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Putting just transition at the heart of solar power: A case study on India

India has set ambitious targets for renewable energy (RE). The Government of India set an ambitious target in 2015 of...

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Statement to the multilateral development banks: Criteria for public investments in 100% renewable energy for climate, for people, for the planet.

In response to the urgent need for global climate action, the COP28 climate negotiations set a target to triple globa...

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Announcing Smitu Kothari Fellows – 2024

Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) is happy to announce recipients of the 7th Smitu Kothari Fellowship for young ...

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World Bank @ 80: Radical Restructuring, Not Reforms

The 80th anniversary of the World Bank is a good time to bury the arguments in favor of reforming the institution and st...

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मध्यप्रदेश में अमृत सरोवर का यथार्थ

आजादी का अमृत महोत्सव काल में अमृत सरोवर (तालाब) योजना शुरू किया गया था। जिसमें देश के 28 राज्य और 5 केंद्र शासित प्रदेश...

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FCRA – Fighting Crackdown on Rights & Activists

It’s been three months since our Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) license renewal was denied. Then, we said th...

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Interrogating the World Bank @ 80 | Essay Competition

The Centre for Financial Accountability, a New Delhi-based organisation working to strengthen and improve financial acco...

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100 Days of Economy & Finance: More of the same. But also forced reversals on some fronts

A hundred days isn’t really enough to evaluate the policies of a regime pertaining to finance and economy, but it is eno...

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Ministry of Finance Responds to MUDRA Loan Article

In response to the article published in Finance Matters last week, titled “MUDRA loan numbers – Biggest jumla by ...

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MUDRA loan numbers – Biggest jumla by the Finance Minister

In a recent interview with the press in the industrial town of South India, Coimbatore, the Finance Minister clarified t...

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October 25, 2024

Anitha Sampath

Putting just transition at the heart of solar power: A case study on India

India has set ambitious targets for renewable energy (RE). The Government of India set an ambitious target in 2015 of installing 175GW of renewable energy capacity by 2022. Since then, as part of the Paris Agreement, India has set a target to install 500GW of RE capacity by 2030. RE has a key rol...

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October 16, 2024

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Statement to the multilateral development banks: Criteria for public investments in 100% renewable energy for climate, for people, for the planet.

In response to the urgent need for global climate action, the COP28 climate negotiations set a target to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030, demanding a significant transfer of public finance towards the expansion of clean energy systems. The Banking on Renewables campaign, supported...

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October 15, 2024

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Announcing Smitu Kothari Fellows – 2024

Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) is happy to announce recipients of the 7th Smitu Kothari Fellowship for young writers. The 6 recipients for 2024 come from diverse backgrounds and experiences, and hail from different parts of the country across the length and breadth of the nation. The two-...

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October 15, 2024

Joe Athialy

World Bank @ 80: Radical Restructuring, Not Reforms

The 80th anniversary of the World Bank is a good time to bury the arguments in favor of reforming the institution and strengthen the demand for radical restructuring. The past eight decades did not witness any major reforms it undertook towards making it a more democratic institution. At best, it co...

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October 14, 2024

Raj Kumar Sinha

मध्यप्रदेश में अमृत सरोवर का यथार्थ

आजादी का अमृत महोत्सव काल में अमृत सरोवर (तालाब) योजना शुरू किया गया था। जिसमें देश के 28 राज्य और 5 केंद्र शासित प्रदेश शामिल थे। सभी जिलों में 75 अमृत सरोवर को विकसित करना या पुनर्जीवित करना था। जिससे 50 हजार सरोवर बनाए जाने का लक्ष्य था। इस मिशन अमृत सरोवर को 15 अगस्त 2023 तक पूरा किया जाना तय कि...

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October 10, 2024

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FCRA – Fighting Crackdown on Rights & Activists

It’s been three months since our Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) license renewal was denied. Then, we said there must be life beyond FCRA. Looking back at what we managed to do during these three months, we think there indeed was a semblance of life post-FCRA. We thought it would be nice ...

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October 10, 2024

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Interrogating the World Bank @ 80 | Essay Competition

The Centre for Financial Accountability, a New Delhi-based organisation working to strengthen and improve financial accountability within India, invites students and researchers to participate in an essay competition on the topic of Interrogating the World Bank @ 80. About the Essay Competition: I...

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October 9, 2024

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100 Days of Economy & Finance: More of the same. But also forced reversals on some fronts

A hundred days isn’t really enough to evaluate the policies of a regime pertaining to finance and economy, but it is enough so far as to get the drift. And an overview of the last three months possibly hints at two trends. Firstly, there is no major course correction that the government plans to put...

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October 9, 2024

Thomas Franco

Ministry of Finance Responds to MUDRA Loan Article

In response to the article published in Finance Matters last week, titled “MUDRA loan numbers – Biggest jumla by the Finance Minister” by Mr. Thomas Franco, Ministry of Finance & Corporate Affairs through their Addl. Director General (M&C), Press Relations & Information Divi...

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October 4, 2024

Thomas Franco

MUDRA loan numbers – Biggest jumla by the Finance Minister

In a recent interview with the press in the industrial town of South India, Coimbatore, the Finance Minister clarified to Mr Sundarraman, a reporter from The Indian Express, that according to the bank’s data available to her (which she cross-checked on her tablet), 49.5 crore MUDRA loans have ...

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Putting just transition at the heart of solar power: A case study on India

Statement to the multilateral development banks: Criteria for public investments in 100% renewable energy for climate, for people, for the planet.

Announcing Smitu Kothari Fellows – 2024

World Bank @ 80: Radical Restructuring, Not Reforms

मध्यप्रदेश में अमृत सरोवर का यथार्थ

FCRA – Fighting Crackdown on Rights & Activists

Interrogating the World Bank @ 80 | Essay Competition

100 Days of Economy & Finance: More of the same. But also forced reversals on some fronts

Ministry of Finance Responds to MUDRA Loan Article

MUDRA loan numbers – Biggest jumla by the Finance Minister

Putting just transition at the heart of solar power: A case study on India

Statement to the multilateral development banks: Criteria for public investments in 100% renewable energy for climate, for people, for the planet.

Announcing Smitu Kothari Fellows – 2024

World Bank @ 80: Radical Restructuring, Not Reforms

मध्यप्रदेश में अमृत सरोवर का यथार्थ

FCRA – Fighting Crackdown on Rights & Activists

Interrogating the World Bank @ 80 | Essay Competition

100 Days of Economy & Finance: More of the same. But also forced reversals on some fronts

Ministry of Finance Responds to MUDRA Loan Article

MUDRA loan numbers – Biggest jumla by the Finance Minister