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Polluter profits? Corporate lobbying behind GoI coal power plants emission rules relaxation

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC)’s notification on July 11, 2025, relaxing the 2015 ...

Whither Make in India? Unemployment surges despite India’s economic ranking boost claim

India’s rising unemployment continues to cast a shadow over its much-touted economic ascent, with official data revealin...

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‘New jobs distress-driven’: Economists criticise CMIE claim of upward trend in employment

At a time when the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy’s (CMIE’s) report claims an upward trend in employment in ...

COFI 2023 Coverage

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Funding 233 projects for $44 billion, AIIB ‘accepts no complaints’ from affected people

Even as the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) announced its long-awaited review of its Project-affected People...

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Coverage

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Demand to scrap ‘unnecessary, potentially harmful’ large, new coal blocks’ auction

As many as 70 people’s movements, trade unions and civil society organisations (CSOs)* have asserted that India’s bigges...

Coal Coverage

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Union Budget: 24 crore people live in the dark, Sitharaman talks of prepaid smart meters

Counterview Desk The Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA), a Delhi-based advocacy group, commenting on the Union bu...

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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),...

Coverage Infrastructure Finance

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Amaravati: World Bank Refusing to Share Public Grievances on Land Pooling Scheme

A new report, prepared by the advocacy group Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA), New Delhi, has taken strong exce...

Coverage Infrastructure Finance

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Massive PPP Investment In Infrastructure: For Whom And For What?

It is being emphasised quite often that the infrastructure sector is a crucial driver for the Indian economy. The sector...

Coverage Infrastructure Finance

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Not Just President, WB Needs New Perspective on Development

The resignation of the World Bank President Jim Yong Kim was an unexpected development given the fact that he had three ...

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July 17, 2025

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Polluter profits? Corporate lobbying behind GoI coal power plants emission rules relaxation

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC)’s notification on July 11, 2025, relaxing the 2015 mandate for Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) systems in coal-based thermal power plants (TPPs) has drawn sharp criticism for creating a hazardous health divide and undermining India’...

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June 27, 2025

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Whither Make in India? Unemployment surges despite India’s economic ranking boost claim

India’s rising unemployment continues to cast a shadow over its much-touted economic ascent, with official data revealing that the jobless rate climbed to 5.6% in May 2025 from 5.1% the previous month. The worrying uptick comes even as the government celebrates India’s emergence as the world’s third...

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December 5, 2023

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‘New jobs distress-driven’: Economists criticise CMIE claim of upward trend in employment

At a time when the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy’s (CMIE’s) report claims an upward trend in employment in India’s labour market with 15 million people entering the workforce, senior economists have sought to expose the claim by stating that a fall in unemployment is not equal to a rise...

COFI 2023 Coverage

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November 17, 2025

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Funding 233 projects for $44 billion, AIIB ‘accepts no complaints’ from affected people

Even as the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) announced its long-awaited review of its Project-affected People’s Mechanism at its annual meeting in Egypt 25-26 September 2023, a new research, published by Recourse, Inclusive Development International and Accountability Counsel, has highlig...

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January 24, 2023

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Demand to scrap ‘unnecessary, potentially harmful’ large, new coal blocks’ auction

As many as 70 people’s movements, trade unions and civil society organisations (CSOs)* have asserted that India’s biggest ever coal mine auction, announced in November last year “will aggravate climate crisis” and “is against India’s climate pledges.”Stating that “coal burning is also the biggest so...

Coal Coverage

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February 3, 2020

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Union Budget: 24 crore people live in the dark, Sitharaman talks of prepaid smart meters

Counterview Desk The Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA), a Delhi-based advocacy group, commenting on the Union budget 2020-21, has has called it a case of missing wood for the trees, pointing out, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman “missed an opportunity to fix the economy, which is re...

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July 14, 2021

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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), 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 14, 2021

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Amaravati: World Bank Refusing to Share Public Grievances on Land Pooling Scheme

A new report, prepared by the advocacy group Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA), New Delhi, has taken strong exception to the World Bank refusing to share its independent assessment of the Land Pooling Scheme (LPS), floated by the Andhra Pradesh government in order to build the new capital. C...

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May 21, 2019

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Massive PPP Investment In Infrastructure: For Whom And For What?

It is being emphasised quite often that the infrastructure sector is a crucial driver for the Indian economy. The sector would be responsible for propelling India’s overall development and enjoys intense focus from the Government for initiating policies that would ensure time-bound creation of world...

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January 22, 2019

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Not Just President, WB Needs New Perspective on Development

The resignation of the World Bank President Jim Yong Kim was an unexpected development given the fact that he had three more years to complete his tenure. Resignations at such a high level after bidding for a second term is unusual which prompts people to think what would have led to the act itself....

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