Energy Matters | August 2024
It is concerning to know that the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is proposing to fund 4 waste to energy plants in Gujarat. The investment of about USD 40 million to collectively burn 3,750 tons...
Waste-to-energy plants may cause more pollution: NGOs
Waste-to-energy (WTE) plants, which are touted as the ‘magic solution’ to solve the solid waste management crisis in the city, are not all that safe for environment and public health, say activists from some...
Centre for Financial Accountability Launches a New Microsite dedicated to its Plastics Fuel Infertility Campaign
Press Note 12 September 2024, Delhi: Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) launched an exclusive microsite dedicated to its ‘Plastics Fuel Infertility’ campaign (PFIC), on 28th August 2024 through an online event. The Campaign aims...
7th Smitu Kothari Fellowship 2024 Announcement
The Centre for Financial Accountability, a New Delhi-based organisation working to strengthen and improve financial accountability within India, invites applications for the Smitu Kothari Fellowship 2024. Started in 2018, the Fellowship encourages young writers...
स्मितु कोठारी फ़ेलोशिप 2024
सेंटर फॉर फाइनेंशियल अकॉउंटेबिलिटी दिल्ली में स्थित एक संस्था है, जो भारत में वित्तीय जवाबदेही को मज़बूत करने और इसे बेहतर करने के लिये काम करती है। सेंटर फॉर फाइनेंशियल अकॉउंटेबिलिटी स्मितु कोठारी फ़ेलोशिप...
Banks and Disaster Relief
With climate change, human interventions, unscientific development and greed, disasters are frequently happening in the country. As Dr P. Sainath writes in the title of his famous book, “Everybody Loves a Good Drought,” everyone...
Where is My Interest Rate? | Unlocking banking for the people (Volume 1)
“What really was new was the trick of claiming Neo liberalism stripped away rules when much of what it was doing was imposing new rules that favoured banks and the wealthy. For instance, the...
छोटे किसानों की अनदेखी: भारतीय कृषि का अनसुलझा संकट
कृषि अर्थव्यवस्था के जानकार मानते हैं कि खेती को बरकरार रखने,विकसित करने और सबका पेट भरने की अधिकांश जिम्मेदारी छोटे और सीमांत किसान ही निभाते हैं। जहां 70% ग्रामीण परिवार अभी भी अपनी आय...
India’s stark disparities have finally found voice in political discussions
Since the pandemic, the gap between rich and poor Indians has never been more evident. But inequality was never a public concern – until now. For much of the first half of the year,...
The OPS, NPS, UPS Pension Debate
CFA Explainers The Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) launched by the government as its compromise formula is being celebrated by the godi media as the “best of both worlds”, i.e. the Old Pension Scheme (OPS)...
Pension is not a bounty or grace, it is the right of every worker
India is ranked 45th in the Pension Grade System of 47 countries. The USA ranked 22nd is a capitalist country but 100% of its population is covered under a pension system. In most countries...
India’s Huge Thrust on Petrochemicals Belies its Tall Talk on Sustainable Energy
For a long time, India has been advocating for the end of unsustainable use-and-throw economy. However, in a case of mismatch between its words and action, about 79% of the budget allocated for the...
The Public-Private Partnership Story!
𝗨𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 ( 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟬𝘀 – 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁)! This timeline of PPPs in India traces the legal, fiscal, and policy developments that transform the landscape establishing it as a go-to model for...
174 Civil Society Organizations, Networks, and Activists Oppose Financing by IFC for Abellon Clean Energy’s Toxic, Pollution Waste-to-Energy Projects in Gujarat, India
PRESS RELEASE | 23.08.24 August 23, 2024 – A collective letter written by the Centre for Financial Accountability, International Accountability Project, National Hawkers Federation, GAIA-Asia Pacific, and Break Free From Plastics and endorsed by...
Gujarat: 174 Civil Society Outfits Urge World Bank to Reject Loan for Harmful Waste-to-Energy Projects
A coalition of 174 civil society organisations, networks, and activists has written to the World Bank’s board of directors, urging them to reject funding for four waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration projects proposed by Abellon Clean...
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