The advocacy group Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) has sharply criticised the Union Budget 2026–27, calling it a “budget sans kartavya” that weakens public welfare while favouring private corporations, even as inequality, climate risks...
Press Release New Delhi | February 5, 2026: A closer analysis of the Union Budget reveals that the public health spending by the Centre remains at a dismal 0.27% of GDP and the education...
January 29, 2026 | Ranchi, Jharkhand: A new report documents the lived experiences, perceptions, and demands of communities in Chandrapura in the context of just energy transition in Jharkhand. The report argues that a just...
World Bank on Trial! | On the 80th Anniversary of World Bank/IMF The Independent People’s Tribunal (IPT) on the World Bank @ 80, convened in Kolkata in December 2024, critically examined the World Bank’s...
Waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration and urban heat in Delhi. Heatwaves, which are a period of unusually high temperatures as compared to what is normally expected over a region, are increasingly posing a serious threat to...
Amidst rapidly shifting geopolitical shifts, the first webinar in the series The Political Economy of the Trump Era, titled ‘The Tariff Wars: India and the Global South in a Fragmenting System of World Trade’...
Lending to renewable energy projects in India in 2023 increased 63% year-on-year to INR 30,255 crore ($3,663 million). Out of the total, 49% went to solar projects. Lending to renewable energy projects in India...
This report while examining the capital investments of Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) and Pension Funds (PFs) reveals a growing interest in infrastructure projects, amongst these institutional investors. This trend stems from the attractive security provided...
உலகம் முழுதும் குப்பைகளைக் கையாள்வது பெரும் பிரச்சினைய ாக உருவெடுத் து வருகிறது. குறிப்பாக , விரைவாக பொருளாதார வளர்ச்சியடையும் நகரங்கள் இந்த பிரச்சினையை அதிகம ாக எதிர்கொள்கின்றன. இந ்த வரிசையில் பொருளாதாரரீதியாக வளர்ந்து வரும் சென்னை ம ாநகரானது தனது குப்பைகளைக் கைய ாள்வதி...
The Centre for Financial Accountability held a consultative discussion on Environmental and Social Safeguards Policy for Indian financial institutions at the National Consultation on Safeguards in Delhi on December 1, 2023.
Report of the webinar co-organized by All India Bank Officers Confederation and Centre for Financial Accountability on 26th December 2023.
Solar power was the dominant renewable energy, accounting for six out of 11 deals, or 40% of financing, says the report. While India did not sign the pledge to triple renewable energy globally by...
In year 2022, solar, wind and hybrid project finance lending amounted to INR 18,577 crore ($2.36 billion). On the other hand, like in 2021, not a single coal power plant received such funding. Not...
The report, jointly conducted by the Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) and Climate Trends, assessed project finance loans across various renewable energy projects. In a notable shift in India‘s energy financing landscape, no coal...
As representatives from nearly 200 nations gather for over a week for COP28, this year’s annual UN climate conference, being held in the oil-producing UAE and led by the head of the country’s state...
