Kavita Kabeer, Author at Centre for Financial Accountability

A Meme-Worthy Budget

The government is clear in its messaging – be ready to be a good slave of the new century. Illustration: The Wire, w...

‘Concerns of 20 Lakh Ignored’ As Karnataka Again Exempts IT Companies from Key Labour Law

While corporates complain that labour laws cannot be applicable to ‘sunrise’ industries and would mess with their ease o...

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No Transport for Poor Indians

The last 10 years have seen a remarkable disinterest in running and maintaining transport for the poor. Even in all the ...

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Electoral Bonds: Or the Story of How the Rich Buy Their Way Up

The electoral bonds scam has opened up the complex nexus between business and politics, making it visible for all to see...

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Finance Matters | 16 February 2024

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How they are Bleeding the Public Sector Banks and Road Ahead

How they are Bleeding the Public Sector Banks and Road Ahead 26th December 2023 5 PM – 7 PM Speakers: Rupam Roy Ge...

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Micron deal: Whose profit, whose loss?

https://www.cenfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Micron-Deal-whose-profit-whose-loss.mp3 When a deal takes place between...

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Why are Indian millionaires moving abroad?

https://www.cenfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Why-are-millionaires-leaving-India-Podcast.mp3 6,500 high-net-worth ind...

Another Data leak!

https://www.cenfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CoWin-Data-Breach.mp3 Another data breach, this time from the CoWin por...

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Balasore Train Accident—Safety Before Speed

https://www.cenfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Safety-before-Speed.mp3 The triple train collision in Odisha on 2nd Jun...

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February 18, 2025

Kavita Kabeer

The government is clear in its messaging – be ready to be a good slave of the new century. Illustration: The Wire, with Canva. Leaving people in the lurch is not a new thing for the Modi government. If people have not understood this, it is clearly their fault, they had 10 years to do so. You ca...

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July 1, 2024

Kavita Kabeer

‘Concerns of 20 Lakh Ignored’ As Karnataka Again Exempts IT Companies from Key Labour Law

While corporates complain that labour laws cannot be applicable to ‘sunrise’ industries and would mess with their ease of doing business, it is crucial to ask, aren’t fair working conditions a fundamental right, hard fought for and achieved? Representative image of an IT office in Bengaluru. Photo:...

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May 29, 2024

Kavita Kabeer

No Transport for Poor Indians

The last 10 years have seen a remarkable disinterest in running and maintaining transport for the poor. Even in all the cacophony around development, the sounds and sights of the poor trying to catch buses and trains are buried in the background. Photo: Snowscat/Unsplash The noise around ‘Vande Bhar...

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April 11, 2024

Kavita Kabeer

Electoral Bonds: Or the Story of How the Rich Buy Their Way Up

The electoral bonds scam has opened up the complex nexus between business and politics, making it visible for all to see – how favours are earned and exchanged by the top 1% even as over 800 million have to be grateful for getting ‘free’ rations. Many reports on inequality in recent years clearly sh...

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September 15, 2026

Kavita Kabeer

Finance Matters | 16 February 2024

Finance Matters

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December 23, 2023

Kavita Kabeer

How they are Bleeding the Public Sector Banks and Road Ahead

How they are Bleeding the Public Sector Banks and Road Ahead 26th December 2023 5 PM – 7 PM Speakers: Rupam Roy Gen Sec AIBOC Jayati Ghosh Senior Economist Thomas Franco People First Chirashree Dasgupta JNU R Ramakumar TISS Moderated by: Anirban Bhattacharya Centre for Financial Accountability...

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July 19, 2023

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Micron deal: Whose profit, whose loss?

https://www.cenfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Micron-Deal-whose-profit-whose-loss.mp3 When a deal takes place between two parties, it is supposed to be fruitful for both. But the recent deal with Micron, signed on PM Modi’s visit to the US and initially hailed as a major technological breakthroug...

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March 11, 2026

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Why are Indian millionaires moving abroad?

https://www.cenfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Why-are-millionaires-leaving-India-Podcast.mp3 6,500 high-net-worth individuals are going to leave India this year, as per the latest Henley Private Wealth Migration Report. Last year, 7500 millionaires left India. Worldwide, a total of 122,000 millio...

Another Data leak!

https://www.cenfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CoWin-Data-Breach.mp3 Another data breach, this time from the CoWin portal, is serving as a reminder of India’s weak data protection system and the need to immediately work on it. Last week, The Fourth, a news portal, reported that a telegram bot is l...

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March 11, 2026

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Balasore Train Accident—Safety Before Speed

https://www.cenfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Safety-before-Speed.mp3 The triple train collision in Odisha on 2nd June, left about 300 dead and over 1000 injured, sending the country in shock and horror. Most passengers in the crowded Howrah-Chennai Coromandel Express were migrants travelling to...

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