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The Mirage of Clean Power

A system that thrives on an ever-increasing demand for electricity will automatically push the burden to insatiable dema...

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Girls disproportionately impacted than boys due to Covid-19

In India, nearly 40% girls remain out of school in the age-group of 15-18 years. The COVID-19 pandemic has only heighten...

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Green Hydrogen as India’s Next Clean Energy Source

“We are on the cusp of a hydrogen-driven revolution that can transform green India and energise India. This is nat...

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A Look at Fintech Apps and Security Concerns

Today Google Pay (G-Pay) owned by Google, PhonePe owned by Walmart, PayTm owned by Soft Bank and other payment apps have...

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Creating a better Development Finance Institution for India

Compliance by financial institutions with ESG requirements for credit decisions, and disclosures has become increasingly...

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Cost of Bank Mergers: The Need for a CAG Audit

Public Sector Banks (PSBs) have played a significant part in the country’s economic growth. The principles of nationaliz...

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Railways Stare at Privatisation: World Bank offers to help National Rail Plan

Infrastructure Finance Update, September 2021 As the Indian Railways are staring at getting privatised under the Nationa...

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Ensuring green equity means equity for people and the planet

14 October 2021: With the world facing a climate crisis, urgent action is required on many fronts, not least in ensuring...

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World Bank’s Doing Business Report is Just the Tip of the Iceberg!

In September, the World Bank announced that it would discontinue the publication of the Doing Business Report and Rankin...

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Coal Shortage: Crisis, False Solutions & Opportunity

A Statement in the Context of the Coal Shortage October 11, 2021: India’s power ecosystem, which depends overwhelm...

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October 29, 2021

Vismay Basu

A system that thrives on an ever-increasing demand for electricity will automatically push the burden to insatiable demand for the fuels that produce it. The latest coal crisis, causing possibilities for electricity blackouts, is a bleak reminder of that fact. As the economy started recovering from ...

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October 29, 2021

Rishita Barman

Girls disproportionately impacted than boys due to Covid-19

In India, nearly 40% girls remain out of school in the age-group of 15-18 years. The COVID-19 pandemic has only heightened the existing patterns of gender discrimination; disproportionately impacting girls more than boys. According to estimates, nearly 10 million secondary school girls in India coul...

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October 29, 2021

Tanya Thomas

Green Hydrogen as India’s Next Clean Energy Source

“We are on the cusp of a hydrogen-driven revolution that can transform green India and energise India. This is nation-building at its best.” Billionaire Gautam Adani, who runs a ports-to-power corporate empire that rules much of India’s infrastructure landscape, said in his TiE Sus...

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October 25, 2021

Thomas Franco

A Look at Fintech Apps and Security Concerns

Today Google Pay (G-Pay) owned by Google, PhonePe owned by Walmart, PayTm owned by Soft Bank and other payment apps have taken over money transfers. As per the report of the National Payment Corporation of India, in September 2021, there were 3.6 billion (3654.5 million) UPI transactions worth Rs 65...

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November 17, 2021

Praachi Misra

Creating a better Development Finance Institution for India

Compliance by financial institutions with ESG requirements for credit decisions, and disclosures has become increasingly prevalent over the last two decades. While some of these requirements are imposed via legislation, others have been voluntarily adopted by financial institutions. Project finance ...

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October 19, 2021

Kannan Neelamegan

Cost of Bank Mergers: The Need for a CAG Audit

Public Sector Banks (PSBs) have played a significant part in the country’s economic growth. The principles of nationalization also contributed to the social banking character of the PSBs. This scenario has been changing since implementation of the new economic policies in the 90s. Three decades down...

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October 19, 2021

Shivani Dwivedi

Railways Stare at Privatisation: World Bank offers to help National Rail Plan

Infrastructure Finance Update, September 2021 As the Indian Railways are staring at getting privatised under the National Monetisation Pipeline, the World Bank has outlined the role it can play as India looks to fund its ambitious National Rail Plan over the next 30 years, which envisages almost 8,0...

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October 14, 2021

CFA Admin

Ensuring green equity means equity for people and the planet

14 October 2021: With the world facing a climate crisis, urgent action is required on many fronts, not least in ensuring adequate levels of climate finance to support mitigation and adaptation in the Global South. Campaigns to shift public finance, provided through instruments such as development ba...

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October 13, 2021

CFA Admin

World Bank’s Doing Business Report is Just the Tip of the Iceberg!

In September, the World Bank announced that it would discontinue the publication of the Doing Business Report and Ranking (DBR). This overdue decision came after a series of internal audits and an investigation that revealed serious ethical improprieties, conflicts of interest inherent in the Bank’s...

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October 12, 2021

CFA Admin

Coal Shortage: Crisis, False Solutions & Opportunity

A Statement in the Context of the Coal Shortage October 11, 2021: India’s power ecosystem, which depends overwhelmingly on coal to meet the country’s baseline electricity demand, is suddenly faced with an acute coal shortage. Even when the Coal Ministry tried to play down the coal shorta...

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The Mirage of Clean Power

Girls disproportionately impacted than boys due to Covid-19

Green Hydrogen as India’s Next Clean Energy Source

A Look at Fintech Apps and Security Concerns

Creating a better Development Finance Institution for India

Cost of Bank Mergers: The Need for a CAG Audit

Railways Stare at Privatisation: World Bank offers to help National Rail Plan

Ensuring green equity means equity for people and the planet

World Bank’s Doing Business Report is Just the Tip of the Iceberg!

Coal Shortage: Crisis, False Solutions & Opportunity

The Mirage of Clean Power

Girls disproportionately impacted than boys due to Covid-19

Green Hydrogen as India’s Next Clean Energy Source

A Look at Fintech Apps and Security Concerns

Creating a better Development Finance Institution for India

Cost of Bank Mergers: The Need for a CAG Audit

Railways Stare at Privatisation: World Bank offers to help National Rail Plan

Ensuring green equity means equity for people and the planet

World Bank’s Doing Business Report is Just the Tip of the Iceberg!

Coal Shortage: Crisis, False Solutions & Opportunity