The Paris Rulebook (renamed the ‘Katowice Rulebook’ by many), the outcome of 24th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP24), exposes the perils of a pledge-and-review system. In...
As per the Early Warning System, which collects and verify information about the proposed and existing projects, India, in 2018, had 112 active or proposed projects funded by Development Finance Institutions (DFIs). These institutions...
Public Sector Banks As per the data provided by the government to the Parliament of India, since the financial year 2014-15, until September 2018, the Public Sector Banks have collected Rs 7027.81 crores for...
In the last four years since Amaravati was conceived, the government has successfully aggregated 34,000 acres of land from almost 28,000 farmers. According to agriculture experts, the area between Guntur and Vijayawada, which been...
On December 25, 2108, Minister of State for finance informed the Lok Sabha that out of total 1.31 lakh loan applications received on the newly launched 59 minutes loan, 1.12 lakh applicants received the...
It is a good time for the rich in India. India added 18 new billionaires last year raising their number to 119. Their wealth increased by 35 per cent last year – Rs 2200...
With the formal process of selection of a new World Bank President kick-starting in a week’s time, it’s imperative to have a view beyond this selection, now that the dust of Jim Kim’s sudden...
Madhya Pradesh’s capital is among the first 20 cities chosen for redevelopment under the Narendra Modi government’s Smart Cities Mission. The brochures sell a dream: new residences, services accessed through mobile phone apps, outdoor...
Changing Landscape of Finance and Trade in Asia The new generation free trade agreements are not only about trade, but they are also about investments. European Union, in the early 2000s, entered into Economic...
हमारा पैसा, हमारा अधिकार: एक पारदर्शी और जवाबदेह वित्तीय एवं बैंकिंग व्यवस्था की ओर वित्तीय और बैंकिंग मुद्दों को 2019 के चुनावी अभियान के साथ चुनावी घोषणापत्र में इनको शामिल करने का आग्रह करते हुए...
The resignation of the World Bank President Jim Yong Kim was an unexpected development given the fact that he had three more years to complete his tenure. Resignations at such a high level after bidding for...
Johannesburg – World Bank president Jim Kim is an ex-leftist who claims that in the mid-1990s he wanted to shut down the Bank. At the time, it was an entirely valid, realistic goal of the 50 Years...
The second half of the winter session of the parliament continued to witness the members asking government questions related to finance. Some of these questions were related to the NPAs in various sectors of...
Our Money, Our Right Towards a Transparent and Accountable Financial and Banking System Appeal to political parties by people’s movements, civil society organisations, trade unions and concerned citizens on finance and banking, with a...
In the past four and a half years, the country has gone through a major socio-political and economic upheaval as never before. At no point in the recent history has the country as a...