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May 8, 2018
कोयला सेक्टर में भारतीय बैंकों का कर्ज
भारत की पावर कम्पनियो को मिला जनवरी 2014 से सितम्बर 2017 के बीच 3.79 लाख करोड से भी अधिक का कर्ज। विदेशी व्यवसायिक बैकों ने भारत की पावर कम्पनियो मे किया 84,206 करोड का निवेश। भारत दुनिया का तीसरा सबसे अधिक ग्रीनहाउस गैंस उत्सर्जक है। इसलिये भारत के लिये ओर भी महत्वपूर्ण हो जाता है कि वह जलवायु परिव...
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December 6, 2017
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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February 18, 2019
India’s Thermal Power Projects are Making Even our Public-Sector Banks Sick
We all know of the killing impacts of coal based power plants – from the massive air pollution, from water contamination and from the dirty coal mines.  As per the “State of Global Air 2017” report, there were over 4.2 million premature deaths in 2015, from exposure to long term air pollution alone,...
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September 3, 2017
The corruption in the power sector is in the tune of over one lakh crore: Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
August 23, 2017, New Delhi: “The corruption in the power sector is in the tune of over one lakh crore,” said senior journalist and author Paranjoy Guha Thakurta. The former editor of EPW and author of Gas Wars alleged that out of this, Rs one lakh crore, the corruption of Rs 50,000 is ‘well-establis...
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March 27, 2018
Communities Affected by Tata Mundra Approach US Court to Review “Absolute Immunity” Doctrine
For Immediate Release After a Judge declared World Bank immunity cases “wrongly decided,” the communities affected by the Tata Mundra project approach US court to review “absolute immunity” doctrine Communities harmed by Tata Mundra coal power plant in India continue to seek justice from World Bank...
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January 23, 2018
Press release: Federal Appeals Court Rules That World Bank Group Cannot Be Sued For Harming Communities
For Immediate Release Federal Appeals Court Rules That World Bank Group Cannot Be Sued For Harming Communities Affected Communities Plan Further Legal Challenge June 27, 2017, Washington D.C., and Mundra: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has held that the International ...
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