Anirban Bhattacharya, Author at Centre for Financial Accountability

More Privatisation, less Accountability- How did the Indian Economy fare last month?

Land Monetisation corporation In pursuance of its policy of monetisation of national assets, the government earlier t...

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Sanctions on Russia: Political Economy of Sanctions & the Fallout

A Brief Report of the coordinates of the debate The human cost The Russian belligerence and the unfolding war has led to...

General Indian Economy

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National Monetization Pipeline: A Critical Evaluation

In August 2021 the NDA government unveiled its grand design to put chunks of the nation’s public assets on lease for pri...

General Indian Economy Publications

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Who stands to gain if LIC bleeds?

In her last budget speech in 2021, the Finance Minister declared the government’s disinvestment plans for the Life...

Finance General Indian Economy

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Faced with grotesque inequality, what can we learn from Chile?

Chowpatty Beach, Mumbai. Photo courtesy: Shreyans Bhansali/Flickr “Chile was the birthplace of neoliberalism, and it sha...

Finance General Indian Economy

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What lies at the end of this pipeline?

A government that was on stand by as millions paid the price for its own fatal complacency in the battle against the pan...

Finance General Indian Economy

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April 1, 2022

Anirban Bhattacharya

More Privatisation, less Accountability- How did the Indian Economy fare last month?

Land Monetisation corporation In pursuance of its policy of monetisation of national assets, the government earlier this month approved the setting up of the National Land Monetisation Corporation (NLMC). It would be a government-owned company with the express purpose of monetising “surplus land”...

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March 24, 2022

Anirban Bhattacharya

Sanctions on Russia: Political Economy of Sanctions & the Fallout

A Brief Report of the coordinates of the debate The human cost The Russian belligerence and the unfolding war has led to an immense humanitarian crisis and the sanctions, while purportedly aimed at hurting the government of the aggressor, also have the potential of causing immense hardships to the p...

General Indian Economy

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March 1, 2022

Anirban Bhattacharya

National Monetization Pipeline: A Critical Evaluation

In August 2021 the NDA government unveiled its grand design to put chunks of the nation’s public assets on lease for private profits. The plan has been named the National Monetization Pipeline, the idea being, to lease or monetise infrastructural assets ranging from roads, railways, ports, telecom, ...

General Indian Economy Publications

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January 27, 2022

Anirban Bhattacharya

Who stands to gain if LIC bleeds?

In her last budget speech in 2021, the Finance Minister declared the government’s disinvestment plans for the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). Already, amendments to the LIC Act have been made to set in motion the LIC IPO. This has triggered panic waves across the large sections of o...

Finance General Indian Economy

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December 22, 2021

Anirban Bhattacharya

Faced with grotesque inequality, what can we learn from Chile?

Chowpatty Beach, Mumbai. Photo courtesy: Shreyans Bhansali/Flickr “Chile was the birthplace of neoliberalism, and it shall also be its grave!” said Gabriel Boric, a young student leader from the radical fold who was forged in the protests that has rocked Chile in recent years. The Chileans just elec...

Finance General Indian Economy

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September 3, 2021

Anirban Bhattacharya

What lies at the end of this pipeline?

A government that was on stand by as millions paid the price for its own fatal complacency in the battle against the pandemic, now is using the pretext of the virus to justify its policy of privatization and taking to fruition the 30 year old neoliberal agenda. And it has done so with innovative wor...

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