Joe Athialy, Author at Centre for Financial Accountability

India’s Investments Abroad: How Accountable Are We!

For Indian corporations, the grass seems to be getting greener the other side. Investments and acquisitions abroad have...

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Appointment of a new Indian ED at the World Bank raises a few Questions

With Subhash Chandra Garg assuming charge as secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) in the Finance Minist...

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Investing in Losses

Like India once had a Ministry of Disinvestment, it’s time she has a Ministry of Loss Making. How else can one und...

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What is New with the New Development Bank?

After the storm of demonetisation, which unsettled the economy back home, India is hosting the 2nd annual meeting of New...

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Recapitalisation is an opportunity for banks to make better environmental and social investments

Indian banks should have safeguard policies of the kind followed by international financial institutions. Despite the cr...

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February 7, 2020

Joe Athialy

India’s Investments Abroad: How Accountable Are We!

For Indian corporations, the grass seems to be getting greener the other side. Investments and acquisitions abroad have been the hallmark of Indian corporations the past decade and a half. While acquisitions of Jaguar Cars and Land Rover & Corus in the UK, Kashagan Oilfields in Kazaksthan, Port...

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October 15, 2017

Joe Athialy

Appointment of a new Indian ED at the World Bank raises a few Questions

With Subhash Chandra Garg assuming charge as secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) in the Finance Ministry, the position of the Indian Executive Director (ED) at the World Bank has fallen vacant. The 1983-batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre, Garg was the ED at the World Bank from No...

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November 20, 2017

Joe Athialy

Investing in Losses

Like India once had a Ministry of Disinvestment, it’s time she has a Ministry of Loss Making. How else can one understand government’s eagerness to buy out all loss making projects, whether in coal, hydro or steel sectors, collectively a few lakhs of crores of rupees worth? Thermal power proje...

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July 3, 2018

Joe Athialy

What is New with the New Development Bank?

After the storm of demonetisation, which unsettled the economy back home, India is hosting the 2nd annual meeting of New Development Bank (NDB) from March 31 – April 2, 2017. NDB is the financial arm of BRICS – a grouping of emerging economies Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, formed in...

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November 20, 2017

Joe Athialy

Recapitalisation is an opportunity for banks to make better environmental and social investments

Indian banks should have safeguard policies of the kind followed by international financial institutions. Despite the crisis in several parts of India following demonetisation, which sucked out 86% of the currency in circulation overnight, one of its obvious outcomes is the recapitalisation of banks...

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