Gaurav Dwivedi, Author at Centre for Financial Accountability

Gaurav Dwivedi

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സ്മാർട്ട് സിറ്റീസ് മിഷൻ: പൊതു-സ്വകാര്യ പങ്കാളിത്തത്തിലെ കോർപ്പറേറ്റ് താത്പര്യങ്ങൾ

കേന്ദ്ര സർക്കാറിന്റെ ‘സ്മാർട്ട് സിറ്റീസ് മിഷൻ’ പത്ത് വർഷം പൂർത്തിയായതിന്റെ പശ്ചാത്തലത്തിൽ സെന്റർ ഫോർ ഫിനാൻഷ്യൽ അക്കൗണ്ടബ...

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Why is India’s smart city plan pushing the dubious Public-Private Partnership model?

Access to services like health and water is increasingly dependent on citizens’ capacity to pay, which transforms rights...

Coverage General Infrastructure Finance SMART CITY MISSION AT TEN

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Financial Institutions look to step up infrastructure project financing

Infrastructure Finance Update – December 2023 In this month’s infrastructure update, the national and international fina...

General Infrastructure Finance

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Institutions expecting mega-scale in future infrastructure projects

Gaurav Dwivedi Infrastructure Finance Update November 2023 The infrastructure continues to be the focus to push the econ...

General Infrastructure Finance

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Infrastructure Finance Update

Infrastructure Finance Update, April 2023 Infrastructure Finance Update for the month of April 2023 covers majorly the d...

General Infrastructure Finance

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Urban Infrastructure Financing in India – What has changed?

Urban Infrastructure in India In the post 1990s era in India, the urban areas in the country have been in focus with ci...

General Infrastructure Finance Latest

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7 Years of Smart Cities Mission, India – A Review

The Smart Cities Mission (SCM) was launched in 2015, and was meant to conclude in five years. Centre for Financial Accou...

General Infrastructure Finance Publications

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How India’s Private Infrastructure Projects Risk Economic Stability, Environment, and Public Welfare

To become a $5 trillion economy by 2025, India is heavily relying on private infrastructure investment across sectors. T...

Coverage General Infrastructure Finance

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Tracing the Origins of Gati Shakti Missions

A Briefing Paper This briefing paper looks at large linear projects being implemented in India and the influence whic...

Infrastructure Finance Publications

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World Bank aided privatisation and commercialisation – sectoral learnings from India

Note to the readers: This is a mildly edited transcript of the talk given by the author at the World Without World Bank...

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October 28, 2025

സ്മാർട്ട് സിറ്റീസ് മിഷൻ: പൊതു-സ്വകാര്യ പങ്കാളിത്തത്തിലെ കോർപ്പറേറ്റ് താത്പര്യങ്ങൾ

കേന്ദ്ര സർക്കാറിന്റെ ‘സ്മാർട്ട് സിറ്റീസ് മിഷൻ’ പത്ത് വർഷം പൂർത്തിയായതിന്റെ പശ്ചാത്തലത്തിൽ സെന്റർ ഫോർ ഫിനാൻഷ്യൽ അക്കൗണ്ടബിലിറ്റി (www.cenfa.org) തയ്യാറാക്കുന്ന ലേഖന പരമ്പര, മൂന്നാം ഭാഗം. 2015-ൽ ആരംഭിച്ച സ്മാർട്ട് സിറ്റി മിഷൻ, രാജ്യത്തെ 100 നഗരപ്രദേശങ്ങളെ അടിസ്ഥാന സൗകര്യങ്ങളോടെ നവീകരിക്കുന്നതിനും, നഗ...

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October 28, 2025

Why is India’s smart city plan pushing the dubious Public-Private Partnership model?

Access to services like health and water is increasingly dependent on citizens’ capacity to pay, which transforms rightsholders into consumers, critics warn. A labourer in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City or GIFT city in Gujarat in 2015. | Amit Dave/Reuters When it was launched in 2015, the S...

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December 15, 2023

Financial Institutions look to step up infrastructure project financing

Infrastructure Finance Update – December 2023 In this month’s infrastructure update, the national and international financial institutions such as the ADB, JICA, AIIB and BoB are looking to increase project and policy financing for infrastructure projects. The measures also include launching of a ne...

General Infrastructure Finance

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November 15, 2023

Institutions expecting mega-scale in future infrastructure projects

Gaurav Dwivedi Infrastructure Finance Update November 2023 The infrastructure continues to be the focus to push the economic growth rates in India. This month’s update provides the developments around the financial institutions such as India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL), Rural Electrif...

General Infrastructure Finance

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May 17, 2023

Infrastructure Finance Update

Infrastructure Finance Update, April 2023 Infrastructure Finance Update for the month of April 2023 covers majorly the developments from the national financial institutions for infrastructure building like the National Infrastructure Investment Fund (NIIF), National Bank for Financing Infrastructure...

General Infrastructure Finance

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February 16, 2023

Urban Infrastructure Financing in India – What has changed?

Urban Infrastructure in India In the post 1990s era in India, the urban areas in the country have been in focus with cities being named as “the engines of economic growth”. This has been highlighted by various national missions and programs that the central government has launched in the preceding ...

General Infrastructure Finance Latest

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September 19, 2022

7 Years of Smart Cities Mission, India – A Review

The Smart Cities Mission (SCM) was launched in 2015, and was meant to conclude in five years. Centre for Financial Accountability has been researching and documenting various aspects of the mission. Reports are currently available on the financing of the mission and the role of international financi...

General Infrastructure Finance Publications

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July 26, 2022

How India’s Private Infrastructure Projects Risk Economic Stability, Environment, and Public Welfare

To become a $5 trillion economy by 2025, India is heavily relying on private infrastructure investment across sectors. The government has been rolling out several policies, regulations and tenders to encourage private investments. In recent times, these projects have overlooked citizen inputs and th...

Coverage General Infrastructure Finance

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July 26, 2022

Tracing the Origins of Gati Shakti Missions

A Briefing Paper This briefing paper looks at large linear projects being implemented in India and the influence which international financial institutions are seemingly able to exert on the governments to follow their recommendations through their various research reports, studies, data analytic...

Infrastructure Finance Publications

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April 28, 2022

World Bank aided privatisation and commercialisation – sectoral learnings from India

Note to the readers: This is a mildly edited transcript of the talk given by the author at the World Without World Bank Campaign Week in 2021 at a panel titled “Privatisation, Commodification and Corporatization: Real Agenda of the IMF and the World Bank”. The author would like to thank Sonal Raghu...

International Finance

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Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) aims to bring in accountability in financial institutions who lend money to development projects, through research and campaigns.