The Story of India’s Plastics – Part 1
India has a fascinating history with plastics that has led to a thriving plastics industry and a complex environmental issue. In Part 1 of this new series, we explore what exactly plastics are and...
How is Plastic Made?
Ever wondered how plastics are created from crude oil and other raw materials? Check out this 1-minute video to find out!
KYC – Kill Your Customer?
Last year, a retired scientist received a call purportedly from SBI informing him that his account is blocked for non-compliance of KYC. They sent him a password to be shared with the caller. He...
Announcing Smitu Kothari Fellows – 2022 (Three Month Fellowship)
Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) is happy to announce recipients of the 5th Smitu Kothari Fellowship for young writers.
NHAI felled more than 1 lakh trees worth Rs 13.76 crore for constructing Srinagar ring road
Infrastructure Finance Update, July 2022 The Infrastructure Finance Update for the month of July cover the updates from the sectors of Roads and Highways, Ports and the status of Smart Cities in the State...
Undoing Conservation: India’s Tiger Reserves Giving Way for Infra Projects
A Compendium of 10 Case Studies on Tiger Reserves India’s burgeoning economic growth in the last two decades, especially in the infrastructure sector, has heavily impacted its forests and protected areas. Not only has...
भुखमरी की चपेट में दुनिया | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब
पूरी दुनिया खाद्य संकट से जूझ रही है। अगले साल खाद्य उत्पादन में और भी कमी आने की आशंका है। यानि की खाद्य सामग्रियों की कीमतें बढ़ जाएंगी। मुक्त व्यापार पर आधारित अंतर्राष्ट्रीय संधियों...
Developing Rural Economy through Unionisation- A Classic Model
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 was started in 2005 by the United Progressive Alliance- a coalition Govt led by the Congress Party in which the Left played an important role.
Use of a rupee route to get around dollar dominance
India could take advantage of geopolitical developments to promote trade and gain better status for the rupee, by avoiding dollar A number of countries, including India, are now considering the use of other currencies...
RE Matters | July 2022
𝑁𝑒𝑤𝑠 & 𝑉𝑖𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑅𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝐸𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦 Here is our monthly newsletter on Renewables, RE Matters, from the Centre for Financial Accountability. An extension of CFA’s work to understand and critically analyse the global energy...
Notwithstanding FM’s bravado, global recession is a big threat to India
In fact, Centre’s whimsical policy response to the emerging global economic scenario is an equally big threat to the economy It would be imprudent to assume that a global recessionary trend will bypass India....
BRICS in 2022: Economic and Geopolitical Quandaries
Roundtable Report By People’s Forum on BRICS This year, the official BRICS Summit took place on 24th June, 2022 under the Chinese presidency. While the geopolitical turmoil across the world appears to be intensifying,...
The world is struck by a perfect storm | Hunger grips the world
Pandemic, climate change and now war! The world is struck by a perfect storm, and hunger is spiralling. While the crisis dates back to the international treaties which opened the national borders for free...
How to destroy the Indian Economy? Poonam Gupta and Arvind Panagaraiya prescribe
A report presented by Poonam Gupta and Arvind Panagaraiya at the India Policy Forum 2022 on 12th July, is clearly a prescription for destroying the Indian Economy which is already on the verge of...
ESG dilution: Way forward lies in inequality sensitive RE Finance
The first half of this year has been challenging for RE expansion both at the global level and in India. Supply disruptions in coal and Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) owing to the Russia-Ukraine war...
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