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In effect, India’s tax system mimics advanced economies in numbers but lacks the redistributive structure of the progressive nations.The World Economic Forum (WEF) has described severe income inequality as the biggest risk facing the world. Credit: IPS “Tax terrorism” – that’s how the opposition des...

Coverage General Indian Economy

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July 29, 2025

The New Indian Express

17th BRICS Summit: Bold words, blunt impact

While this Declaration is timely and music to many, and at first glance looks impressive and ambitious, a closer reading reveals its limited substance. Instead of providing new solutions, many of the clauses reiterate past positions and lack substantive commitment If one were to go solely by the Dec...

Coverage General International Finance

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July 28, 2025

Subasree K

Waste-to-Energy Plants, Once Regarded As Panacea For India’s Garbage Crisis, Are Worsening Toxic Air In Cities

Framed as a solution to India’s urban waste crisis, 20 waste-to-energy plants across India, handling 19,900 tonnes or one eighth of India’s total daily waste generation, emit toxic pollutants that endanger public health. Marginalised communities are disproportionately affected by pollution fro...

Coverage WTE(Waste to Energy)

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July 17, 2025

Counterview

Polluter profits? Corporate lobbying behind GoI coal power plants emission rules relaxation

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC)’s notification on July 11, 2025, relaxing the 2015 mandate for Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) systems in coal-based thermal power plants (TPPs) has drawn sharp criticism for creating a hazardous health divide and undermining India’...

Coal Coverage Energy

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July 11, 2025

Soumya Dutta, Dr Vishvaja S & Daniya Dabre

Environmental and climate governance in India in 2024-25

In the last one year of the union government’s environmental and climate performance, the negatives far outweigh a few positives. The Environmental Performance Index rank of India, at 176 out of 180 countries assessed and with a very low score of 27.6 out of 100, reflects this reality. Environmental...

Climate Finance Coverage Energy General

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July 7, 2025

Asmi Sharma & Joe Athialy

Too Many BRICS, Not Enough Cement

With India slated to take over the presidency once again in 2026, the question is, would India use the opportunity to address key issues or would it again, as seen during the G20 presidency, use the opportunity for another political spectacle, photo-ops and glitter. Leaders of the expanded BRICS g...

BRICS Coverage General International Finance

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June 30, 2025

Amitav Ghosh

A Tragic Predicament

Excerpt from Wild Fictions By Amitav Ghosh ‘Trees were my teachers,’ wrote the German poet Friedrich Hölderlin, and if there is any place on Earth that could say the same of itself, it is Ternate, a tiny island in the archipelago that was once known as the Moluccas or Spice Islands. It is now part o...

Coverage General

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September 11, 2025

Anirban Bhattacharya

Loan Write-offs and Reduction in Rural Bank Branches Are Undermining Financial Inclusion in India

As the DFS gears up for its stock-taking meet, it must recall that true financial inclusion needs more public sector bank branches and staff. Soldiers and SBI officials at a PM Jan Dhan Yojana camp in rural Manipur in 2016. Photo: X/@easterncomd. It appears that a major stock-taking and brainstorm...

Coverage Debt Crisis & NBFCs General Indian Economy

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June 27, 2025

Anitha Sampath & Joe Athaily

The World Bank’s Nuclear U-Turn Will Endanger Developing Nations

The World Bank must reconsider this dangerous path and ensure that its energy financing truly supports climate resilience and equitable development, rather than exposing vulnerable populations to unnecessary risks. The World Bank’s recent decision to end its long-standing ban on funding nuclear ener...

Coverage Energy General International Finance Renewable World Bank

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June 27, 2025

Counterview

Whither Make in India? Unemployment surges despite India’s economic ranking boost claim

India’s rising unemployment continues to cast a shadow over its much-touted economic ascent, with official data revealing that the jobless rate climbed to 5.6% in May 2025 from 5.1% the previous month. The worrying uptick comes even as the government celebrates India’s emergence as the world’s third...

Coverage Indian Economy

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India’s Unequal Tax Structure: The Rich Pay Less, The Rest Get Less

17th BRICS Summit: Bold words, blunt impact

Waste-to-Energy Plants, Once Regarded As Panacea For India’s Garbage Crisis, Are Worsening Toxic Air In Cities

Polluter profits? Corporate lobbying behind GoI coal power plants emission rules relaxation

Environmental and climate governance in India in 2024-25

Too Many BRICS, Not Enough Cement

A Tragic Predicament

Loan Write-offs and Reduction in Rural Bank Branches Are Undermining Financial Inclusion in India

The World Bank’s Nuclear U-Turn Will Endanger Developing Nations

Whither Make in India? Unemployment surges despite India’s economic ranking boost claim

India’s Unequal Tax Structure: The Rich Pay Less, The Rest Get Less

17th BRICS Summit: Bold words, blunt impact

Waste-to-Energy Plants, Once Regarded As Panacea For India’s Garbage Crisis, Are Worsening Toxic Air In Cities

Polluter profits? Corporate lobbying behind GoI coal power plants emission rules relaxation

Environmental and climate governance in India in 2024-25

Too Many BRICS, Not Enough Cement

A Tragic Predicament

Loan Write-offs and Reduction in Rural Bank Branches Are Undermining Financial Inclusion in India

The World Bank’s Nuclear U-Turn Will Endanger Developing Nations

Whither Make in India? Unemployment surges despite India’s economic ranking boost claim

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