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Infrastructure Finance Update, April 2023 Infrastructure Finance Update for the month of April 2023 covers majorly the developments from the national financial institutions for infrastructure building like the National Infrastructure Investment Fund (NIIF), National Bank for Financing Infrastructure...

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October 27, 2023

Fouziya Tehzeeb

Ratnagiri Refinery: State repression on a peaceful movement

In the last week of April, the situation in Rajapur tehsil, Maharahtra turned tense in the context of the RRPCL project and people’s resistance to the project. Local activists were detained under false pretence. Women protestors blocked the roads. Police tear gassed and arrested the protestors oppos...

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March 11, 2026

Kavita Kabeer

What is happening with the PM CARES fund?

https://www.cenfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Whats-happening-with-the-PM-CARES-Fund.mp3 Remember the PM CARES fund? Set up during the Covid-19 pandemic, this fund was supposed to help us to fight Covid, and other emergency situations, instead, it became mired in controversies. In January this ye...

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May 10, 2023

Thomas Franco

Using Artificial Intelligence in Banking may become disastrous

Geoffrey Hinton, aged 75, known as the father of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has recently resigned as Vice President, at Google to speak about the potential risks of AI. More than a thousand technology leaders and researchers have written open letters highlighting the rapid pace of AI development ...

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May 10, 2023

Ramit Debnath and Ronita Bardhan

Deadly heatwaves threaten to reverse India’s progress on poverty and inequality – new research

Record-breaking heatwaves in April 2022 put 90% of people in India at increased risk of going hungry, losing income or premature death, according to our new study. After 2022 was designated the hottest in 122 years, extreme heat appeared early again this year with over 60% of India recording above-n...

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May 8, 2023

Thomas Franco

Withdrawal of Amendment to Factories Act – Lesson for the Union Govt

The Tamil Nadu Government passed an amendment to the Factories Act permitting employees to have 12 hours work day for 4 days with 3 days leave in a week on April 21st. The trade unions opposed it and announced a strike. The State government immediately invited the Trade Union leaders for a talk with...

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May 3, 2023

Joe Athialy

Transforming the World of Finance

What will help the world of finance/economy to transform? While I do not have an answer on that, I want to share why the economy/finance needs a serious and radical transformation. Or an understanding of where we stand today is fundamental to thinking about what needs to be changed. It’s an un...

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March 11, 2026

Kavita Kabeer

Ratnagiri protests: Cost of development

https://www.cenfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Ratnagiri-Protests-Cost-of-Development-1.mp3 A battle is raging in the Konkan region of Maharashtra between the people and the government. So far, over a thousand people were arrested and many were booked for rioting, unlawful assembly and disobedienc...

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March 11, 2026

Kavita Kabeer

Fortified Rice: A Villain or a Saviour?

https://www.cenfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Fortified-Rice-A-villian-or-a-Saviour.mp3 India suffers from high rates of malnutrition, especially among women and children. The government claims that the fortification of food can be a sure-shot solution to combat it. As rice is a staple diet acros...

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April 25, 2023

Thomas Franco

Customer Service in Public Sector Banks – Is the Finance Minister Irresponsible?

A recent news report by ANI and PTI reported that a senior citizen, Surya Harijan walks many kilometres barefoot with the support of a broken chair to reach a bank to collect her pension in Odisha’s Jharigaon. They published a video of the lady walking. Without ascertaining the facts, the Finance Mi...

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Infrastructure Finance Update

Ratnagiri Refinery: State repression on a peaceful movement

What is happening with the PM CARES fund?

Using Artificial Intelligence in Banking may become disastrous

Deadly heatwaves threaten to reverse India’s progress on poverty and inequality – new research

Withdrawal of Amendment to Factories Act – Lesson for the Union Govt

Transforming the World of Finance

Ratnagiri protests: Cost of development

Fortified Rice: A Villain or a Saviour?

Customer Service in Public Sector Banks – Is the Finance Minister Irresponsible?

Infrastructure Finance Update

Ratnagiri Refinery: State repression on a peaceful movement

What is happening with the PM CARES fund?

Using Artificial Intelligence in Banking may become disastrous

Deadly heatwaves threaten to reverse India’s progress on poverty and inequality – new research

Withdrawal of Amendment to Factories Act – Lesson for the Union Govt

Transforming the World of Finance

Ratnagiri protests: Cost of development

Fortified Rice: A Villain or a Saviour?

Customer Service in Public Sector Banks – Is the Finance Minister Irresponsible?