‘New jobs distress-driven’: Economists criticise CMIE claim of upward trend in employment

At a time when the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy’s (CMIE’s) report claims an upward trend in employment in India’s labour market with 15 million people entering the workforce, senior economists have sought to...

Read more December 5, 2023 at 5:42 pm Counterview

Economists Term CMIE Employment Rate Increase Claim ‘Sham’

Real earnings have increased only for casual work, economists said at a conference titled ‘Measuring Recovery’. Several economists have termed the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy’s (CMIE) claim that the labour market witnessed an...

Read more December 4, 2023 at 10:48 am CFA

वित्तीय संस्थानों के लिए पर्यावरण और सामाजिक जवाबदेही नीतियों की आवश्यकता

वित्तीय संस्थानों में पर्यावरण और सामाजिक जवाबदेही नीतियां क्या हैं? ये वित्तीय संस्थानों को उनके द्वारा वित्त पोषित परियोजनाओं के सामाजिक और पर्यावरणीय प्रभावों के लिए जवाबदेह बनाने के लिए तंत्र हैं। वास्तविक प्रावधान...

Read more December 1, 2023 at 4:39 pm CFA

Tipping the Scales: Why We Need to Tax the Ultra-Rich Tipping the Scales

An article series published in Deccan Herald, curated in collaboration with the Centre for Financial Accountability.

Read more November 27, 2023 at 9:27 am CFA

न्यायोचित कराधान

भारत में कई वर्षों से असमानता बढ़ती जा रही है। कुछ ऐतिहासिक कारकों और वर्तमान नीतियों के कारण उत्पन्न धन के इस संकेंद्रण पर अगर ध्यान नहीं दिया गया तो यह कई लोगों के...

Read more November 21, 2023 at 5:50 pm CFA

Just Taxation

Inequality has been escalating over the years in India. This concentration of wealth resulting from certain historical factors and current policies if not addressed will continue to shatter the lives of many. A just...

Read more November 21, 2023 at 5:44 pm CFA

A Statement sans Solutions: India’s G20 Presidency and Its Outcome

The 18th G20 Leaders’ Summit, under India’s Presidency, concluded with the adoption of the New Delhi Declaration. In the backdrop of the war in Ukraine and a “new cold war” between the US and...

Read more November 15, 2023 at 12:35 pm Joe Athialy & Praskanva Sinharay

Institutions expecting mega-scale in future infrastructure projects

The infrastructure continues to be the focus to push the economic growth rates in India. This month’s update provides the developments around the financial institutions such as India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL), Rural...

Read more November 15, 2023 at 12:21 pm Gaurav Dwivedi

G20: Im Interesse der besitzenden Klassen

Vom 8. bis 10. September 2023 richtet die indische Regierung den G20-Gipfel in Neu-Delhi aus. Sie nutzt das Event geschickt, um sich vor der eigenen Bevölkerung als globalpolitisches Schwergewicht zu präsentieren.

Read more November 8, 2023 at 5:55 pm Joe Athialy

Why the G20 declaration is far from the triumph it’s being hailed to be

Aside from a muted criticism of the Ukraine war, the statement is non-committal on climate goals, energy transition and addressing Global South concerns.

Read more November 8, 2023 at 3:35 pm Praskanva Sinharay

India No 1 in world coal mining boom, thanks to Coal India, Adani Group: German NGO

Urgewald, a German environment and human rights NGO, which claims to be working for establishing strong environmental and social standards for the international finance industry, has called India "the number one hotspot of the...

Read more October 27, 2023 at 1:32 pm Rajiv Shah

If There Was Political Will, India’s Raging Cost of Living Crisis Could Be Eased

While the government is happy to externalise the crisis to the invasion of Ukraine alone and its effect on fuel prices, it is the food inflation that has seen a much sharper upward swing.

Read more September 30, 2023 at 5:35 pm Anirban Bhattacharya and Pranay Raj

कोयले की शक्ति : अक्षय ऊर्जा के महत्वाकांक्षी लक्ष्यों के बावजूद उत्तर प्रदेश में कोयला आधारित 1600 मेगावाट पावर प्लांट को मंजूरी

भारत का लक्ष्य 2022 तक अक्षय ऊर्जा यानी रिन्यूएबल एनर्जी (अक्षय ऊर्जा या नवीकरणीय ऊर्जा के उदाहरण हैं – बायोगैस, बायोमास, सौर ऊर्जा इत्यादि.) से 175 गीगावॉट बिजली उत्पादन करने का था।

Read more September 14, 2023 at 12:17 pm Deepmala Patel

Energy Transition in India – whose voices are being heard

Energy Transition has been the talking point in recent years thanks to the alarming climate change events and the atmospheric CO2 levels. India has the third highest carbon emissions in the world.

Read more September 14, 2023 at 11:38 am Anitha Sampath

G20 vs We20 | The chronicle of a clampdown | The Money Trail

The Money Trail As the date of the #G20 Summit is drawing nearer, the Union Government is becoming more and more intolerant. Its clampdown on the We20 Peoples’ Summit is the latest. When the...

Read more September 3, 2023 at 2:49 pm CFA

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