स्मितु कोठारी फ़ेलोशिप
सेंटर फॉर फाइनेंशियल अकॉउंटेबिलिटी दिल्ली में स्थित एक संस्था है, जो भारत में वित्तीय जवाबदेही को मज़बूत करने और इसे बेहतर करने के लिये काम करती है। सेंटर फॉर फाइनेंशियल अकॉउंटेबिलिटी स्मितु कोठारी फ़ेलोशिप 2020...
Smitu Kothari Fellowship- 2020
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 2020. Started in 2018, the Fellowship is aimed towards encouraging...
Stop Anakkayam Hydel Project Movement: Another Stellar Resistance to Funding Disasters
Though appearing as a tiny speck in the larger upheaval of distressed happenings everywhere in India, a small proposed project in Kerala has sparked a vibrant coming together of around 100 environmental and protests...
Project finance to coal in India dropped 82% YoY in 2019
November 24, 2020: The third annual Coal vs Renewable Financial Analysis 2019 marks a second consecutive year on year decline in coal funding following a 90% decrease in 2018. The report finds a 126%...
Coal vs Renewables — Financial Analysis India- 2019
The third annual Coal vs Renewable Financial Analysis 2019 marks a second consecutive year on year decline in coal funding following a 90% decrease in 2018. The report finds a 126% drop in funding...
India in Historic Recession, Cash at All-Time High After 4 Years of Demonetisation
Snippets from the Indian Banking and Finance Arena – November 2020 RBI announces: India in historic technical recession. Is COVID pandemic the only reason? RBI’s deputy governor in charge of monetary policy, along with...
Random Reflections- Future of Wage Revision and Trade Unions in Banking Sector – End of the Road?
After more than 3 years of negotiations, strikes and agitations, wage revision for bank employees has been signed on 11.11.2020. For the award staff it is called Bipartite Settlement as they are covered under...
ऊर्जा क्षेत्र में निजी एकाधिकार पर जोर देती केंद्र सरकार
एनर्जी सेक्टर स्निपेट- अक्टूबर 2020 पावर सेक्टर निजीकरण के विरोध पर उत्तर प्रदेश मे एक अस्थाई सफलता अप्रैल 2020 से, बिजली संशोधन विधेयक 2020 के प्रस्तावित मसौदे के खिलाफ बिजली क्षेत्र की ट्रेड यूनियन...
Random Reflections- Demonetisation – The cruel joke on the People
After demonetisation on November 8, 2016, seeing the anger of the people, on Nov 13 PM Modi in an emotionally choked speech in Goa said “I have asked the country for just 50 days....
Centre Pushing for Private Monopoly in the Energy Sector
Snippets from Energy Sector– October 2020 Temporary success resisting privatisation of power in Uttar Pradesh Since April 2020, power sector trade unions have been protesting across the country against the proposed draft of Electricity...
Bank Charges Should be Scrapped & Not Just Paused Out of ‘Benevolence’
The Ministry of Finance announced yesterday that, no public sector bank has increased the bank charges and will not do so in view of the COVID pandemic. The announcement came after strong backlash to Bank of...
Asset monetisation- A New way to finance the Infrastructure sector in India
Infrastructure Finance Update October 2020 This month in Infrastructure Finance Update – the government looks to seek the Parliament’s approval for Rs 37,000-crore additional spending on infrastructure development in the second batch of supplementary...
The Curious Case of PM CARES
A pandemic like crisis naturally demands meticulous care, absolute impartiality and sheer stainless character in action. However even in this hour of peril the ruling party stooped further low by refusing to rise above...
Jio Payment Bank fined Rs.1 Cr by RBI
On October 2020, RBI has slapped a penalty of Rs.1 Crore on Jio Payment Bank. JPB is a venture of Reliance with 70% holding and SBI 30%. The contents of RBI Press Release The...
Post Covid Funds for India
Since the COVID-19 crisis emerged, MDBs have stepped in with massive packages for economic, social and health support. Details of funds received by India from Multilateral Development Banks for COVID-19 recovery support as of 30th October...
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