ઉર્જા પરિવર્તન પર પુન:ર્વિચાર

ન્યાયપૂર્ણ અને સમાવેશી ભવિષ્ય માટેના પડકારો અને તકો અશ્મિભૂત ઇંધણ—કોલસો, તેલ અને ગેસ—વૈશ્વિક આબોહવા પરિવર્તનમાં સૌથી મોટુ યોગદાન આપે છે, જે વિશ્વભરમાં 75% કરતાં વધુ ગ્રીનહાઉસ ગેસ ઉત્સર્જન અને તમામ કાર્બન ડાયોક્સાઈડ ઉત્સર્જનના લગભગ...

Read more November 8, 2023 at 12:30 pm CFA

Is furthering private investment the only way to meet our public infrastructure needs?

Infrastructure needs of growing countries such as India and their population are vast. Sectoral experts and financial institutions have recognised that while often also referring to the funding gap in the demand and supply...

Teesta disaster and the need for accountability in development finance

The lack of accountability and the deliberate indifference to the social and environmental impact of these massive hydroelectric projects emphasise the insensitivity of FIs that remain in the shadows in the aftermath of such...

Read more November 3, 2023 at 10:58 am Amitanshu Verma & Nancy Pathak

A Decade of Write-Offs: How the Govt and Banks Failed to Tackle NPAs and Helped Big Corporations

The government has time and again stated that ‘write off’ does not mean relief to the borrower as recovery processes continue. But in practice, banks are compelled to forgo any hope of recovery.

Read more October 31, 2023 at 11:56 am Devidas Tuljapurakar

India No 1 in world coal mining boom, thanks to Coal India, Adani Group: German NGO

Urgewald, a German environment and human rights NGO, which claims to be working for establishing strong environmental and social standards for the international finance industry, has called India "the number one hotspot of the...

Read more October 27, 2023 at 1:32 pm Rajiv Shah

Ports and Coastal Infrastructure Sectoral Review

This sectoral review attempts to look into the documents available in public domain related to development of port and coastal infrastructure projects in India and the pre-existing and emerging issues around it.

Read more October 27, 2023 at 12:51 pm Shivani Dwivedi

Banks’ bad loans are at an all-time high! | The Money Trail

An RTI enquiry has revealed that the bad loans of banks are spiking like never before. The answer from RBI reveals that compared to FY 2004 to FY 2014, the last 9 years were...

Read more October 26, 2023 at 11:20 am CFA

The Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor A Preliminary Report

At a conceptual level, a cluster or enclave approach to promotion of industrial development is not new in India (Sampat, 2010; Cross, 2014; Jenkins et al, 2014). The role of the state in promotion of...

Read more October 25, 2023 at 3:39 pm Siddharth Joshi

Demanding Accountability: Joint Statement in Response to Reports of a Child Sexual Abuse Cover Up at the World Bank

October 19, 2023 The undersigned organizations are gravely concerned about the recent media report of child sexual abuse at Bridge International Academies in Kenya, and allegations that the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC)...

Read more October 24, 2023 at 7:18 am CFA

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...

Read more October 23, 2023 at 4:47 pm Maju Varghese

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...

Read more October 23, 2023 at 2:53 pm CFA

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...

Read more October 17, 2023 at 5:02 pm CFA

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...

Read more October 16, 2023 at 10:51 am Counterview

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...

Read more October 9, 2023 at 10:14 am CFA

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...

Read more October 9, 2023 at 9:54 am Gaurav Dwivedi & Kenneth Gomes

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