Programme Schedule
Schedule Session Briefs
Concept Note
Conference on Infrastructure Finance September 4-5, 2019, NCCI, Nagpur The conference on Infrastructure Finance in Nagpur looks to discusses various aspects related to infrastructure development in India which includes not only financial aspects but...
Organisers
Centre for Financial Accountability CFA engages in critical analysis, monitoring and critique of the role of financial institutions – national and international, and their impact on development, human rights and the environment, amongst other...
Smart City Mission: Financial Progress, Sustainability and Impact on Urban Local Bodies
Inaugurating the Smart City Mission (SCM) in June 2016 Prime Minister Modi said, “If anything has the potential to mitigate poverty it is our cities. It is now our responsibility to provide strength to...
Energy Conundrums in the Post-Covid Indian Economy: Is Haphazard Installation of Renewable Energy the Real Alternative?
The COVID -19 crisis has been largely held responsible for the setbacks in the renewable energy sector in the country since the beginning of the year. However, a new briefing note of IEEFA published...
Random Reflections— Narasimham Committee to Kamath Committee- Restructuring Loans or Restructuring of Banks?
From the day banking started, bankers always had a plan for handing loans going bad. Banking says giving loans has a credit risk due to various reasons. Banks become a partner to the borrower...
SAVE PUBLIC SECTOR CHARACTER OF IDBI
TO PROTECT HARD EARNED SAVINGS OF THE COMMON MAN ORIGIN OF DEVELOPMENT BANKING Historically, the idea of establishing special institution for the provision of finance for industry was put forth in strong terms, as...
Comments from India, Myanmar & Philippines on the Report
& Recommendations from the External Review of IFC/MIGA E&S Accountability, including CAO’s Role & Effectiveness We welcome the opportunity to comment on the report of the external review team. At the outset, the recommendations...
Comments by Indian Groups on Recommendations
of External Review of IFC/MIGA E&S Accountability, including CAO’s Role and Effectiveness After 20 years of its existence, the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) and International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) social and environmental accountability review has...
Under the cover of Covid, Govt plans to feed the farm sector to Corporates
Framers from the heart of green revolution states are on the roads facing the wrath of police lathis in midst of a pandemic. Numbered in thousands these distressed farmers are vociferously resisting against the...
New Priority Sector norms – Favouring Rich and fleecing the poor
The Reserve Bank of India has released revised priority sector norms. A closer look shows how the government and RBI are tweaking the norms to favour the rich and fleece the poor. Already the...
“Ultimately the rubber will meet the Road”
Social activists express hope for the future in webinar series on “Reimagining the Future” Press Release | Sept 15, 2020 “The lockdown worked like a chemical experiment where hidden injustices were brought to the...
World Bank pushing privatisation in fisheries sector through Blue Revolution Program ?
I. Yet another Loan for India for response to the Covid-19 crisis India received yet another external loan for dealing with the Covid 19 crisis. Japan announced an emergency support loan of up to...
Random Reflections- Is State Bank of India going to be privatised first?
The government is in a privatisation spree in spite of wide spread opposition. The RBI, Niti Ayog (Aniti Ayog) and Finance Ministry are used to give confusing signals. While a RBI Dy. Governor demands...
Time to give Covid burial, not suspend, World Bank’s ‘flawed’ Doing Business ranking
On August 27, the World Bank came out with a statement suspending the Doing Business Report. The statement said that a number of irregularities have been reported regarding changes to the data in the Doing Business...
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