B Ready: Brace for impact
India has been the poster boy of the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business as it leaped in the ranking by rapidly deregulating its economy. Environmental regulations were scaled back, labour regulations diluted...
Open Letter to Government of India on India-EU FTIA
WE, CITIZENS OF INDIA AND REPRESENTATIVES OF ORGANISATIONS named below, are deeply concerned at and anguished by the lack of transparency and non-inclusive consultation processes adopted by the Union Government in the negotiations with...
Announcing Smitu Kothari Fellows – 2023
Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) is happy to announce recipients of the 6th Smitu Kothari Fellowship for young writers. The 7 recipients for 2023 come from diverse backgrounds and experiences, and hail from different...
Funding 233 projects for $44 billion, AIIB ‘accepts no complaints’ from affected people
Even as the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) announced its long-awaited review of its Project-affected People’s Mechanism at its annual meeting in Egypt 25-26 September 2023, a new research, published by Recourse, Inclusive Development...
Sikkim tragedy is man made. Don’t look for excuses | The Money Trail
The devastation of the flood in Sikkim was multiplied several fold by the dams in Teesta river. This disaster was warned well in advance. Scientists provided studies. People protested. Nature gave warnings. But the...
National Infrastructure Pipeline: An analysis of PPP projects
It is widely accepted that infrastructure is key to India’s economic growth. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has termed it as an important pillar for the continued economic growth in the country, with...
ऊर्जा परिवर्तन पर पुनर्विचार
कोयला, तेल और गैस जैसे जीवाश्म ईंधन का वैश्विक स्तर पर जलवायु परिवर्तन में सबसे बड़ा योगदान है। वे दुनिया भर में 75% से अधिक ग्रीनहाउस गैस उत्सर्जन और लगभग 90% कार्बन डाइऑक्साइड उत्सर्जन...
The Indian Infrastructure Finance Market attempts to revive PPPs
The infrastructure sector has been a very dynamic space in the last few years given the push by the government on creation of infrastructure for businesses as well as to meet SDG targets. This...
Update from the Thermal Energy Sector in India (July, 2023)
Given the global trend towards sustainable finance, the Government of India has limited options to sell its stake in IDBI. Without a commitment to a "no new coal" policy, major international financial institutions would...
How AAP government’s waste management plan is making Delhi toxic
Burning garbage is choking Delhi’s health, environment, livelihoods and finances. It is high time that the AAP government starts addressing the problem of waste, not when it is thrown away, but when it is...
If There Was Political Will, India’s Raging Cost of Living Crisis Could Be Eased
While the government is happy to externalise the crisis to the invasion of Ukraine alone and its effect on fuel prices, it is the food inflation that has seen a much sharper upward swing.
Narendra Modi’s Decade in Power Has Brought a Shrinking Welfare Landscape to India
Declining allocations on social welfare spending, and neglect of existing schemes and programmes, underscore how welfare has come to be constrained in the past ten years.
Roadblocks to Accountability:
This report analyses the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s Independent Accountability Mechanism, the Project-affected People’s Mechanism, now in its fifth year of existence and nearing its policy-mandated review.
Is the Pandemic Really Over? Unearthing Stories of Death, Debt and Distress
It’s been three and a half years since COVID-19 was first reported in the country. The country and its people witnessed a lack of preparation by the authorities resulting in a dearth of necessary...
Doubling Farmer’s Income: A Tale of Empty Promises, Deceit and Propaganda
Far from seeing doubled incomes, farmers are caught in the pincer of low unfair prices for their produce and ever rising input costs.
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