Bullet Train: Propelling Public Debt in India
Krishnakant of the Paryavaran Surakhsha Samiti, Gujarat on the rationale of the proposed bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
External borrowing by governments a huge burden on people: NAPM
‘Easy loans by international banks damaging national policies’ Staff Reporter, Vijayawada: Bharat Jan Vigyan Jatha national convener Soumya Dutta has said that the loans borrowed from international banks like the China-based Asian Infrastructure Investment...
‘Unchecked borrowing to put Andhra Pradesh in debt trap’
Express News Service, VIJAYAWADA: Expressing concern over the unchecked borrowing from different banks and funding agencies across the globe by the TDP Government in the State, experts from National Association of People’s Movements (NAPM)...
IFIs, PPPs, Infrastructure, and Economic Development
In last two decades, the governments have become less willing to uphold the public good, which is perceived by the IFIs through the lens of economic growth and private investment. Shalmali Guttal, Focus on the...
Infrastructure projects in Tamil Nadu and their Impacts
Nityanand Jayaraman on the Infrastructure projects in Tamil Nadu and their Impacts
‘Innovative Financing’ of Bangalore Metro
Does metro help in decongesting traffic? How was Bangalore Metro financed? Leo Saldanha of Environment Support Group, Bangalore, shares the history of Bangalore Metro and explains how it was ‘innovatively financed’.