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Finance Capital: The New “Demi-God”

‘God” is believed to have two strengths, viz., “he is omnipresent” and “he is the creator,...

CAG has been Functioning without Audit Advisory Board

The Audit Advisory Board (AAB) has not been reconstituted under the chairmanship of newly appointed Comptroller and Audi...

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LIC Rakes in Money Because of over 25 Crore Policyholders

Last week, according to the media reports, the board of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRD...

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AIIB’s Third AGM Prioritises PPPs and Funds for Infrastructure

AIIB Third Annual Governors Meeting Prioritises PPPs and Investments in Funds to Mobilize Private Capital for Infrastruc...

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Who is benefitting from the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project?

The information available in public domain is that JICA is financing the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project by lendin...

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PSBs Back Coal, Whereas Private-owned Renewables

A new analysis of energy project lending in India shows that majority of government-owned banks and financial institutio...

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AIIB’s $200m Investment in India would Revive Coal Projects

“AIIB’s proposed $ 200 million deal with India’s $2.1 billion National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) would t...

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Banks Desperate to Bail Out Coal Power Sector Outside IBC

According to recent news published on the Business Standard, the leading banks of India are designing a scheme for baili...

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US Supreme Court Ends Immunity of The World Bank Group

In a historic 7-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court decided today in Jam v. International Finance Corporation (IFC) that ...

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The AIIB Must Stop Funding Fossil Fuels

At the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank’s (AIIB) third AGM in India this June, the AIIB has an opportunity to lead th...

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July 28, 2018

Sanjeev Chandorkar

Finance Capital: The New “Demi-God”

‘God” is believed to have two strengths, viz., “he is omnipresent” and “he is the creator, reshaper and destroyer of everything around us”. “Finance Capital” is fast acquiring both these “strengths” Believers in “God” believe th...

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July 16, 2018

Himanshu Upadhyaya

CAG has been Functioning without Audit Advisory Board

The Audit Advisory Board (AAB) has not been reconstituted under the chairmanship of newly appointed Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, Shri Rajiv Mehrishi, who took over the office on September 25th, 2017. It has now been close to nine months and for the past some time CAG of India webs...

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July 16, 2018

Ankit Agrawal

LIC Rakes in Money Because of over 25 Crore Policyholders

Last week, according to the media reports, the board of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) approved public-owned Life Insurance Corporation’s (LIC) proposal to increase its stake in the troubled public sector bank Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) by invest...

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May 21, 2019

Anuradha Munshi

AIIB’s Third AGM Prioritises PPPs and Funds for Infrastructure

AIIB Third Annual Governors Meeting Prioritises PPPs and Investments in Funds to Mobilize Private Capital for Infrastructure as the Way Forward The last week of June saw India host the third annual meeting of the AIIB in Mumbai from the 25th Of June to the 26th of June 2018. The theme for this year’...

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May 21, 2019

CFA Admin

Who is benefitting from the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project?

The information available in public domain is that JICA is financing the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project by lending 88 thousand crore rupees at an interest rate of 0.1%. Payback period is 50 years with a moratorium of 15 years. The claim is that loan is free and Japan is behaving like a close ...

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February 24, 2026

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PSBs Back Coal, Whereas Private-owned Renewables

A new analysis of energy project lending in India shows that majority of government-owned banks and financial institutions continued to fund coal projects in 2017. The same analysis also reveals private financial companies are comparatively investing more in renewable energy (RE) projects compared t...

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February 24, 2026

CFA Admin

AIIB’s $200m Investment in India would Revive Coal Projects

“AIIB’s proposed $ 200 million deal with India’s $2.1 billion National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) would threaten to revive a host of stalled projects in the country potentially including coal, power, petroleum, railways and roads – many of which are currently shelved because of high s...

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July 6, 2018

Rajesh Kumar

Banks Desperate to Bail Out Coal Power Sector Outside IBC

According to recent news published on the Business Standard, the leading banks of India are designing a scheme for bailing out stressed assets in the power sector, which, as per the latest report of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy, are in the tune of Rs. 70,000 crores. According to the ne...

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September 7, 2019

CFA Admin

US Supreme Court Ends Immunity of The World Bank Group

In a historic 7-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court decided today in Jam v. International Finance Corporation (IFC) that international organizations like the World Bank Group can be sued in U.S. courts. The Court’s decision marks a defining moment for the IFC – the arm of the World Bank Group that le...

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August 21, 2018

CFA Admin

The AIIB Must Stop Funding Fossil Fuels

At the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank’s (AIIB) third AGM in India this June, the AIIB has an opportunity to lead the way in sending a strong signal to other investors that the era of fossil fuels is over and live up to its commitments to embrace the Paris Agreement on climate change and the Sus...

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Finance Capital: The New “Demi-God”

CAG has been Functioning without Audit Advisory Board

LIC Rakes in Money Because of over 25 Crore Policyholders

AIIB’s Third AGM Prioritises PPPs and Funds for Infrastructure

Who is benefitting from the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project?

PSBs Back Coal, Whereas Private-owned Renewables

AIIB’s $200m Investment in India would Revive Coal Projects

Banks Desperate to Bail Out Coal Power Sector Outside IBC

US Supreme Court Ends Immunity of The World Bank Group

The AIIB Must Stop Funding Fossil Fuels

Finance Capital: The New “Demi-God”

CAG has been Functioning without Audit Advisory Board

LIC Rakes in Money Because of over 25 Crore Policyholders

AIIB’s Third AGM Prioritises PPPs and Funds for Infrastructure

Who is benefitting from the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project?

PSBs Back Coal, Whereas Private-owned Renewables

AIIB’s $200m Investment in India would Revive Coal Projects

Banks Desperate to Bail Out Coal Power Sector Outside IBC

US Supreme Court Ends Immunity of The World Bank Group

The AIIB Must Stop Funding Fossil Fuels