Why electricity tariff is going up? Who is the beneficiary?

It is the duty of the Union Government which collects GST from every citizen to deliver electricity at affordable prices to the remotest parts of the country and reach out to the most disadvantaged...

Read more November 28, 2023 at 12:41 pm Thomas Franco

Submissions to the Standing Committee of Parliament on Energy regarding the proposed Electricity Amendment Bill 2022

The Electricity Amendment Bill 2022 was tabled in the Parliament on the 8th of August 2022.

Read more January 12, 2023 at 10:25 am CFA

India’s waste-to-energy paradigm

A POLICY, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVE Over the last few decades, the volume and toxicity of waste being produced in India have been increasing exponentially. A major cause has been the increased use and...

Read more December 14, 2022 at 11:27 am CFA

Coal vs renewables investment report, India 2022

In early August, the Union Cabinet approved India’s updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) that have hence been formally communicated to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). These include goals like reducing the emission intensity...

Read more December 8, 2022 at 2:16 pm CFA and Climate Trends

चकाचौंध की कीमत

क्या आपने कभी सोचा है कि जो बिजली आपके जीवन को रोशन और सुविधाजनक बनाती है वही हज़ारों लोगों और वन्य जीव जंतुओं की बदहाली का कारण भी बन सकती है ?

Read more November 21, 2022 at 12:19 pm CFA

Why does the Centre dislike freebies and the States love them? What is the real story? THE MONEY TRAIL

From the Prime Minister to the Supreme Court, there seems to be consensus against freebies. Free or subsidised food grains, electricity or health care for the poor has suddenly become the root cause of...

Read more August 25, 2022 at 9:35 am CFA

वापस आया बिजली संशोधन बिल | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब

किसानों के लंबे आंदोलन की वजह से बिजली बिल को वापस ले लिया गया था। लेकिन अब सरकार इसे पार्लियामेंट के अगले सत्र में वापस लाना चाहती है।

The Electricity Amendment Bill is back. Why should we worry? | The Money Trail

Dropping the Electricity Amendment Bill was one of the conditions for withdrawing the farmer’s struggle. Yet the government is bringing it back. Filled with a bunch of dangerous proposals, the bill will shut shop...

वापस आया कोयला संकट! क्या है इसके पीछे की असली कहानी?

भारत बिजली की कमी और कोयला संकट से जूझ रहा है। दुनिया का दूसरा सबसे बड़ा कोयला उत्पादक देश अपने बिजली संयंत्रों को माल उपलब्ध कराने में लगातार विफल क्यों हो रहा है? केंद्र...

The Hidden Environmental Costs of India’s Data Centre Push

Data centres are giant industrial collections of servers that store and process data underlying the modern information economy. Most policies concerning the installation, use and maintenance of data centres ignore an important aspect: their...

Read more May 18, 2022 at 1:03 pm Gunjan Jena

Pollinating Change with Access to Clean, Affordable Lighting Energy

Lack of access to clean energy is a major challenge among the marginalised and vulnerable sections of the population, both in rural and urban areas across the country. Migrant workers, construction workers, and a...

Read more March 24, 2022 at 3:48 pm Akshatha Venkatesha

Tata Mundra: Nobel laureate, others ask US apex court to drop immunity to World Bank

Economic, legal, diplomatic and civil society experts – including Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel Prize-winning economist, and former Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank – have urged the United States Supreme Court...

Read more February 22, 2022 at 4:38 pm CFA

The Mirage of Clean Power

A system that thrives on an ever-increasing demand for electricity will automatically push the burden to unsatiable demand for the fuels that produce it.

Read more October 29, 2021 at 12:01 pm Vismay Basu

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 ...

Videos: Activists speak strongly against Draconian Draft of Electricity Amendment Bill 2020

Videos Rajkumar Sinha, (Bargi Bandh Evam Visthapit Sangh & NAPM Madhya Pradesh) Ashok Srimali, (General Secretary of Mines, Mineral & People, Gujarat). Praful Samantra, (Lok Shakti Abhiyan & NAPM Odisha). Punit Minz, (Johar Unorganized...