Energy Matters | January 2023
Welcome to Energy Matters, a monthly newsletter which offers updates on the latest developments in the energy sector; and analysis of the impacts, politics, investments, and science of those developments
Global Plastics Treaty
A Global Plastics Treaty is being negotiated under the aegis of the UNEP. This is an outcome of the advocacy with the United Nations Environment Assembly by several civil society organisations globally since 2017....
दशक का सबसे क्रूर बजट | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब
जब देश के ज्यादातर लोगों को सबसे ज्यादा मदद की जरूरत है, सरकार ने उन्हें छोड़ दिया है। लगभग सभी सामाजिक कल्याण योजनाओं में कटौती और कुछ प्रमुख क्षेत्रों में आवंटन कम करके सरकार...
Government open bids for International Transhipment Port at Great Nicobar Island costing Rs. 41,000 Cr
INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE UPDATE | JANUARY, 2023 The infrastructure finance update for the month of January 2023 primarily focuses on three sectors, namely, railways, roads and highways, and ports. The last month’s news coverage also focuses...
Critically evaluating the proposed amendments to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
Recently the Ministry of Corporate Affairs had sought public comments on changes being considered in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016. In consultation with experts and civil society we submitted our responses to the...
Energy profile of G20 countries: are they compliant with necessary Climate actions?
In recent times, wherever one travels in India, and in all big cities, one is bombarded with the message on the lines that “India under Modi rule has become so great that the G20,...
Budget 2023-24 has Chilling Implications for India’s People | The Money Trail
At a time when the poor majority of the country needs the most support, the government has abandoned them. Cutting down almost all the social welfare schemes and reducing allocation to some key sectors,...
Budget: A cruel joke on the majority and benefits for the rich
The Godi media which had been asking for opinions from people on what is needed from the budget has forgotten the wishes of people and showering encomium on the Finance Minister who has made...
Budget Analysis 2023: Taking People for a Ride
Be it the Global Risk Report 2023 or the RBI’s own Financial Stability Report, everyone today acknowledges that the world is staring at a rather grim future, and India is not immune to the...
Who is going to fall? Gautam or Narendra?
Mr Gautam Adani who become the second-richest man due to the support of Mr Narendra Damodardas Modi (See Random Reflections – Why boycott Adani) is in deep trouble. Almost every bank in the country...
States cessed out
Cesses collected in early independent India were intended to aid the development of specific sectors. The different finance commissions from the Fourth Finance Commission disallowed the inclusion of cesses to the devolution pool as...
Trade deficit to touch all-time high of 7% of GDP in FY23
As India prepares for the next budget, here is another critical issue it needs to focus on: The galloping trade deficit. According to the First Advance Estimate (AE1), released earlier this month, the trade...
दशक का सबसे महत्वपूर्ण बजट | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब
भारत की अर्थव्यवस्था एक नाज़ुक मोड़ पर है। आज हम जो रास्ता चुनेंगे वो आने वाले कई सालों तक हमारे भविष्य को दिशा देगा। न केवल भविष्य, बल्कि लाखों नागरिकों का वर्तमान भी इस...
Budget of the decade; will she remember the common people — for a change! THE MONEY TRAIL
The Money Trail Will our Finance Minister align with the common people this time? Will she accept that the economic slowdown is predominantly a demand crisis and not because corporates are not motivated enough?...
Systematically killing public sector banks: Pushing away people to money sharks
It was only after the nationalisation of 14 banks on July 19, 1969, that the banks reached the common people. The main changes that were done included a shift from class banking to mass...
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