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The Panama and Paradise Papers Exposes the Elites

In a paper that Desmond Fernandes and I wrote in the late 1990s, entitled “Deep Politics, Liberalisation and Corruption:...

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Forget lessons from the past, Arun Jaitley’s bank recapitalisation even buried a July audit report

Hailed as a “big-bang move” by bankers, the government’s plan to recapitalise public sector banks with Rs 2.1 lakh crore...

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Debunking World Bank’s argument on large-scale infrastructure investment

World Bank’s Chief Economist Ejaz Ghani recently advocated for the large-scale infrastructure investment mentioning that...

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Financial Analysis of the Blue Economy, Especially Sagarmala Project

Financial Analysis of the Blue Economy: Sagarmala’s Case in Point by Dr Himanshu Damle of Public Finance Public Accounta...

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Money Trail of NTPC owned Rampal Power Project

October 14, 2017, New Delhi: Some of the biggest players in global finance are quietly backing the world’s most dangerou...

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Communities affected by Tata Mundra will ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear case against IFC challenging “absolute immunity”

September 27, 2017, Mundra, Gujarat: Fishing communities and farmers affected by Tata Mundra said on Friday that they wo...

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Indian fishing communities will ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear case against World Bank Group challenging “absolute immunity”

Indian fishing communities will ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear case against World Bank Group challenging “absolute immun...

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FRDI: Robbing Savings to Pay Corporate Debts

Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance (FRDI) Bill, 2017 is supposedly the new weapon in the government’s arsenal to...

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Why is the government in hurry to pass the FRDI Bill?

The Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill (FRDI) was introduced by the Union Minister of State for Finance Arj...

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India Needs Good Banks And Not Big Banks

More than 10,000 bank employees and officers from across the country marched from Ramlila Grounds to Parliament on Septe...

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January 22, 2018

Leo Saldanha

The Panama and Paradise Papers Exposes the Elites

In a paper that Desmond Fernandes and I wrote in the late 1990s, entitled “Deep Politics, Liberalisation and Corruption: The Mangalore Power Company Controversy”[i], a paper that exhaustively discussed implications to India due to liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation of the economy, we pr...

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November 20, 2018

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Forget lessons from the past, Arun Jaitley’s bank recapitalisation even buried a July audit report

Hailed as a “big-bang move” by bankers, the government’s plan to recapitalise public sector banks with Rs 2.1 lakh crores is deemed to hold magical powers that will help turn around their financial situations. The announcement of the plan by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on October 24 was a reiterat...

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December 4, 2017

Leo Saldanha

Debunking World Bank’s argument on large-scale infrastructure investment

World Bank’s Chief Economist Ejaz Ghani recently advocated for the large-scale infrastructure investment mentioning that Golden Quadrilateral project has given a massive boost to manufacturing activity and productivity in districts located within 10km of the network and improved allocative efficienc...

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February 18, 2026

Himanshu Damle

Financial Analysis of the Blue Economy, Especially Sagarmala Project

Financial Analysis of the Blue Economy: Sagarmala’s Case in Point by Dr Himanshu Damle of Public Finance Public Accountability Collective, New Delhi and could be reached at himanshudamle@pfpac.net The article was originally published here in an abridged form. Click here to view ...

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November 21, 2017

CFA Admin

Money Trail of NTPC owned Rampal Power Project

October 14, 2017, New Delhi: Some of the biggest players in global finance are quietly backing the world’s most dangerous coal plant, according to an international investigative report released earlier this week. The report titled Time to Come Clean: How International Investors Can Stop the World’s ...

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December 6, 2017

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Communities affected by Tata Mundra will ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear case against IFC challenging “absolute immunity”

September 27, 2017, Mundra, Gujarat: Fishing communities and farmers affected by Tata Mundra said on Friday that they would approach the U.S. Supreme Court to review the decision of U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which upheld the entitlement of the World Bank Group to “...

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September 30, 2017

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Indian fishing communities will ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear case against World Bank Group challenging “absolute immunity”

Indian fishing communities will ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear case against World Bank Group challenging “absolute immunity” Contact: Gillian Wilson +1 (202) 466 5188 x114 gillian@earthrights.org September 27, 2017, Washington, D.C. Indian fishing communities and farmers represented by EarthRights I...

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January 23, 2018

Priya Dharshini

FRDI: Robbing Savings to Pay Corporate Debts

Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance (FRDI) Bill, 2017 is supposedly the new weapon in the government’s arsenal to ‘solve’ the bad loan crisis. This Bill’s stated objective is to form a Resolution Corporation that would ‘resolve’ a financial institution through means of a merger, amalgamation,...

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February 7, 2020

Priya Dharshini

Why is the government in hurry to pass the FRDI Bill?

The Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill (FRDI) was introduced by the Union Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal in the Parliament (Lok Sabha) on August 10, 2017, on the penultimate day of the Monsoon Session of the Parliament. Besides the content of the Bill, there were disrup...

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February 7, 2020

Priya Dharshini

India Needs Good Banks And Not Big Banks

More than 10,000 bank employees and officers from across the country marched from Ramlila Grounds to Parliament on September 15, 2017. They were marching to protest the anti-people banking reforms being implemented by successive governments post-liberalisation and not taking corrective measures to g...

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The Panama and Paradise Papers Exposes the Elites

Forget lessons from the past, Arun Jaitley’s bank recapitalisation even buried a July audit report

Debunking World Bank’s argument on large-scale infrastructure investment

Financial Analysis of the Blue Economy, Especially Sagarmala Project

Money Trail of NTPC owned Rampal Power Project

Communities affected by Tata Mundra will ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear case against IFC challenging “absolute immunity”

Indian fishing communities will ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear case against World Bank Group challenging “absolute immunity”

FRDI: Robbing Savings to Pay Corporate Debts

Why is the government in hurry to pass the FRDI Bill?

India Needs Good Banks And Not Big Banks

The Panama and Paradise Papers Exposes the Elites

Forget lessons from the past, Arun Jaitley’s bank recapitalisation even buried a July audit report

Debunking World Bank’s argument on large-scale infrastructure investment

Financial Analysis of the Blue Economy, Especially Sagarmala Project

Money Trail of NTPC owned Rampal Power Project

Communities affected by Tata Mundra will ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear case against IFC challenging “absolute immunity”

Indian fishing communities will ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear case against World Bank Group challenging “absolute immunity”

FRDI: Robbing Savings to Pay Corporate Debts

Why is the government in hurry to pass the FRDI Bill?

India Needs Good Banks And Not Big Banks

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