On February 27, 2019, the US Supreme Court in a 7-1 decision ruled that international organisations like the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a private-lending arm of the World Bank Group, do not enjoy absolute...
What does the US Supreme Court’s Judgement on World Bank Group’s Immunity Mean for the people of Mundra, Gujarat, India and beyond? Dr Bharat Patel General Secretary, Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan and one of...
This speech, transmitted to the conference on “Global Financial Crisis: A Decade after Lehman,” held in New Delhi, Dec 3 to 4, 2018, identifies the trouble spots in the global financial system, raises the...
Meera Sanghamira of the NAPM speaks on the various violations being done to implement the Amaravati Capital City Project. People’s response to it including approaching the World Bank’s Inspection Panel, which visited and submitted...
Awadhesh Kumar of Srijan Lokhit Samiti speaks on the lack of response by the US Exim bank on the complaint filed against the Sasan Power Plant
Amulya Kumar Nayak of the Odisha Chas Parivesh Surakhsa Parishad, sharing their experiences with the IAM and the Management’s Response in the GMR Kamalanga Energy Limited, a 1050 MW (with an additional 350 MW)...
The recent appointment of SBI’s Former Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya’s as an Independent Additional Director at the board of Reliance Industries Limited has sparked public debate on the post-retirement career of senior employees of the...
The Banks have been levying bank charges for providing various services like ATM card, chequebook, annual statement, and transactions. These charges directly affect the poorest sections of society. In August 2018, the Union Minister of State...
Bharat Patel, General Secretary, Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan, narrating the history of violations by the IFC, Tata Mundra Power Plant and Peoples’ Resistance to it. The MAAS filed a case in the US federal...
Prof. C.P. Chandrashekhar looks into the assumptions behind the recent bank merger of Dena Bank, Vijaya Bank and Bank of Baroda, the long-term impact of it on public sector banks (PSBs), using merger as...
Prof Arun Kumar speaking on the finance capital, increase in disparity, and the philosophical changes in the society. He was speaking at the speaking at the Symposium on India’s Engagements and Experiences with Accountability...
Crisis in Public Sector Banks and Importance of Bank Unions – Prof C.P Chandrashekar
As many of you are aware, we ran an intense stakeholder engagement process on Right to the City and the Smart City in India, over a long period of time. This was part of...
Most of the International Financial Institutions enjoy legal immunity in most of the countries. The immunity enjoyed by IFI’s like the World Bank Group raises pertinent questions around the extent of immunity granted to...
Professor Arun Kumar questioned the model of economic growth by asking who is it for. The economy is not growing at 7%, as claimed by the government, the big shocks of demonetisation and GST...