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Recommendations on the draft report on the potential integration of the World Bank Group’s Independent Accountability Mechanisms

As part of the One World Bank push, there are ongoing discussions around merging the various Independent Accountabil...

Appeal from Civil Society for Immediate Loan Relief for Households, Individuals and Small Enterprises in the Context of Monsoon and Climate Emergency-Related Disasters

On urgent loan relief for households, individuals and small enterprises hit by the 2025 monsoon disasters To: Governor, ...

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Statement in Solidarity with Siddharth Vardarajan, Karan Thapar & The Wire

The targeting of Siddharth Varadarajan, Karan Thapar & The Wire by the regime is yet another attempt to flatten what...

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Fossil Fuel-based Economy and human rights – Submission by Indian Civil Society Groups

On 28 February 2025, a joint submission was made by 12 Indian civil society groups to the United Nations Human Rights Co...

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Alliance of Indian Waste Pickers Submits Recommendations on Draft Solid Waste Management Rules, 2024

The Alliance of Indian Waste Pickers (AIW) has submitted a comprehensive set of recommendations to the Ministry of Envir...

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Delhi-NCR civil society organizations, communities, and citizens urge the government to scrap the proposed expansion of toxic waste-to-energy incinerator projects in the National Capital Region

The deteriorating air quality and its health hazards across the world has raised the concerns around people’s right to b...

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Indian Civil Society Demands a new democratic financial system on World Bank/IMF’s 80th Anniversary

The Bretton Woods institutions – the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF)- have completed 80 years of existe...

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चुटका निर्माण के सवालों पर व्यापक विमर्श हो

चुटका परमाणु विरोधी संघर्ष समिति के दादू लाल कुङापे और मीरा बाई मरावी तथा बरगी बांध विस्थापित एवं प्रभावित संघ के र...

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A letter to the EDs of the IFC regarding the potential harms of investing in the WTE projects in Gujarat

Abellon Clean Energy Limited (ACEL) is a Waste to Energy (WTE) developer based out of Gujarat in India, who is developin...

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Issues raised by the Consortium comprising former mayors and commissioners of municipal corporations of Himachal Pradesh

The Chairperson and Members 16 Finance Commission of India New Delhi On the visit to Shimla, dated June 24, 2024. Subje...

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September 16, 2026

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Recommendations on the draft report on the potential integration of the World Bank Group’s Independent Accountability Mechanisms

As part of the One World Bank push, there are ongoing discussions around merging the various Independent Accountability Mechanisms (Inspection Panel and Compliance Advisor Ombudsman). A Task Force set up to explore options released a report on 26 March, open for public consultation. Instead of a...

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September 11, 2025

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Appeal from Civil Society for Immediate Loan Relief for Households, Individuals and Small Enterprises in the Context of Monsoon and Climate Emergency-Related Disasters

On urgent loan relief for households, individuals and small enterprises hit by the 2025 monsoon disasters To: Governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) • Chairpersons/CEOs of Scheduled Commercial Banks • Heads of NBFCs and Microfinance Institutions Copy to: Union Minister of Finance India is facing an u...

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August 20, 2025

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Statement in Solidarity with Siddharth Vardarajan, Karan Thapar & The Wire

The targeting of Siddharth Varadarajan, Karan Thapar & The Wire by the regime is yet another attempt to flatten what remains as one of the last few bastions of journalistic ethos and editorial courage in India. In the context of an entire media ecosystem of lies, platitudes, misinformation, hate...

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March 7, 2025

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Fossil Fuel-based Economy and human rights – Submission by Indian Civil Society Groups

On 28 February 2025, a joint submission was made by 12 Indian civil society groups to the United Nations Human Rights Council. The Human Rights Council is an intergovernmental body within the United Nations system, composed of 47 States, responsible for the promotion and protection of all human righ...

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February 27, 2025

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Alliance of Indian Waste Pickers Submits Recommendations on Draft Solid Waste Management Rules, 2024

The Alliance of Indian Waste Pickers (AIW) has submitted a comprehensive set of recommendations to the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change regarding the Draft Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2024. AIW, a national coalition representing over 1,04,465 waste pickers across 18 states...

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November 1, 2024

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Delhi-NCR civil society organizations, communities, and citizens urge the government to scrap the proposed expansion of toxic waste-to-energy incinerator projects in the National Capital Region

The deteriorating air quality and its health hazards across the world has raised the concerns around people’s right to breathe clean air. Delhi-NCR, particularly in the winter months, has in fact emerged as a hotspot of toxic air in the global map. The Delhi government has been desperate to find sol...

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November 2, 2024

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Indian Civil Society Demands a new democratic financial system on World Bank/IMF’s 80th Anniversary

The Bretton Woods institutions – the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF)- have completed 80 years of existence and operations. As people of the global south, who continue to bear the brunt of the impacts of colonial expansion, resource extraction, wealth concentration, climate change a...

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October 22, 2024

Dadu Lal Kungaape, Meera Bai Maravi & Raj Kumar Sinha

चुटका निर्माण के सवालों पर व्यापक विमर्श हो

चुटका परमाणु विरोधी संघर्ष समिति के दादू लाल कुङापे और मीरा बाई मरावी तथा बरगी बांध विस्थापित एवं प्रभावित संघ के राज कुमार सिन्हा ने संयुक्त बयान जारी करते हुए कहा है कि चुटका परमाणु संयंत्र निर्माण में तेजी लाने की खबर से क्षेत्र में हलचल शुरू हो गया है। परियोजना को लेकर संगठन और विशेषज्ञों द...

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July 7, 2024

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A letter to the EDs of the IFC regarding the potential harms of investing in the WTE projects in Gujarat

Abellon Clean Energy Limited (ACEL) is a Waste to Energy (WTE) developer based out of Gujarat in India, who is developing 4 WTE plants in Rajkot, Vadodara, Ahmedabad and Jamnagar of cumulative capacity 52.20 MW as of 2023. Of these four projects, the project in Jamnagar with a capacity to produce 7....

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July 2, 2024

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Issues raised by the Consortium comprising former mayors and commissioners of municipal corporations of Himachal Pradesh

The Chairperson and Members 16 Finance Commission of India New Delhi On the visit to Shimla, dated June 24, 2024. Subject: Issues raised by the Consortium comprising former mayors and commissioners of municipal corporations of Himachal Pradesh. Dear Chairperson Sir and Members, We, former mayors, ...

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Recommendations on the draft report on the potential integration of the World Bank Group’s Independent Accountability Mechanisms

Appeal from Civil Society for Immediate Loan Relief for Households, Individuals and Small Enterprises in the Context of Monsoon and Climate Emergency-Related Disasters

Statement in Solidarity with Siddharth Vardarajan, Karan Thapar & The Wire

Fossil Fuel-based Economy and human rights – Submission by Indian Civil Society Groups

Alliance of Indian Waste Pickers Submits Recommendations on Draft Solid Waste Management Rules, 2024

Delhi-NCR civil society organizations, communities, and citizens urge the government to scrap the proposed expansion of toxic waste-to-energy incinerator projects in the National Capital Region

Indian Civil Society Demands a new democratic financial system on World Bank/IMF’s 80th Anniversary

चुटका निर्माण के सवालों पर व्यापक विमर्श हो

A letter to the EDs of the IFC regarding the potential harms of investing in the WTE projects in Gujarat

Issues raised by the Consortium comprising former mayors and commissioners of municipal corporations of Himachal Pradesh

Recommendations on the draft report on the potential integration of the World Bank Group’s Independent Accountability Mechanisms

Appeal from Civil Society for Immediate Loan Relief for Households, Individuals and Small Enterprises in the Context of Monsoon and Climate Emergency-Related Disasters

Statement in Solidarity with Siddharth Vardarajan, Karan Thapar & The Wire

Fossil Fuel-based Economy and human rights – Submission by Indian Civil Society Groups

Alliance of Indian Waste Pickers Submits Recommendations on Draft Solid Waste Management Rules, 2024

Delhi-NCR civil society organizations, communities, and citizens urge the government to scrap the proposed expansion of toxic waste-to-energy incinerator projects in the National Capital Region

Indian Civil Society Demands a new democratic financial system on World Bank/IMF’s 80th Anniversary

चुटका निर्माण के सवालों पर व्यापक विमर्श हो

A letter to the EDs of the IFC regarding the potential harms of investing in the WTE projects in Gujarat

Issues raised by the Consortium comprising former mayors and commissioners of municipal corporations of Himachal Pradesh