CFA bats for enhanced climate accountability measures in RBI’s draft norms
Says clarity and specificity are needed to ensure effective implementation and compliance with disclosure requirements.
Where has the money gone in the last 10 years?
Can you see that the entire country is run by three business magnets? There are a few more. As told by the former Chief Executive of Niti Ayog, Amitabh Kant, they are creating 5...
Submission to RBI on Draft Disclosure Framework on Climate-Related Financial Risks, 2024
The ‘Draft Disclosure Framework on Climate-Related Financial Risks’ released by RBI in February
Modi Govt Doubled Spending On Insurance, Not Enough On Health Infrastructure
While out-of-pocket expenditure on healthcare fell in the Modi government’s first term, studies suggest this is from under-utilisation of healthcare rather than greater protection.
TOXIC TRAITS
An Overview of the Adverse Health Impacts of Chemicals Associated with Petrochemical Industries and Across the Life Span of Plastics.
How the Banking Sector has been Destroyed in the Last 10 Years
The claim of the Prime Minister that the Banking Sector has become robust is not true if we analyse the facts and figures. On Jan 1 2015, Gyan Sangam 1 was organised in Pune...
Electoral Bonds: Or the Story of How the Rich Buy Their Way Up
The electoral bonds scam has opened up the complex nexus between business and politics, making it visible for all to see – how favours are earned and exchanged by the top 1% even as...
Ladakh: Let’s not invest in our Doom I Flip Book
Major investments are coming up in Ladakh, and the Himalayas at large, much of it in Renewables. But how ‘Clean’ and ‘Just’ is this path towards Energy Transition? What is the toll of the...
By financing environmentally damaging projects, can Indian funders be held liable?
Banks and financial institutions in India have no internal mechanisms to address the broader costs of investing in risky projects.
State of Finance in India Report 2023
The second edition of the State of Finance in India Report was released in November 2023. It is a first of its kind that expands the domain of finance and economics beyond the confines...
Who wanted this ‘landmark pact’?
The India-EFTA TEPA is the first time that India has signed an FTA with four developed European countries. The deal fits into the West’s ‘China Plus One’ agenda and advanced western nations, because of...
India’s employment challenge requires a new vision and strategy for self-reliant development
Modi promised that he will provide 2 crore employment every year. Why did he fail? What came in his way? Greater employment generation required a paradigm shift.
Energy security or plastic profits?
Fossil fuel and chemical industries’ interests are influencing India’s positions in various multilateral environmental and trade agreements related to climate, plastics, and chemicals.
Report on National Consultation on Environmental and Social Safeguards for Financial Institutions
The Centre for Financial Accountability held a consultative discussion on Environmental and Social Safeguards Policy for Indian financial institutions at the National Consultation on Safeguards in Delhi on December 1, 2023.
Blue Economy 2.0 and Sagarmala program | Infrastructure finance update, March 2024
The spotlight shines on transformative initiatives as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveils the Blue Economy 2.0 and bolsters the Sagarmala program in the interim budget for 2024-2025.
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