CFA, Author at Centre for Financial Accountability

The Missing Clause: Climate in India’s Labour Codes

India’s four new labour codes came into effect in November 2025, and the rules to run them were notified in May 20...

Climate Heirs: Young Voices for Climate Justice Why this Campaign?

On 26th August 2026, an ice-rock avalanche near the Nepal-Tibet border wreaked havoc across vast regions of Northern and...

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Why was the Bhumi Green Energy Waste-to-Energy Incinerator Plant temporarily shut down?

This fact-finding report examines the environmental compliance, monitoring practices, and impacts on agriculture and h...

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Free No More: UPI’s New Fee and Who Really Pays | Editorial

Finance Matters | 18 September 2026 For years, UPI has been sold to Indians as a triumph of public infrastructure, free,...

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Political Economy of Development Finance: People, Climate and Economy

Date: 29th Oct to 1st Nov, 2026 Development sounds like a “neutral” term, but in effect it’s one of the most contested ...

Indian Economy Latest Workshops

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CoP & Climate Finance: Course Details

Date: October 26–30, 2026Time: 6:00–8:00 PM | Everyday Online | Zoom 30-35 participants per batch Fee: ₹5,000 (Pa...

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The Missing BRIC(S)

The 18th BRICS Summit hosted under the presidency of India on September 12 & 13 is happening at a time when the ...

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Press Release: A Decade On, the New Development Bank (BRICS Bank) Still Leaves Affected Communities Without Redress

A Decade On, the New Development Bank (BRICS Bank) Still Leaves Affected Communities Without Redress No independent acco...

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Gloating in False Growth?

“The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” Those are the famous word...

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People’s BRICS Delhi Declaration

As India hosts the BRICS Summit in 2026, we, the people of one of BRICS’s founding countries, call on BRICS members...

BRICS General International Finance

October 2, 2026

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The Missing Clause: Climate in India’s Labour Codes

India’s four new labour codes came into effect in November 2025, and the rules to run them were notified in May 2026. They were meant to make labour law simpler and wider in reach. But they do not mention climate change even once, though the last eleven years have been the warmest on record. T...

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September 30, 2026

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Climate Heirs: Young Voices for Climate Justice Why this Campaign?

On 26th August 2026, an ice-rock avalanche near the Nepal-Tibet border wreaked havoc across vast regions of Northern and Central Nepal. By September 10 2026, the death toll had risen to 1377, with over 5000 people missing, and immeasurable damage to land and property. Climate scientists have opined ...

Energy Oil and gas Programmes

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October 1, 2026

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Why was the Bhumi Green Energy Waste-to-Energy Incinerator Plant temporarily shut down?

This fact-finding report examines the environmental compliance, monitoring practices, and impacts on agriculture and health of the Bhumi Green Energy Waste-to-Energy incinerator plant located in Tung village, Sangli district, Maharashtra. The report is based on documents obtained through the RTI A...

Energy Latest Publications WTE(Waste to Energy)

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September 25, 2026

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Free No More: UPI’s New Fee and Who Really Pays | Editorial

Finance Matters | 18 September 2026 For years, UPI has been sold to Indians as a triumph of public infrastructure, free, instant, and universal. That story just changed. Starting October 15, every UPI transaction above ₹2,000 will attract a 0.4% fee, capped at ₹300 for payments of ₹75,000 and above....

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September 30, 2026

CFA

Political Economy of Development Finance: People, Climate and Economy

Date: 29th Oct to 1st Nov, 2026 Development sounds like a “neutral” term, but in effect it’s one of the most contested ideas in modern history and so is the idea of development finance. When in history did “developed” and underdeveloped” become the buzzwords? What’s the politics of these words, and...

Indian Economy Latest Workshops

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September 30, 2026

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CoP & Climate Finance: Course Details

Date: October 26–30, 2026Time: 6:00–8:00 PM | Everyday Online | Zoom 30-35 participants per batch Fee: ₹5,000 (Partial waivers available for eligible candidates) Apply here: https://forms.gle/yFTBtamZqWWx4u8o8 Session 1 — CoP & Institutional Governance Mechanisms: History & Evolut...

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September 16, 2026

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The Missing BRIC(S)

The 18th BRICS Summit hosted under the presidency of India on September 12 & 13 is happening at a time when the world is passing through geo political instability. In their responses to Trump’s tariff regime, genocide in Palestine or the attacks by Israel and US on Iran – a member of the blo...

BRICS FM EditS General International Finance

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September 16, 2026

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Press Release: A Decade On, the New Development Bank (BRICS Bank) Still Leaves Affected Communities Without Redress

A Decade On, the New Development Bank (BRICS Bank) Still Leaves Affected Communities Without Redress No independent accountability mechanism, a disclosure policy still labeled “interim” after nearly ten years, and case studies from India and other BRICS countries show the cost of those g...

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September 16, 2026

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Gloating in False Growth?

“The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” Those are the famous words from the 1995 thriller ‘Usual Suspects’. That’s a line that one recalls looking at the 7.8% GDP growth figure for the first quarter that the government is boasting about. F...

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September 16, 2026

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People’s BRICS Delhi Declaration

As India hosts the BRICS Summit in 2026, we, the people of one of BRICS’s founding countries, call on BRICS members to forge a development model based on solidarity, dignity, participatory democracy, and respect for human rights and the environment. The emergence of BRICS in 2009 signalled hope...

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