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July 18, 2019: In a significant move, which will have repercussions at multiple levels, yesterday the World Bank has decided to pull out of the $300 million lending to the Amaravati Capital City project in Andhra Pradesh. Working Group on International Financial Institutions (WGonIFIs) and the affec...

Amaravati Capital City project Press Releases World Bank

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January 3, 2022

Tani Alex

Report: Encroachment of Nature, People and Livelihoods: A Case of Amaravati Capital City (2014-2019)

This brief report aims to throw light on the critical lapses and breaches which have been committed during the design, pre-appraisal and Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment – Environment and Social Management Framework (SESA-ESMF) procedures for Project PI59808: India- Proposed Amaravati S...

Amaravati Capital City project Publications

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March 11, 2026

CFA Admin

Tata Mundra: The Story Of A Valiant Struggle

On February 27, 2019, the US Supreme Court in a 7-1 decision ruled that international organisations like the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a private-lending arm of the World Bank Group, do not enjoy absolute immunity as they indulge in the commercial activities. The case pertains to the 4...

International Finance Corporation International Finance Institutions Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Project Videos

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September 18, 2025

Anuradha Munshi

Update: A Great Victory: The Fight Continues!

In its historic decision on 27th Feb 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that international organizations like the World Bank Group “don’t enjoy absolute immunity”. Simply put, with this judgement, the World Bank and other international financial institutions can be sued anywhere for the damages...

Energy International Finance International Finance Institutions Publications Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Project World Bank

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June 20, 2019

The Economic Times

Cut Out Taking Those Shortcuts

This February, in a landmark decision, the US Supreme Court ruled that financial institutions like the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) are not immune from the law of land, and can be held accountable for their decisions across the world. This was the first time ever a case chall...

Coverage International Finance Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Project World Bank

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March 11, 2026

WGIFIs

What does the US Supreme Court’s Judgement mean for the People of Mundra?

What does the US Supreme Court’s Judgement on World Bank Group’s Immunity Mean for the people of Mundra, Gujarat, India and beyond? Dr Bharat Patel General Secretary, Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan and one of the co-petitioners, tells.

International Finance Corporation International Finance Institutions Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Project Videos

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March 2, 2019

CFA Admin

Press Release: Historic Supreme Court Win: WB Group Is Not Above The Law

For Immediate Release February 27, 2019 New Delhi: In a historic 7-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court decided in Jam v. IFC that international organizations like the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group do not enjoy absolute immunity. The Court’s decision marks a defining mom...

International Finance International Finance Corporation Press Releases Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Project World Bank

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February 19, 2019

CNBC TV18

Amaravati, Chandrababu Naidu’s Dream Capital In Andhra Pradesh, Faces A Huge Hurdle — Lack Of Capital

In the last four years since Amaravati was conceived, the government has successfully aggregated 34,000 acres of land from almost 28,000 farmers. According to agriculture experts, the area between Guntur and Vijayawada, which been earmarked for Amaravati, is one of the most fertile belts of the sta...

Amaravati Capital City project Coverage

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November 21, 2018

Huffington Post

For Gujarat Fishermen Fighting World Bank, Donald Trump And US Supreme Court Are Unlikely Allies

The Mundra residents hope the US top court will allow them to sue the World Bank’s IFC, which partly funded Tata Group’s thermal power project. NEW DELHI–Villagers fighting against a controversial Tata Group thermal power plant in Mundra in Gujarat are looking to the US Supreme Court to decide...

Coverage Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Project

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March 11, 2026

CFA Admin

Violations, Inspection Panel’s Report And State Repression In The Amaravati Capital City Project

Meera Sanghamira of the NAPM speaks on the various violations being done to implement the Amaravati Capital City Project. People’s response to it including approaching the World Bank’s Inspection Panel, which visited and submitted a report, and the State’s response to the report. ...

Amaravati Capital City project Videos

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World Bank Pulls Out of Amaravati Capital City Project

Report: Encroachment of Nature, People and Livelihoods: A Case of Amaravati Capital City (2014-2019)

Tata Mundra: The Story Of A Valiant Struggle

Update: A Great Victory: The Fight Continues!

Cut Out Taking Those Shortcuts

What does the US Supreme Court’s Judgement mean for the People of Mundra?

Press Release: Historic Supreme Court Win: WB Group Is Not Above The Law

Amaravati, Chandrababu Naidu’s Dream Capital In Andhra Pradesh, Faces A Huge Hurdle — Lack Of Capital

For Gujarat Fishermen Fighting World Bank, Donald Trump And US Supreme Court Are Unlikely Allies

Violations, Inspection Panel’s Report And State Repression In The Amaravati Capital City Project

World Bank Pulls Out of Amaravati Capital City Project

Report: Encroachment of Nature, People and Livelihoods: A Case of Amaravati Capital City (2014-2019)

Tata Mundra: The Story Of A Valiant Struggle

Update: A Great Victory: The Fight Continues!

Cut Out Taking Those Shortcuts

What does the US Supreme Court’s Judgement mean for the People of Mundra?

Press Release: Historic Supreme Court Win: WB Group Is Not Above The Law

Amaravati, Chandrababu Naidu’s Dream Capital In Andhra Pradesh, Faces A Huge Hurdle — Lack Of Capital

For Gujarat Fishermen Fighting World Bank, Donald Trump And US Supreme Court Are Unlikely Allies

Violations, Inspection Panel’s Report And State Repression In The Amaravati Capital City Project

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