“What really was new was the trick of claiming Neo liberalism stripped away rules when much of what it was doing was imposing new rules that favoured banks and the wealthy. For instance, the...
सेंटर फॉर फाइनेंसियल एकाउंटेबिलिटी (सीएफए) द्वारा प्रकाशित वित् पर यह प्रवेशिका (प्राइमर), वित्त के विशाल और उभरते कैनवास में जिन विभिन्न अवधारणाओं, साधनों और नीतियों का आमतौर पर उपयोग किया जाता है, उनका एक बहुत ही सक्षम वर्णन प्रदान करता है। जो कोई भी भारतीय अर्थव्यवस्था में बैंकों के साथ ही कॉर्पोरेट्स के वित्तीय लेनदेन की फैलती दुनिया से परिचित होना चाहता है, उसको यह प्रवेशिका अवश्य पढ़ना चाहिए। मैं सभी – छात्र, शोधकर्ता, आम नागरिक के साथ-साथ मुद्रा बाज़ार के विशेषज्ञ जो सरकार में नीति निर्माताओं के कार्य में शामिल हैं, जो वित्त की समझ बढ़ाने के साथ उससे परिचित होना चाहते हैं,...
In August 2021 the NDA government unveiled its grand design to put chunks of the nation’s public assets on lease for private profits. The plan has been named the National Monetization Pipeline, the idea...
India’s commitments at the 26th Conference of Parties of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (COP 26) held in Glasgow set clear targets for 2030: increasing non fossil fuel energy capacity to 500...
At COP26, India announced its objectives to reach net zero by 2070. In addition, the country aims to install 500 GW of non-fossil capacity by 2030, 450 GW of which would come from renewable...
This booklet is a result of webinars under the World Without World Bank campaign that brings together activists, academicians and other civil society groups to protest, respond to the World Bank’s neoliberal reforms.
Public Sector Banks (PSBs) have played a significant part in the country’s economic growth. The principles of nationalization also contributed to the social banking character of the PSBs. This scenario has been changing since...
With the world facing a climate crisis, urgent action is required on many fronts, not least in ensuring adequate levels of climate finance to support mitigation and adaptation in the Global South. Campaigns to...
This preliminary report on ‘Solar Power in India’ looks at the solar power scenario, projects and financing mechanisms in India with a focus on Rewa Mega Solar Power Project in Madhya Pradesh. India has...
The case study of Smart Cities Mission in Bhopal provides an overview of the projects being implemented under the mission in the city. The case of Bhopal Smart City is quite distinctive in the...
The 2021 budget was lauded as the one ‘like never before’. There was a lot of hype created around it, hailing it as the ‘a budget to boost economic recovery’, one to ‘drive economic...
Covid-19 brought a 21 day country wide lockdown from the midnight of March 24th 2020 and this caught the entire country completely unaware and unprepared. Chaos and panic buying kept a few occupied while...