This sectoral review attempts to look into the documents available in public domain related to development of port and coastal infrastructure projects in India and the pre-existing and emerging issues around it.
In the past several years, infrastructure has become a focus sector in the Indian economy as it is expected to boost overall development. Infrastructure continues to attract attention not only from the government but...
Experts, Activists and Journalists Discussed Infrastructure Finance in India: A Report September 6, 2019, Nagpur: Around 60 activists, researchers, academics, journalists, trade unionists and grassroots community organisers attended recently concluded two-day conference on Infrastructure...
MUMBAI, India — The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank on Monday announced support for India’s National Investment and Infrastructure Fund. The $100 million equity investment is the first phase of funding for NIIF, a collaborative platform...
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, which meets in Mumbai this week, needs to prove that its clients have robust social, environmental and disclosure policies and practices. Along the route from Mumbai’s international airport in...
“AIIB’s proposed $ 200 million deal with India’s $2.1 billion National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) would threaten to revive a host of stalled projects in the country potentially including coal, power, petroleum, railways...
Mumbai, June 23: “The so-called ‘development’ must not come at the cost of constitutional rights,” said prominent activist and Goldman Environment Awardee Prafulla Samantra at the press conference, which was organised on the last...
AIIB’s proposed deal with India’s $2.1 billion National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) would also threaten to revive a host of stalled projects in the country potentially including coal, power, petroleum, railways and roads...
For Immediate Release AIIB Urged to Reject New $200m Investment in India Risky venture threatens to open up a host of controversial infrastructure projects  The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Board will be asked...
Siddharth Chakravarty of The Research Collective explains the Blue Economy, its impact on the coastal economy, and the role of international financial institutions in pushing this project.
Jesu Rathnam, Coastal Action Network, says that the Sagarmala project, which envisages the development of infrastructure projects- like highways, ports, jetties- along with the coast of India, will lead to the destruction of the...
Financial Analysis of the Blue Economy: Sagarmala’s Case in Point by Dr Himanshu Damle of Public Finance Public Accountability Collective, New Delhi and could be reached at himanshudamle@pfpac.net The article was originally published here in...
