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May 14, 2018
Big Push for the Development of Hydropower in India
There has been a worldwide growth in hydropower development, with 31.5 GW new capacity installed in 2016. This figure includes 6.4 GW of pumped storage – nearly double the previous year – while there is a further 20 GW of pumped storage under construction globally. This growth is indicative of impen...
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March 14, 2024
Booklet: Tentacles of International Finance in India
This document is an effort to compile data of investments coming into India from MDBs, ExIm banks and other bilateral investments, to help understand the landscape of financing from these institutions and help to understand the overlaps of international financial institutions in certain key sectors....
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February 23, 2026
Huge Overlap in Investments by MDBs, ExIM Banks, and Bilaterals on Critical Sectors
Ever since the first lending from World Bank in 1949 worth $34 million to Indian Railways and the bilateral credit India received from the erstwhile USSR and USA in the early 50s, India has been a recipient of significant funds from different multilateral and bilateral sources. While each of these l...
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Booklet: Parliament Supremacy Undermined?
An Analysis of Parliamentary Debates in India on International Financial Institutions (1984-2009) This report critically examines how international financial institutions (IFIs) such as the World Bank, IMF, and Asian Development Bank have increasingly influenced policy decisions in India—often witho...
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