent, with official data revealing that the jobless rate climbed to 5.6% in May 2025 from 5.1% the previous month. The worrying...

Read more June 24, 2025 at 5:30 pm Counterview

International Financial Institutions Under Trump: Perspectives from India and the Global South.

As one grappled with the madness to get to the method, the questions around the fate of the financial institutions like IMF, World Bank etc has many curious. Amid the intensifying crises of debt,...

Rising Unemployment in a Rising Economy! | Finance Matters, 20 June 2025 | Editorial

While the Union government proudly touts India’s position as the “world’s third-largest economy,” the latest employment data tells a more sobering story, which doesn’t feature in celebratory speeches or glossy campaigns. According to official...

Reducing Small Loans from Banks – A Serious Alarm, Act Immediately

After nationalisation of 14 banks in 1969 and 6 more in 1980, access to credit became possible for small borrowers. But everything changed after 1991 and worsened after 2014. Please refer to tables from...

Read more June 20, 2025 at 10:59 am Thomas Franco

Marjorie Fernandes Internship Program for Undergraduate Students 2025

Looking to turn your passion into purpose? Join CFA’s Marjorie Fernandes Internship Program and be part of a team driving real change. At the Centre for Financial Accountability, you won’t just learn—you’ll do. Dive...

विश्व मरुस्थलीकरण एवं सूखा रोकथाम दिवस(17 जून)मिट्टी क्षरण और वर्षा पानी को रोकना मरुस्थलीकरण का सामाधान

शुष्क भूमि पारिस्थितिकी तंत्र, जो दुनिया के एक तिहाई से अधिक भूमि क्षेत्र को कवर करता है, अत्यधिक दोहन और अनुचित भूमि उपयोग के लिए बेहद संवेदनशील है।मरुस्थलीकरण शुष्क, अर्ध-शुष्क और शुष्क उप-आर्द्र क्षेत्रों...

Read more June 17, 2025 at 3:51 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

India’s GDP Growth: A Misleading Celebration | Finance Matters, 06 June 2025 | Editorial

There has been considerable noise in the media and government circles about India surpassing Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy in terms of GDP. While this sounds impressive, it hides the real story....

Himalayan Blunder | Why Solutions Must Centre Local Communities & Ecology | Ravi Chopra

As Himalayan states witness another swirl of unprecedented rains, floods and landslides

Private Banks overtaking Public Banks in business – it’s a plan – not a surprise.

The Annual Report of RBI 2025 and Basic Statistical Return 1 and 2, March 2025, reveal the increasing share of number of deposit accounts, deposits, loan accounts, and loan amount shifting to private banks....

Read more June 8, 2025 at 1:06 pm Thomas Franco

Time of Monsters: Fascism and the Fusion of the State and the Corporation

Musk & Trump From the bonhomie to the fallout & beyond In the context of growing authoritarianism and deepening corporate capture, the second webinar in the series The Political Economy of the Trump Era,...

Himalayan Blunder | Himalayas On The Brink: Why We Must Rethink ‘Development’ | Guman Singh

विश्व पर्यावरण दिवस 5 जून पर विशेषप्लास्टिक प्रदुषण पर्यावरण के लिए खतरा,प्रभावी प्रतिबंध जरूरी

विश्व पर्यावरण दिवस पर्यावरण के लिए सबसे बड़ा अंतरराष्ट्रीय दिवस है। वर्ष 1972 में पर्यावरण के प्रति वैश्विक स्तर पर राजनीतिक और सामाजिक जागृति लाने हेतु इस दिवस को मनाने की घोषणा संयुक्त राष्ट्र...

Read more June 5, 2025 at 6:58 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

Burning Waste, Warming Cities: New Report Links Waste-to-Energy (WTE) Plants to Urban Heat Crisis in Delhi

A new report titled “Waste-to-Energy (WTE) Incineration and Urban Heat in Delhi: Burning Waste, Warming Cities?” released today by The People’s Alliance for Waste Accountability (PAWA) exposes a disturbing and overlooked consequence of Delhi’s...

Read more June 5, 2025 at 6:42 pm Counter Currents

World Environment Day: Indian Financial System Funding Infrastructure Projects In The Hills Faces A Himalayan Challenge

Increased frequency of climate-related extreme events in the Himalayan region is leading to project delays and losses as well as cost overruns. The challenge confronting India’s massive financial sector is whether it will be...

Read more June 5, 2025 at 6:31 pm Amitanshu Verma

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