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The Budget Presents Government’s Myopic Vision on the Banking Sector

The first budget of the newly re-elected government was placed on July 5, 2019, by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharam...

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Snippets from the World of International Financial Institutions – June, 2019

This monthly column tracking developments in the world of the international finance looks into the review of Equator Pri...

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RBI Dives Into Unchartered Territory To Infuse Liquidity In The Markets

Since the beginning of 2019 till last month, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has already cut the repo rates twice by 25 ...

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Snippets from the World of International Financial Institutions – May, 2019

IMF loans a continuous saga of conditionality. The latest in the countries that have received the International Monetary...

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JPMorgan Chase Must Stop Financing Fossil Fuels, Demand 300 CSOs

Around 300 organisations, representing over thirty million supporters from around the world, called on the JPMorgan Chas...

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Over 250 CSOs Ask Governments and IFIs to Stop Funding Hydropower

“We live in an age of urgency… We cannot remain silent onlookers while corporate profiteers, financiers, and their...

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Snippets from the World of National Financial Institutions – May, 2019

More NPAs to haunt banks with IL&FS Exposures: The NCLT has asked the banks to consider their exposure to ILFS as NP...

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अडानी के घाटे को जनता की जेब पर थोपती सरकार

लोकसभा चुनाव के बीच, केद्रिंय विधुत विनियामक आयोग ने अडानी मुद्रां पावर परियोजना की 2000 मेगावाट यूनिट का तय टैरिफ 2.80 ...

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Snippets from the World of International Financial Institutions – April, 2019

The New World Bank President The annual Spring Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the...

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Over 50 Organisations From The World Ask Japan To Stop Funding Coal

In full-page advertisements in the Financial Times and Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan’s largest daily newspaper, 50 repute...

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February 7, 2020

Ashish Kajla

The Budget Presents Government’s Myopic Vision on the Banking Sector

The first budget of the newly re-elected government was placed on July 5, 2019, by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The budget failed to address the real problems of the economy like unemployment, agrarian crisis, healthcare, and debt-ridden banking sector. Economists have also pointed out t...

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June 29, 2019

Maju Varghese

Snippets from the World of International Financial Institutions – June, 2019

This monthly column tracking developments in the world of the international finance looks into the review of Equator Principles, ITUC’s critique on IMF Framework on Social Spending, and World Bank’s report on the Global Economic Protects. Equator Principles being reviewed! Equator Principles, a set ...

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February 7, 2020

Priyanka

RBI Dives Into Unchartered Territory To Infuse Liquidity In The Markets

Since the beginning of 2019 till last month, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has already cut the repo rates twice by 25 basis points (0.25%) each time. However, both of these attempts have not resulted into much increase in liquidity in the market. In response to the 50 basis points (0.50%) cuts by ...

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May 31, 2019

Maju Varghese

Snippets from the World of International Financial Institutions – May, 2019

IMF loans a continuous saga of conditionality. The latest in the countries that have received the International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans after Greece and Turkey is Pakistan. This is Pakistan’s thirteenth loan from IMF in the past three decades. IMF has committed to a loan of USD 6 billion disbursed...

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May 24, 2019

Ankit Agrawal

JPMorgan Chase Must Stop Financing Fossil Fuels, Demand 300 CSOs

Around 300 organisations, representing over thirty million supporters from around the world, called on the JPMorgan Chase to stop financing expansion of fossil fuels, and commit to phasing out funding of fossil fuels in time to limit climate change to 1.5°C. In a letter addressed to Jamie Dimon, Cha...

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May 17, 2019

Ankit Agrawal

Over 250 CSOs Ask Governments and IFIs to Stop Funding Hydropower

“We live in an age of urgency… We cannot remain silent onlookers while corporate profiteers, financiers, and their allies peddle false solutions for addressing climate change and implementing sustainable development,” declared the joint statement issued by over 250 Civil Society Organisations ...

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June 14, 2019

Priya Dharshini

Snippets from the World of National Financial Institutions – May, 2019

More NPAs to haunt banks with IL&FS Exposures: The NCLT has asked the banks to consider their exposure to ILFS as NPAs. Earlier NCLT has restricted banks from declaring their exposure to IL&FS prompting the RBI to send circular asking banks to declare them as NPA. Early this NCLT changed its...

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February 7, 2020

Rajesh Kumar

अडानी के घाटे को जनता की जेब पर थोपती सरकार

लोकसभा चुनाव के बीच, केद्रिंय विधुत विनियामक आयोग ने अडानी मुद्रां पावर परियोजना की 2000 मेगावाट यूनिट का तय टैरिफ 2.80 रुपए से बढाकर 3.10 रुपए करने का आदेश जारी कर दिया है। इसका मतलब यह है की पंजाब, हरियाणा, राजस्थान और महाराष्ट्र की जनता पहले की तुलने में 30 पैसे प्रति यूनिट दर से अडानी से बिजली ख...

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April 29, 2019

Maju Varghese

Snippets from the World of International Financial Institutions – April, 2019

The New World Bank President The annual Spring Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was held in Washington DC this year with David Malpass taking over as the new president of the World Bank President after Jim Yong Kim prematurel...

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April 27, 2019

Ankit Agrawal

Over 50 Organisations From The World Ask Japan To Stop Funding Coal

In full-page advertisements in the Financial Times and Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan’s largest daily newspaper, 50 reputed organisations, working on environment and accountability related issues, from across the world have appealed to Shinzo Abe to stop funding coal. The advertisements, endorsed by W...

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The Budget Presents Government’s Myopic Vision on the Banking Sector

Snippets from the World of International Financial Institutions – June, 2019

RBI Dives Into Unchartered Territory To Infuse Liquidity In The Markets

Snippets from the World of International Financial Institutions – May, 2019

JPMorgan Chase Must Stop Financing Fossil Fuels, Demand 300 CSOs

Over 250 CSOs Ask Governments and IFIs to Stop Funding Hydropower

Snippets from the World of National Financial Institutions – May, 2019

अडानी के घाटे को जनता की जेब पर थोपती सरकार

Snippets from the World of International Financial Institutions – April, 2019

Over 50 Organisations From The World Ask Japan To Stop Funding Coal

The Budget Presents Government’s Myopic Vision on the Banking Sector

Snippets from the World of International Financial Institutions – June, 2019

RBI Dives Into Unchartered Territory To Infuse Liquidity In The Markets

Snippets from the World of International Financial Institutions – May, 2019

JPMorgan Chase Must Stop Financing Fossil Fuels, Demand 300 CSOs

Over 250 CSOs Ask Governments and IFIs to Stop Funding Hydropower

Snippets from the World of National Financial Institutions – May, 2019

अडानी के घाटे को जनता की जेब पर थोपती सरकार

Snippets from the World of International Financial Institutions – April, 2019

Over 50 Organisations From The World Ask Japan To Stop Funding Coal