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World Bank Pulls Out of Amaravati Capital City Project

July 18, 2019: In a significant move, which will have repercussions at multiple levels, yesterday the World Bank has dec...

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Beijing-based infrastructure bank ‘funding’ India’s environmentally risky projects

A new civil society note has questioned the operations of the Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB),...

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The Budget Presents Government’s Myopic Vision on the Banking Sector

The first budget of the newly re-elected government was placed on July 5, 2019, by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharam...

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Protestors To Call on AIIB To End Fossil Fuel

The protest will take place on Place de l’Europe, just in front of the European Convention Centre in Kirchberg, the ven...

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AIIB Faces Climate Protests at Annual Meeting in Luxembourg

Activists from across the world are planning demonstrations against the bank over its fossil fuel investments The Asian ...

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Has the Stage Really Been Set for Credit Growth and a Banking System Revival?

Professor CP Chandrasekhar Besides slowing growth and record unemployment, a major problem facing Indian policy makers i...

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Briefing Note: AIIB’s Investment in the NIIF: Why is it a Risky Venture?

With large infrastructure projects at the core of its investment support strategy, it is essential for the AIIB to e...

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Lots of Grey Shades in Government’s Green Push

NAGPUR: Though not as green as the BJP’s pre-election manifesto, the Union budget presented on Friday promised ‘Gree...

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July 23, 2019

CFA Admin

World Bank Pulls Out of Amaravati Capital City Project

July 18, 2019: In a significant move, which will have repercussions at multiple levels, yesterday the World Bank has decided to pull out of the $300 million lending to the Amaravati Capital City project in Andhra Pradesh. Working Group on International Financial Institutions (WGonIFIs) and the affec...

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July 14, 2021

Counterview

Beijing-based infrastructure bank ‘funding’ India’s environmentally risky projects

A new civil society note has questioned the operations of the Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), a multilateral development bank that aims to support the building of infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region, seeking to fund projects in India through the Government of India’s...

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July 15, 2019

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July 12, 2019

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February 7, 2020

Ashish Kajla

The Budget Presents Government’s Myopic Vision on the Banking Sector

The first budget of the newly re-elected government was placed on July 5, 2019, by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The budget failed to address the real problems of the economy like unemployment, agrarian crisis, healthcare, and debt-ridden banking sector. Economists have also pointed out t...

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July 12, 2019

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Protestors To Call on AIIB To End Fossil Fuel

The protest will take place on Place de l’Europe, just in front of the European Convention Centre in Kirchberg, the venue of the AIIB annual meeting, on 12 July 2019 at 11am Photo: Shutterstock As the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) annual meeting kicks off on Friday, a coalition of NGO...

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July 12, 2019

Chinadialogue.net

AIIB Faces Climate Protests at Annual Meeting in Luxembourg

Activists from across the world are planning demonstrations against the bank over its fossil fuel investments The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is holding its first ever annual meeting outside of Asia on 12-13 July in Europe – a continent that has just suffered June temperatures more t...

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July 9, 2019

The Wire

Has the Stage Really Been Set for Credit Growth and a Banking System Revival?

Professor CP Chandrasekhar Besides slowing growth and record unemployment, a major problem facing Indian policy makers is the fragility characterising the financial sector. With public sector banks still burdened with large non-performing assets (NPAs) and two major non-bank financial companies (NBF...

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July 11, 2019

Anuradha Munshi

Briefing Note: AIIB’s Investment in the NIIF: Why is it a Risky Venture?

With large infrastructure projects at the core of its investment support strategy, it is essential for the AIIB to ensure that their funds are directed to sustainable investments. In a country like India, where land remains the main source of livelihood for the majority of the population, it is ...

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July 15, 2019

Times of India

Lots of Grey Shades in Government’s Green Push

NAGPUR: Though not as green as the BJP’s pre-election manifesto, the Union budget presented on Friday promised ‘Green Mother Earth and blue skies’. The high point was the boost given to electric vehicles for ensuring an environment-friendly public transport system. “A thrust towards electric veh...

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World Bank Pulls Out of Amaravati Capital City Project

Beijing-based infrastructure bank ‘funding’ India’s environmentally risky projects

July 12, 2019

The Budget Presents Government’s Myopic Vision on the Banking Sector

Protestors To Call on AIIB To End Fossil Fuel

AIIB Faces Climate Protests at Annual Meeting in Luxembourg

Has the Stage Really Been Set for Credit Growth and a Banking System Revival?

Briefing Note: AIIB’s Investment in the NIIF: Why is it a Risky Venture?

Lots of Grey Shades in Government’s Green Push

July 19, 2019

World Bank Pulls Out of Amaravati Capital City Project

Beijing-based infrastructure bank ‘funding’ India’s environmentally risky projects

July 12, 2019

The Budget Presents Government’s Myopic Vision on the Banking Sector

Protestors To Call on AIIB To End Fossil Fuel

AIIB Faces Climate Protests at Annual Meeting in Luxembourg

Has the Stage Really Been Set for Credit Growth and a Banking System Revival?

Briefing Note: AIIB’s Investment in the NIIF: Why is it a Risky Venture?

Lots of Grey Shades in Government’s Green Push

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July 19, 2019

World Bank Pulls Out of Amaravati Capital City Project

Beijing-based infrastructure bank ‘funding’ India’s environmentally risky projects

July 12, 2019

The Budget Presents Government’s Myopic Vision on the Banking Sector

Protestors To Call on AIIB To End Fossil Fuel

AIIB Faces Climate Protests at Annual Meeting in Luxembourg

Has the Stage Really Been Set for Credit Growth and a Banking System Revival?

Briefing Note: AIIB’s Investment in the NIIF: Why is it a Risky Venture?

Lots of Grey Shades in Government’s Green Push

July 19, 2019

World Bank Pulls Out of Amaravati Capital City Project

Beijing-based infrastructure bank ‘funding’ India’s environmentally risky projects

July 12, 2019

The Budget Presents Government’s Myopic Vision on the Banking Sector

Protestors To Call on AIIB To End Fossil Fuel

AIIB Faces Climate Protests at Annual Meeting in Luxembourg

Has the Stage Really Been Set for Credit Growth and a Banking System Revival?

Briefing Note: AIIB’s Investment in the NIIF: Why is it a Risky Venture?

Lots of Grey Shades in Government’s Green Push