Press Release: People’s BRICS Summit Demands a People-Centred Global South

Press Statement Date: August 22, 2026 People’s BRICS Summit Demands Concrete, Time-Bound Action on People’s Demands New Delhi: The resolution passed at the People’s BRICS Summit demanded that the “South-South cooperation” be recognised not by...

Read more August 22, 2026 at 8:05 pm CFA

South–South Climate Finance : Scale, Destinations and Priorities

South–South climate finance—the flow of climate-related finance from one developing or emerging economy to another—has become an increasingly important, though still relatively small, component of the global climate-finance system. The latest comprehensive assessment by...

Read more August 21, 2026 at 1:01 pm Soumya Dutta

चिप्स’ के चक्कर में फंसा किसान : बीज के अधिकार पर बहस

एक जमाने में जो किसान बोनी, बखरनी और चैत जैसे कामों भर से खेती कर लिया करते थे, आज उन्हें पेचीदे कृषि कानूनों की भारी-भरकम किताबों का सहारा लेना पड़ रहा है। वजह है,...

Read more August 19, 2026 at 12:17 pm Raj Kumar Sinha

As India Chases Energy Growth, Korba’s Residents Are Left to Bear the Cost

In January 2026, Lakhan Patel, a rural labourer from Raki village in Korba District of Chhattisgarh, was walking along the Hardi Bazaar–Raki road when a stone fragment from blasting inside the Dipka mine struck...

Read more August 18, 2026 at 7:04 pm Hari Raghunath

सिजीमाली में खदान परियोजना: विकास किसके लिए और किस क़ीमत पर?

ओडिशा में बॉक्साइट खदान की प्रस्तावित परियोजना के कारण ओडिशा के रायगढ़ा और कालाहांडी ज़िलों में फैली सिजीमाली पहाड़ियां अपने अस्तित्व को बचाने की एक अहम लड़ाई लड़ रही हैं. खनिज निकालने की इस...

Read more August 13, 2026 at 5:00 pm Deepmala Patel

A Month In, VB-G RAM G’s Numbers Raise Hard Questions

A month into VB-G RAM G, the government’s own dashboard undercuts its press releases: 7.67 crore person-days generated in July, against 15.33 crore under MGNREGS the previous year, a 49.94% collapse, the lowest July...

Read more August 12, 2026 at 7:57 pm CFA

‘Work From Home’ Is a Cruel Joke for India’s Gig Workers

As India prides itself over its ‘gig economy’ and ’10-minute delivery,’ gig workers have constantly faced worsening odds each year for the past decade, with no support from the state or employers. Every summer,...

Read more August 11, 2026 at 12:20 pm Anjali S.

Waste-to-energy plants are a disaster for the environment but India is building more

The incinerators have high capital costs and usually receive financial support from international institutions and subsidies in India. When Rajpal Saini retired from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, he didn’t really plan to spend...

Read more August 11, 2026 at 10:51 am Scroll.in

Bankers’ Books Evidence Bill, 2026: Expanding State Surveillance, Eroding Citizens’ Rights | Editorial

Finance Matters | July 31 2026 The Bankers’ Books Evidence Bill, 2026 is yet another piece of legislation the NDA-II govt has pushed through, amidst pandemonium in the Lok Sabha, without debate or the...

Banks urged to scrutinise Vedanta-Mythri bauxite project amid community opposition in Odisha

Civil society groups and activists from across India have issued a joint appeal to more than 30 Indian banks and financial institutions, urging them to exercise stronger environmental, social and cultural diligence before financing...

Read more August 6, 2026 at 1:42 pm Counterview

The India of the elites and that of the cockroaches | Editorial

Finance Matters | July 24 2026 India has two realities, like two parallel universes. In one of these universes a handful of super rich seem to be doing great, in fact they are thriving....

Who Pays When the Exam Fails?

Dharmendra Pradhan resigned as Union Education Minister on July 25, ending 36 days of protests led by the Cockroach Janta Party, All India Students Association (AISA) and other student organisations after the NEET-UG papers...

Read more July 30, 2026 at 1:03 pm Haripriya B Harshan

विस्थापितों की अनदेखी का ‘वन टाइम सैटलमेंट’

प्रधानमंत्री के जन्मदिन, 17 सितंबर 2017 को राष्ट्र को समर्पित ‘सरदार सरोवर’ बांध अब तक अधूरे पुनर्वास के चलते कुख्यात था, लेकिन अब विस्थापन-पुनर्वास, वन और राजस्व की जमीनों की डूब और संबंधित निर्माण...

Read more July 29, 2026 at 11:49 am Raj Kumar Sinha

Do We Now Have Something to Rely On?

It is educative and encouraging to see that this agitation and its participants – young and restless – have not only been able to dispel the veil of fear in publicly speaking up against...

Read more July 28, 2026 at 12:46 pm Anirban Bhattacharya

More than 100 civil society organisations and activists appeal to financiers to exercise environmental, social, cultural, and climate-related diligence regarding the Sijimali Bauxite Mining Project.