Speaker Bios

Ashok Datar is associated with Mumbai Mobility Forum and heads the Mumbai Environmental Social Network. He has been active in the area of urban transportation and solid waste management. His writings cover issues such as...

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Programme Schedule

Schedule Session Briefs

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Concept Note

Conference on Infrastructure Finance September 4-5, 2019, NCCI, Nagpur The conference on Infrastructure Finance in Nagpur looks to discusses various aspects related to infrastructure development in India which includes not only financial aspects but...

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Organisers

Centre for Financial Accountability CFA engages in critical analysis, monitoring and critique of the role of financial institutions – national and international, and their impact on development, human rights and the environment, amongst other...

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Smart City in Indore- A Case Study

This case study of Smart City projects in Indore (Madhya Pradesh) includes an overview of the idea and the development work behind these projects. It begins with information about the city of Indore and...

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Resources- Infrastructure Finance Conference 2019

Presentations Sagarmala’s Impacts on Fishers, Ocean and Coastal Environment: Jesu Rethinam, Convenor, Coastal Action Network Infrastructure Finance – Some Emerging Trends: Gaurav Dwivedi, Centre for Financial Accountability Mining Infrastructure and its Impact on Communities...

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Tumkur: To be a Smart City or not, that is the question

The story of a small town in Karnataka and the price it is paying for ill-conceived development Jalappa’s family has lived in Karnataka’s Tumkur for over four generations now. About 100 meters off the...

Read more September 10, 2019 at 10:33 am Newslaundary.com

Experts, Activists and Journalists Discussed Infrastructure Finance

Experts, Activists and Journalists Discussed Infrastructure Finance in India: A Report September 6, 2019, Nagpur: Around 60 activists, researchers, academics, journalists, trade unionists and grassroots community organisers attended recently concluded two-day conference on Infrastructure...

Read more September 6, 2019 at 5:38 pm Asmi Saxena

Booklet: Smart Cities Mission in India: Footprints of IFIs

This booklet is a first in a series that looks to provide an overview of the smart cities at a conceptual level, smart cities mission in India, development of smart cities globally, the role...

Read more July 26, 2019 at 9:15 pm Gaurav Dwivedi

As Bhopal Is Recast As A Smart City, Its Poor Have A Question: Where’s The Room For Us?

Madhya Pradesh’s capital is among the first 20 cities chosen for redevelopment under the Narendra Modi government’s Smart Cities Mission. The brochures sell a dream: new residences, services accessed through mobile phone apps, outdoor...

Read more January 28, 2019 at 1:36 pm Scroll.in

Briefing Note: IFC, Climate Change and Investments in Cities

The briefing note discusses the International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) analysis and estimates of the investment opportunities in infrastructure development opening up, primarily for the private sector, in the urban areas due to the aggravating...

Read more January 5, 2019 at 6:57 pm Gaurav Dwivedi

आजकल विकास का मतलब लूट है

भारत सरकार देश के विकास के नाम पर बड़ी ढांचागत परियोजनाओ के निमार्ण पर पिछलें कुछ दशकों से लगातार बल दे रही है। इन परियोजनाओं को भारत के सकल घरेलू उत्पाद की वृद्धि दर...

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शहर-गाँव के बीच की खाई तेज़ी से बढ़ा रहा विकास का आधुनिक मॉडल

अधोसंरचना, ख़ासकर ऊर्जा के नाम पर हमारे देश में जो हो रहा है उसे सार्वजनिक सम्पत्ति की खुल्लाम-खुल्ला लूट के अलावा क्या कहा जा सकता है? मध्यप्रदेश सरीखे राज्य में जहाँ ख़ुद सरकारी दस्तावेज़ों...

Read more October 27, 2018 at 3:41 am Subah Savere

विकास के नाम पर बढता आर्थिक और सामाजिक सकंट

Read more September 26, 2018 at 5:18 pm Rajesh Kumar

Urban Reforms Agenda from JNNURM to Smart Cities Mission

Increasing urbanisation India has been witnessing the growing pace of urbanization in the country in the past few decades. As per the Census 2011, 31% of the population lives in cities and its contribution...

Read more September 14, 2018 at 2:59 pm Gaurav Dwivedi

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