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A government that was on stand by as millions paid the price for its own fatal complacency in the battle against the pandemic, now is using the pretext of the virus to justify its policy of privatization and taking to fruition the 30 year old neoliberal agenda. And it has done so with innovative wor...

Finance General Indian Economy

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September 1, 2021

CFA Admin

Announcing Smitu Kothari Fellows – 2021

Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) is happy to announce recipients for the 4th Smitu Kothari Fellowship for young writers. The thirteen recipients for 2021 come from diverse backgrounds and experiences, and from different parts of the country. The three-month-fellowship gives an o...

General Smitu Kothari Fellowship 2021

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August 25, 2021

Thomas Franco

DICGC- To Benefit Govt, Not Customers

Protest by PMC customers The Deposit Insurance Act 1961 came into force from 1st January 1962. Though the name still continues to be ‘Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation,’ the Credit Guarantee scheme was discontinued in 2003. The Deposit Insurance does not cover Non-Banking Finance...

General Random Reflections

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August 17, 2021

Arun Kumar

Hope this Meteoric Rise does not Become a Bubble

The Indian stock market is booming. The share price index is repeatedly breaking records. Investors are very happy with this. Around 30 stocks have given 100 per cent returns since February 2021. The enthusiasm of investors can be gauged from the fact that in the first two months of the current fina...

General Indian Economy

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August 17, 2021

Thomas Franco

Why Sell the Public Sector? Pandey ji, please explain.

Tuhin Kanta Pandey, Secretary, Dept of Investment and Public Asset Management was addressing industrialists in the meeting ‘CII National Conclave’ and stated that disinvestment is back on track now. He is supposed to invest and not disinvest. His speech is in fact venomous and with the pitch of ‘Se...

General Random Reflections

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August 17, 2021

Shivani Dwivedi

IFC Sanctioned $250 Million Loan to HDFC For Affordable Housing

Infra Finance Update, July 2021 HDFC Ltd has got a loan of $250 million from International Finance Corporation (IFC), the investment arm of the World Bank Group, to be used by India’s largest housing finance company for green housing. Green housing is regarded as a luxury market in the country, but ...

General Infrastructure Finance

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September 10, 2021

CFA Admin

RE Matters | August 5, 2021

News & Views on Renewable Energy Introducing an exclusive monthly newsletter on Renewables, RE Matters, from Centre for Financial Accountability. An extension of CFA’s work to understand and critically analyse the global energy transition from coal to renewables and its implications for In...

General Renewable Energy Matters

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August 6, 2021

Sanjeev Chandorkar

RBI’s “Consultative Document on Regulation of Micro-Finance” Part -2

RBI vide its June 14, 2021 press release has issued a 30 page “Consultative Document on Regulation of Microfinance” (henceforth “Document”) seeking comments from public at large. First part of the “general comments / feedback” was published in an earlier issue. This Second part addresses a fe...

Finance General Indian Economy

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August 6, 2021

Thomas Franco

Shame on you, Finance Minister!

Canara Bank, Head Office, Bengaluru Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently tweeted- “The Primary reason for PSBs to post such as Rs.57832 Crore turn around – from a loss of Rs.26016 Crore in 2019-2020 to a combined profit of Rs. 31816 Crore was the end of their legacy bad loan problems.” I won...

General Random Reflections

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August 5, 2021

CFA Admin

Running on the Renewable Route: Why RE Matters

In line with the attempts of Centre for Financial Accountability to work towards exploring the possibilities and handicaps in the much touted energy transition from fossil fuels to Renewable energy, world over in general and India in particular, we wish to introduce an exclusive monthly newsletter o...

Energy General Renewable

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Announcing Smitu Kothari Fellows – 2021

DICGC- To Benefit Govt, Not Customers

Hope this Meteoric Rise does not Become a Bubble

Why Sell the Public Sector? Pandey ji, please explain.

IFC Sanctioned $250 Million Loan to HDFC For Affordable Housing

RE Matters | August 5, 2021

RBI’s “Consultative Document on Regulation of Micro-Finance” Part -2

Shame on you, Finance Minister!

Running on the Renewable Route: Why RE Matters

What lies at the end of this pipeline?

Announcing Smitu Kothari Fellows – 2021

DICGC- To Benefit Govt, Not Customers

Hope this Meteoric Rise does not Become a Bubble

Why Sell the Public Sector? Pandey ji, please explain.

IFC Sanctioned $250 Million Loan to HDFC For Affordable Housing

RE Matters | August 5, 2021

RBI’s “Consultative Document on Regulation of Micro-Finance” Part -2

Shame on you, Finance Minister!

Running on the Renewable Route: Why RE Matters