BULA BILL TO SAVE SHYLOCKS?
The Statement of the Peoples Commission on Public Sector and Public Services has declared that the BULA Bill fails to rein in predatory lending activities.The summary of the statements is given below: The Department...
फैलते शहर, उजङती बस्तियां और सिसकता जीवन
“किसकी है जनवरी, किसका अगस्त है? कौन यहां सुखी है, कौन यहां मस्त है? महल आबाद है झोपड़ी उजाङ है, गरीबों की बस्ती में उखाड़ है पछाड़ है।” बाबा नागार्जुन की कविता...
Energy Matters | July 2025
Plastic is no longer a matter of convenience — it’s an imposition. It has invaded every aspect of our lives and is causing irreparable harm to our climate, biodiversity, human health, and basic rights....
Mobilising Voices for the Global Plastics Treaty
As the world prepares for the next round of Global Plastics Treaty negotiations at the United Nations (INC-5 in Geneva, August 2025), we have been amplifying grassroots voices from pollution-impacted communities. Youth Voices from...
Abellon’s bankruptcy exposes the failures of India’s waste-to-energy push
The collapse of a flagship WTE player signals a crisis in India’s incineration model Waste-to-energy plant at Okhla, New Delhi.Vikas Choudhary/CSE Summary Abellon Clean Energy Ltd, once a major waste-to-energy (WTE) player in Gujarat,...
देश भर के किसानों ने राष्ट्रपति को पत्र भेजा
विगत 29 और 30 जुलाई को भूमि अधिकार आंदोलन के राष्ट्रीय बैठक में निर्णय लिया गया था कि 13 अगस्त 2025 को भूमि कब्जा और कॉर्पोरेट लूट के खिलाफ राष्ट्रीय एकता दिवस के रूप...
Guarding the Vote: Why the ECI Must Embrace Transparency I Finance Matters, 08 August 2025 I Editorial
When the credibility of an election is questioned, the first responsibility of the Election Commission of India (ECI) should be to open its books, show its data, and prove its processes beyond doubt. Instead,...
Micro Loans Are Driving an Already Forsaken Population Further Into Distress
The people for whom such micro-credits become a lifeline are those who are not considered credit worthy by the formal banking system. ‘These are the people for whom such micro-credits become a lifeline as...
‘Strong presence’ of lobbyists overshadows INC-5.2 plastics talks
A ‘strong presence’ of fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists is overshadowing the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2) talks in Geneva seeking to determine a global plastics treaty, the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)...
North Chennai residents pitch a plan to cut waste, scrap Kodungaiyur incinerator project
‘Green Chennai Initiative’ is an alternative to the proposed incinerator and it calls for strict source segregation, bio-methanation, decentralised composting, and controlling use of single-use plastic Residents and experts feel a people-centric approach can...
How Dubious Data, Fading Tech Shape India’s Global Plastic Stance
As nations negotiate a binding plastics treaty, India leans on outdated figures and unproven solutions to justify its stance New Delhi: Globally, it is estimated that less than 10% of all plastics are recycled....
Tariffs, Trade Injustice & Bilateral FTAs | Ranja Sengupta | Podcast
In this episode, Ranja Sengupta (Third World Network) unpacks how trade rules from GATT to the WTO to today’s bilateral agreements have been designed to favour the powerful. She exposes how negotiations are rigged,...
8th Smitu Kothari Fellowship 2025 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 2025. Started in 2018, the Fellowship encourages young writers...
Stop the Toxic Takeover: AIFC Slams Illegal Waste Dumping in Sathangadu Wetland”
Alliance for Incinerator Free Chennai (AIFC) strongly condemns the Greater Chennai Corporation’s illegal dumping of waste in the Sathangadu wetland (Proposed WTE incinerator site) Press Statement | August 08, 2025 Alliance for Incinerator Free...
By pushing people to money lenders the Union Govt and RBI are implementing Manusmriti
History shows that in primitive society there was no money lending and people shared their natural resources. In India, the concept of lending has been recorded during the Mauryan age, i.e., 321–185 BCE. Kautilya’s...
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