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Will the Parliament Recognise the Impending Disaster, & Discuss Forced Evictions in Narmada Valley?

For the last 32 years, people in the Narmada valley are struggling against what they call as an unjust development which...

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Are green buildings a priority for IFC or a ploy to make inroads in the real estate sector?

Anuradha Munshi International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is going to invest up to $6 b...

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Indian Movements/CSOs Submit Comments on NITI Aayog’s Draft of National Energy Policy

A group of civil society organisations, which has reviewed, and analysed the 2017 draft of the National Energy Policy (N...

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Appointment of a new Indian ED at the World Bank raises a few Questions

With Subhash Chandra Garg assuming charge as secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) in the Finance Minist...

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The Draconian FRDI Bill, 2017 will Script Death to the Public Sector Banking

The union cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has recently approved the proposal to introduce the Financia...

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First-hand report from the AIIB’s Second Annual Board of Governors Meeting at Jeju (June 16-18, 2017)

Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) recently concluded its Second Annual Board of Governors’ meeting in Jeju, Sou...

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Bank mergers in the time of NPAs

Non-Performing Assets (NPAs), a euphemism for toxic or bad loans, has been looming over Public Sector Banks (PSBs) for o...

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Budget Session of Parliament: An Overview

The Constitution of India has accorded the Parliament the supremacy among the three organs of the Union government viz l...

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What is New with the New Development Bank?

After the storm of demonetisation, which unsettled the economy back home, India is hosting the 2nd annual meeting of New...

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Tata Mundra Lending – US Federal Appeals Court Hears Challenge to World Bank Group Immunity

February 07, 2017: Mundra, Gujarat The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard arguments in Bud...

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November 20, 2017

Maju Varghese

Will the Parliament Recognise the Impending Disaster, & Discuss Forced Evictions in Narmada Valley?

For the last 32 years, people in the Narmada valley are struggling against what they call as an unjust development which displaces tribals and farmers and inundates homes, agricultural fields, forests and thousands of centuries’ old temples, representing the rich culture of the Narmada valley....

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November 17, 2017

Anuradha Munshi

Are green buildings a priority for IFC or a ploy to make inroads in the real estate sector?

Anuradha Munshi International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is going to invest up to $6 billion in the next five years on various sustainable and renewable energy programmes in India, of which 20% will go in building eco-friendly or green homes in the country. IFC has ...

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May 23, 2018

CFA Admin

Indian Movements/CSOs Submit Comments on NITI Aayog’s Draft of National Energy Policy

A group of civil society organisations, which has reviewed, and analysed the 2017 draft of the National Energy Policy (NEP), submitted its comments and suggestions from the financial perspective for improving the draft of NEP. These comments and suggestions are in addition to the previous comments t...

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October 15, 2017

Joe Athialy

Appointment of a new Indian ED at the World Bank raises a few Questions

With Subhash Chandra Garg assuming charge as secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) in the Finance Ministry, the position of the Indian Executive Director (ED) at the World Bank has fallen vacant. The 1983-batch IAS officer of Rajasthan cadre, Garg was the ED at the World Bank from No...

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June 19, 2018

CFA Admin

The Draconian FRDI Bill, 2017 will Script Death to the Public Sector Banking

The union cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has recently approved the proposal to introduce the Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance (FRDI) Bill, 2017 in the upcoming monsoon session of the Parliament. The proposed bill, whose approval was given by the cabinet on June 14, 2017,...

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November 20, 2017

Anuradha Munshi

First-hand report from the AIIB’s Second Annual Board of Governors Meeting at Jeju (June 16-18, 2017)

Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) recently concluded its Second Annual Board of Governors’ meeting in Jeju, South Korea. The three-day-long meeting, during June 16-18, 2017, saw the participation of Board of Governors, representatives from the finance ministry of various countries, banking...

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February 7, 2020

Priya Dharshini

Bank mergers in the time of NPAs

Non-Performing Assets (NPAs), a euphemism for toxic or bad loans, has been looming over Public Sector Banks (PSBs) for over a year. C. P. Krishnan, the General Secretary of Bank Employees Federation of India (BEFI), says “the total NPA of the PSBs is around 6 lakh crores, on the top of it, the inter...

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February 7, 2020

Maju Varghese

Budget Session of Parliament: An Overview

The Constitution of India has accorded the Parliament the supremacy among the three organs of the Union government viz legislature, executive, and judiciary. Parliament not only makes the laws but also enables the citizens to participate in controlling the government. The Parliament applies various ...

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July 3, 2018

Joe Athialy

What is New with the New Development Bank?

After the storm of demonetisation, which unsettled the economy back home, India is hosting the 2nd annual meeting of New Development Bank (NDB) from March 31 – April 2, 2017. NDB is the financial arm of BRICS – a grouping of emerging economies Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, formed in...

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August 29, 2017

CFA Admin

Tata Mundra Lending – US Federal Appeals Court Hears Challenge to World Bank Group Immunity

February 07, 2017: Mundra, Gujarat The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard arguments in Budha Ismail Jam v. International Finance Corporation, a case against the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank Group’s private lending arm, for its role in funding ...

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Will the Parliament Recognise the Impending Disaster, & Discuss Forced Evictions in Narmada Valley?

Are green buildings a priority for IFC or a ploy to make inroads in the real estate sector?

Indian Movements/CSOs Submit Comments on NITI Aayog’s Draft of National Energy Policy

Appointment of a new Indian ED at the World Bank raises a few Questions

The Draconian FRDI Bill, 2017 will Script Death to the Public Sector Banking​

First-hand report from the AIIB’s Second Annual Board of Governors Meeting at Jeju (June 16-18, 2017)

Bank mergers in the time of NPAs

Budget Session of Parliament: An Overview

What is New with the New Development Bank?

Tata Mundra Lending – US Federal Appeals Court Hears Challenge to World Bank Group Immunity

Will the Parliament Recognise the Impending Disaster, & Discuss Forced Evictions in Narmada Valley?

Are green buildings a priority for IFC or a ploy to make inroads in the real estate sector?

Indian Movements/CSOs Submit Comments on NITI Aayog’s Draft of National Energy Policy

Appointment of a new Indian ED at the World Bank raises a few Questions

The Draconian FRDI Bill, 2017 will Script Death to the Public Sector Banking​

First-hand report from the AIIB’s Second Annual Board of Governors Meeting at Jeju (June 16-18, 2017)

Bank mergers in the time of NPAs

Budget Session of Parliament: An Overview

What is New with the New Development Bank?

Tata Mundra Lending – US Federal Appeals Court Hears Challenge to World Bank Group Immunity

The Draconian FRDI Bill, 2017 will Script Death to the Public Sector Banking

The Draconian FRDI Bill, 2017 will Script Death to the Public Sector Banking