After the 2023 Disaster, Another One in the Making? | Mayalmit Lepcha

More than a year after the Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) wiped out Teesta III, the government wants to rebuild the dam.

The Budget Series

Budget 2025: What’s at Stake?, a series co-produced by The Wire and Centre for Financial Accountability Episode 1The Economic Rights Every Indian Should Have | Prabhat Patnaik (Senior Economist) Episode 2Budget 2025 Needs to...

Read more January 21, 2025 at 6:45 pm The Wire & CFA

“பேரழிவு..” “மொத்த தலைநகரையும் விழுங்க போகும் புகை”… சென்னைக்கு அபாய எச்சரிக்கை

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Read more December 20, 2024 at 4:42 pm Thanthi TV

Damning the Future: Hydropower’s Toll on Northeast India

Read more November 5, 2024 at 12:02 pm CFA

G 20: An Explainer

How and why G20 is not for the global south and for all those who are poor https://www.cenfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/G%2020.mp4

Vanishing non-AC coaches: Railways organised loot gets bigger | THE MONEY TRAIL

The Money Trail Railway has been systematically reducing sleeper coaches for some time. Now they have officially announced that except for local slow trains, there will be only AC coaches. In a country where...

Are Muslims edged out of budgets and govt projects? Economist Khalid Khan explains the whole plot | On Second Thought

The minority ministry lost 38% of its money in the last budget. Meanwhile, the budget allocation multiplied manyfold for tribal communities.

Read more May 29, 2023 at 12:25 pm Jimmy James

Guide to using Finance Data Corner

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क्या कामयाब हुआ विश्व बैंक का निरीक्षण पैनल? हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब

तीस साल पहले नर्मदा बचाओ आंदोलन के विरोध के चलते विश्व बैंक को अपनी परियोजनाओं के प्रभावों की जांच करने के लिए एक स्वतंत्र निरिक्षण पैनल की स्थापना करनी पड़ी थी। ये पैनल कितना...

Why inflation blew up in our face and why RBI won’t explain the reasons to the people

It has been more than 9 months since inflation broke the 6% ceiling. As per the law, RBI is going to write to the government explaining their failure to contain it, but both parties...

Read more November 9, 2022 at 9:49 am CFA

विश्व भूखमरी सूचकांक | क्या सरकार के पास अपना कोई डाटा नहीं?

दुनिया भर के लोगों की खुशहाली बयां करने वाली विश्व भुखमरी सूचकाँक रिपोर्ट ने भारत को 121 देशों में से 107वां स्थान दिया। सरकार ने एक बयान जारी कर इस रिपोर्ट को गलत बताया...

Read more October 28, 2022 at 12:26 pm CFA

Why does the Centre dislike freebies and the States love them? What is the real story? THE MONEY TRAIL

From the Prime Minister to the Supreme Court, there seems to be consensus against freebies. Free or subsidised food grains, electricity or health care for the poor has suddenly become the root cause of...

Read more August 25, 2022 at 9:35 am CFA

GST बनाम गब्बर सिंह टैक्स | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब

जीएसटी की शुरुआत टैक्स प्रणाली को सरल बनाने और डबल टैक्स से बचने के लिए की गयी थी। लेकिन अब हर रोजमर्रा की जिंदगी में इस्तेमाल होने वाली चीज पर टैक्स देना पड़ रहा...

The Electricity Amendment Bill is back. Why should we worry? | The Money Trail

Dropping the Electricity Amendment Bill was one of the conditions for withdrawing the farmer’s struggle. Yet the government is bringing it back. Filled with a bunch of dangerous proposals, the bill will shut shop...

The Great Indian Job Crisis; 34 lakh jobs gone and still counting | THE MONEY TRAIL

India is facing an unprecedented job crisis with women and young people bearing most of its brunt.