According to recent news published on the Business Standard, the leading banks of India are designing a scheme for bailing out stressed assets in the power sector, which, as per the latest report of Parliamentary Standing Committee on...
Public Statement | May 24, 2018 Walmart-Flipkart Deal: Continuing Attack On Retailers, Producers, Farmers & Labour, And On India’s Digital Sovereignty The US-based Multinational Corporation (MNC) Walmart’s acquisition of Flipkart undermines India’s economic and...
Five years ago, on April 24, 2013, a tragedy in neighbouring Bangladesh shook up everyone. Rana Plaza, a five-storied commercial building, that housed several “sweatshop” clothing factories, a bank and few shops, collapsed and...
There has been a worldwide growth in hydropower development, with 31.5 GW new capacity installed in 2016. This figure includes 6.4 GW of pumped storage – nearly double the previous year – while there...
Public Statement | April 27, 2018 After Demonetisation, now the Cash Crunch in ATMs: Modi Government Wrecking Public Sector Banks and the Indian Economy A Joint Statement In the past few weeks, ATMs across...
While it is generally accepted that social protection is a core public service, the design of national systems is highly contested. There are two broad camps in the debate: one regards social protection as...
April 9, 2018: 62 Civil Society Groups from four continents issued a public statement to express their concern about the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank’s (AIIB) ongoing Board meetings in which it is being proposed...
Undermining Accountability at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: A Public Statement from the Concerned Civil Society on the AIIB Accountability Framework 6 April 2018 We, the undersigned civil society groups from around the world, express...
To, Shri. M.M. Kutty Executive Director, India Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank March 14, 2018 Subject: AIIB’s proposed investment in National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Dear Shri M.M. Kutty, We are writing with regard to the AIIB’s...
The Council on Ethics for the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), an independent body of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, that makes recommendations to the Norges Bank with regards to either excluding companies...
“India is becoming a nation of defaulters! Why do defaulters get to buy new companies and new deals?” policy analyst Mohan Guruswamy asked at the public meeting titled ‘Crisis in the Banking Sector: Who...
A latest report has asked Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to “tread carefully” on National Infrastructure and Investment Fund (NIIF), a fund of fund that seeks to create long-term value for domestic and international...
February 2, 2018, Amsterdam, and New Delhi: The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) must “tread very carefully” before approving a new USD 200 million deal with India in April 2018, for fear of turning the key on some highly controversial...
Financing the future? AIIB and India’s National Investment and Infrastructure Fund
“Why do the big corporations who owe 80% of NPAs go scot-free?,” M.K. Venu of the Wire asked at the public meeting titled ‘Crisis in the Banking Sector: Who Stole? Who Pays?’ Crisis in...
