Who is this Model of Economic Growth for?
Professor Arun Kumar questioned the model of economic growth by asking who is it for. The economy is not growing at 7%, as claimed by the government, the big shocks of demonetisation and GST...
The Key Infra Projects are Anti-people
“AIIB has created a superstructure, an ecosystem which acts as a complex web of shining terminologies and projects to attract investments, which actually is a smoke screen to hide the fact that there’s no...
The Infra being Pushed is not what the People Demand
Senior activist Ulka Mahajan of Sarvahara Jan Andolan said, “The infrastructure that is being developed is not what people demand, but it is what global capital demands. The international financial institutions are promoting corporate...
Who is benefitting from the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project?
The information available in public domain is that JICA is financing the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project by lending 88 thousand crore rupees at an interest rate of 0.1%. Payback period is 50 years with...
Civil Society Sounds Alarm on AIIB’s Latest ‘Hands-off’ Lending Deal
MUMBAI, India — The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank on Monday announced support for India’s National Investment and Infrastructure Fund. The $100 million equity investment is the first phase of funding for NIIF, a collaborative platform...
AIIB Summit: Will the Bank Be More Hands-On with Funding Environmental Projects?
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, which meets in Mumbai this week, needs to prove that its clients have robust social, environmental and disclosure policies and practices. Along the route from Mumbai’s international airport in...
AIIB’s $200m Investment in India would Revive Coal Projects
“AIIB’s proposed $ 200 million deal with India’s $2.1 billion National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) would threaten to revive a host of stalled projects in the country potentially including coal, power, petroleum, railways...
Development must not Happen at the Cost of Constitutional Rights
Mumbai, June 23: “The so-called ‘development’ must not come at the cost of constitutional rights,” said prominent activist and Goldman Environment Awardee Prafulla Samantra at the press conference, which was organised on the last...
Infrastructure and Development – Case of Amravati Capital City
The workshop aims to explore the environmental, economic, legal, political, cultural and social implications of Amaravati Capital City project in Andhra Pradesh. This pipeline project of AIIB and World Bank is an environmental category...
Booklet: Financial Analysis of Delhi Metro after Phase-III
Ha-Joon Chang, the Cambridge economist, holds that ‘95% of economics is common sense, made to look difficult, with the use of jargons and mathematics’. That may explain why common people engage less with matters...
AIIB Comes Under Attack from Activists
Protest mounts against bank’s $200-million offer for proposed $2.1-billion NIIF With the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) board getting ready to hold its third annual general meeting in the city on June 25 and...
Booklet: The AIIB’s Hands off Approach to Funding Infrastructure
AIIB’s proposed deal with India’s $2.1 billion National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) would also threaten to revive a host of stalled projects in the country potentially including coal, power, petroleum, railways and roads...
AIIB Urged to Reject New $200m Investment in India
For Immediate Release AIIB Urged to Reject New $200m Investment in India Risky venture threatens to open up a host of controversial infrastructure projects The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Board will be asked...
Ahead of AIIB Meet in Mumbai, a Counter Convention will Oppose Global Finance
The three-day people’s convention on infrastructure financing will be held on June 21, 22 and 23, before the AIIB meets in Mumbai on June 25 and 26. Ahead of the third annual meeting of...
पुस्तिका: इंफ़्रास्ट्रक्चर निवेश: विकास या विनाश
एशियन इंफ़्रास्ट्रक्चर इन्वेस्टमेंट बैंक और भारत का नेशनल इन्वेस्टमेंट एंड इंफ़्रास्ट्रक्चर फ़ंड के निवेश संकट की और एक इशारा
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