Hindi -Comments and Objections of Civil Society Groups and members on the draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020
सेवा श्री आर के सिंह राज्य मंत्री-बिजली और नई और नवीकरणीय ऊर्जा श्रम शक्ति भवन, भारत सरकार नई दिल्ली -110001 ...
सस्ती सरकारी बिजली होने के बावजूद महंगी निजी बिजली खरीद रही सरकार
देश और दुनिया कोरोनावायरस महामारी के इस सकंट को फैलने से बचाने मे लगे है। लाखों मजदूर भुखे और प्यासे पैदल आपने गाँवों की और लौट रहे है। यह कहना भी असंगत नहीं होगा...
Random Reflections- Is India’s Banking Sector Moving Towards a Melt Down and Financial Collapse?
Bank’s performance is always the reflection of the country’s economy. Though results are not out for the financial year 2019-20, analysis shows that many banks will be showing a huge loss. The last quarter...
STILL DIGGING: G20 GOVERNMENTS CONTINUE TO FINANCE THE CLIMATE CRISIS
In 2015, governments around the world committed to hold global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius (°C) and to strive to limit warming to 1.5°C by adopting the Paris Agreement. This analysis shows...
Social Activists and Economists Layout Vision for a Post Covid Economy
Press Release | May 19, 2020 New Delhi: “Thinking about an Ameere Rehka (wealth line) and not a Gareebi Rekha (poverty line) is the need of the hour”, noted social activist Medha Patkar said. She was speaking at...
Aatma Nirbhar Bharat –Part III & IV & V: A Self Reliant India to be a Privatised India
As part Part III the Finance Minister announced Rs.1 lakh Cr Agri Infrastructure Fund for farm gate infrastructure for farmers. Rs.10000 Cr scheme for formalization of Micro Food Enterprises. Rs.20000 Cr for fishermen through...
Breakdown of Finance Minister’s Atmanirbhar Bharat
Finance Minister gave a press statement and a document of 27 pages has been released. Everybody is hoping now for the other parts. When the economy is in crisis everyone hoped for relief package...
Experts demand withdrawal of the Electricity Amendment Bill 2020
As India struggles through battling a pandemic and subsequent shut down, the government seems to be in no mood on pausing in stifling controversial issues that majorly impact the economy of the country. After...
A Bill that is Badly Timed, Mal-Directed and Devoid of Basics
Any Act or bill to get an act on electricity (or the larger issues of primary energy), has to first comprehend the basic functions electricity has in human society. Presumably, some form of electricity might...
A Big Win- IFC World Bank to Freeze Investment in For-Profit Schools
Recently, a piece of good news has appeared that World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) upholding the right to education in an official commitment and decided to freeze investments in private for-profit pre-primary,...
Random Reflections : NABARD, SIDBI, IFC and National Housing Bank can turnaround the Economy
After nationalisation of 14 banks in 1969 and 6 banks in 1980, formation of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development on July 12, 1982 was a milestone or master stroke by Mrs. Indira...
Corona Uncovering the Cracks in Capitalism
The COVID-19 corona epidemic that has taken over 16,99,019 lives all around the world has undoubtedly been a disaster with no parallels in modern history. Political and social analysts describe this pandemic as the...
Agitating migrant labourers display the failure of the country’s labour policies
Despite having an inter-state migrant workmen act, the labour department has not been able to create a database of these migrant workers, stated Punit Minj of Jharkhand Mines Area Co-ordination Committee (JMACC). He further...
क्या बिजली बंद का आव्हान देश हित मे था?
देश में कोरोनावायरस नामक महामारी ने हाहाकार मचा दिया है जिसे रोकने के लिये सारे राज्य पूरी कोशिश कर रहे है। इसी कडी मे केद्रिय सरकार ने भी पूरे देश मे लॉकडाउन कर दिया...
Shutdown forces many institutions to switch to webinars
Organisations say this method of communication is likely to continue even after lockdown ends. Cultural organisations and NGOs are increasingly turning to webinars or online seminars to get their message across and the response...
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