Holding lenders accountable
for development finance

मध्यप्रदेश में बिजली के निजीकरण के नतीजे अब बेशर्मी से उजागर होने लगे हैं। हालत यहां तक पहुंच गई है कि आम उपभोक्ताओं को मंहगी बिजली बेचने के अलावा कमी बताकर खरीदी गई गैर-जरूरी बिजली निजी उद्योगों को बेहद सस्ती कीमतों में मुहैय्या करवाई जा रही है। इसके साथ-साथ कंपनियों द्वारा खुल्लमखुल्ला की जा ...

BANGKOK, Thailand – The World Bank Group (WBG) cannot continue burning its way to impunity. As the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings draw to a close, communities and civil society organizations are challenging a financial system that locks countries into debt, bankrolls harmful projects, and reb...

As the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded their Annual Meetings in Bangkok this week, civil society groups and policy experts outside the official proceedings released two critical documents challenging the institutions’ legacy and prescriptions for Asia, calling f...

The World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings are under way in Bangkok, running from 12 to 18 October, and the agenda is a familiar one: debt, growth and “reform”. What rarely makes the agenda is who pays for it. Across the Global South, governments are spending more on debt repayment than on health, ...

“Gig workers are told that they are free. But what sort of freedom is this that the worker themselves can’t seem to feel? The contractor claims that you are free. How banal is that! Does a jailer scream out loud every night reminding you that you are in jail? Prisoners know that very well right...

The World Bank Group’s (WBG) engagement with India is among its largest and longest running country programmes. Its current portfolio as of December 2025 comprises 75 active lending projects with commitments of around $17.8 billion, making India the Bank’s largest borrower. However, the signifi...

4-Day Residential Workshop Dates: 2nd to 5th November 2026   Background What happens on the ground often leaves a trail in the paperwork. Money that does not reach a village, a river polluted by a corporation, or a welfare scheme that fails its beneficiaries can all be traced through official reco...

पृथ्वी पर नदियां जीवनदायिनी है। इसलिए अन्नजल देने वाली इन नदियों को मां मानकर पूजा जाता है।नदियों के बिना मानव जाति के विकास की परिकल्पना असंभव थी। नदियों ने मानव जाति के साथ सहानुभूतिपूर्ण रवैया अपनाकर मानव जाति के विकास में पूरा सहयोग किया। उसकी दैन्दिनी की हर जरूरत को पूरा किया। परंपरागत समय...

You may see a poor person in India in a Max hospital and feel ecstatic about our development path – that we have even lifted the poor into the world of sophisticated, private healthcare. But what you cannot see are the conditions that forced her to come there: the burden it places on her ...

The 2026 World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings are taking place in Bangkok, Thailand, from 12-18 October. It will be the eighth time they are held in Asia since the early-1990s, reflecting the long-standing history and legacy of both in the region. People across Asia have suffered from the impacts...

Local government officials in Maharashtra’s Sangli district ordered the immediate shutdown of a 10-megawatt waste-to-energy incineration plant, following public protests that highlighted systemic thermal failures, toxic emissions, and heavy agricultural contamination. Compliance failures: ...

सांगलीमधील चार गावांनी एकत्र येऊन लढा देत भूमी ग्रीन एनर्जी कंपनीचा ‘वेस्ट-टू-एनर्जी’ स्वरूपाचा प्रकल्प बंद पाडण्यात यश मिळवलं आहे. “राखेमुळं माझी सहा एकर द्राक्षबाग कामातून गेली. पानावर पडणारं प्लॅस्टिक खरडून सुद्धा निघंना, अशी ती राख होती. दिवसभर पांढरा आणि रात्री काळा धूर या...

A 10 MW waste-to-energy incineration plant in Maharashtra’s Sangli district has been shut following protests by villagers over alleged pollution and its impact on public health, agriculture and local water sources. Closure orders were issued on September 23, 2026, by the sub-divisional officer ...

A comprehensive new report published in September 2026 reveals that climate change has remained a marginal concern in the Indian Parliament despite the country’s growing vulnerability to extreme weather events. The study, titled India’s Parliamentary Discourse on Environment since the...

The findings suggest that the government’s response to climate change is becoming more selective and lacks parliamentary scrutiny, particularly in light of the country’s increasing climate vulnerabilities. NEW DELHI: A new report analyses parliamentary engagement with climate cha...

सेंटर फॉर फाइनेंसियल अकाउंटेबिलिटी (CFA) की एक रिपोर्ट के अनुसार, 2015 से 2025 के बीच संसद में पूछे गए 2.34 लाख से अधिक प्रश्नों में से केवल 3% (8,702 प्रश्न) जलवायु परिवर्तन से संबंधित थे। नई दिल्ली: दिसंबर 2025 में खत्म हुए दशक के दौरान संसद में पूछे गए 2.34 लाख से अधिक प्रश्नों में से सिर्फ...

New Delhi | October 1, 2026: “The concern around the environment and climate today is much greater than it was ten years ago. Yet there has not been much debate in Parliament despite ten years of the Paris Agreement. Today’s climate champions were yesterday’s climate skeptics and deniers,” said Jai...

New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) A new analysis shows that out of more than 2.34 lakh parliamentary questions raised in a decade ending in December 2025, just 8,702 questions — or over 3 per cent — were related to the theme climate. It has also found that clean energy and decarbonisation, which a...

Parliamentary attention to climate change remains largely event-driven and reactive, with major disasters and extreme weather prompting brief spikes in debate rather than sustained scrutiny, finds the Cenfa report. Rainfall in Delhi leaves a man stranded. Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary. New ...

India’s four new labour codes came into effect in November 2025, and the rules to run them were notified in May 2026. They were meant to make labour law simpler and wider in reach. But they do not mention climate change even once, though the last eleven years have been the warmest on record. T...

India’s Parliamentary Discourse on Environment since the Paris Agreement. This report examines the evolution of India’s legislative engagement with the climate crisis during the critical decade following the adoption of the Paris Agreement in December 2015. As the world’s largest democracy and one o...

Environmental groups allege that a 10 MW incineration plant in Sangli breached pollution-control requirements and affected nearby farms, and have called for a nationwide ban on waste-to-energy incinerators A 10MW waste-to-energy incineration plant in Sangli, Maharashtra, has reportedly been sh...

India’s Parliamentary Discourse on Environment since the Paris Agreement. This report examines the evolution of India’s legislative engagement with the climate crisis during the critical decade following the adoption of the Paris Agreement in December 2015. As the world’s largest democracy and one o...

This fact-finding report examines the environmental compliance, monitoring practices, and impacts on agriculture and health of the Bhumi Green Energy Waste-to-Energy incinerator plant located in Tung village, Sangli district, Maharashtra. The report is based on documents obtained through the RTI A...

The report, Beyond the Promises: A Decade of Environmental and Social Commitments at the New Development Bank, examines the gap between the NDB’s stated commitments to sustainable development and the safeguards, transparency and accountability mechanisms available in practice. A central co...

100/100 POLLUTION SCORE:WHY WASTE-TO-ENERGY PLANTS DON’T BELONG IN THE “BLUE” CATEGORY The report “100/100 POLLUTION SCORE: WHY WASTE-TO-ENERGY PLANTS DON’T BELONG IN THE “BLUE” CATEGORY” challenges the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) 2025 reclassification of Waste-to-Ene...

TAX THE TOP. CLOSE THE GAP. From opulent weddings to brazen political clout, from near complete control over media narrative to mind-numbing net worth figures – what we are witnessing today is truly unprecedented in free India. Today India is witnessing inequality at levels that are comparabl...

  The Pradhan Mantri Surya Ghar – Muft Bijli Yojana (PM-SGMBY- Free Electricity Scheme) was launched with the stated objective of reducing electricity costs for domestic consumers by connecting them to solar energy, and was specifically claimed to benefit the poor and middle class. H...

A new fact finding report on the 50 ton incinerator in Kodungaiyur, Chennai reveals that over 90% of the incinerator emission parameters stipulated under Solid waste Management rules, 2016 have not even been once since the commissioning of the plant in 2021. Only three parameters were monito...

An Analysis of the Union Budget 2026-27 Listening to the Finance Minister’s speech right after reading the Economic Survey felt as if the sound and fury of the Survey signified nothing. The Survey, sans several of the unqualified praise for the state of the economy, had rightly underlined the exige...

Just Energy Transition (JET) has gained significant prominence as the global climate crisis intensifies, emphasising the urgent need to move away from fossil fuels to mitigate climate impacts. India, as the third-largest primary energy consumer globally, presents a complex case for JET due to its he...

आज दुनिया भर में जलवायु संकट बढ़ रहा है और इसी वजह से जस्ट एनर्जी ट्रांजिशन (JET) की चर्चा तेज हो गई है। इसका सीधा मतलब है कि हमें धीरे-धीरे जीवाश्म ईंधनों (जैसे कोयला और तेल) से हटकर स्वच्छ ऊर्जा की ओर बढ़ना होगा। भारत इस बदलाव में एक कठिन उदाहरण है, क्योंकि यह दुनिया का तीसरा सबसे बड़ा ऊर्जा उपभोक...

The Telangana State Energy Finance Conference held on 25th September 2025 at the Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Hyderabad was co-organised by CESS, the People’s Monitoring Group on Electricity Regulation (PMGER), Rural Reconstruction and Development Society (RRDS), Federatio...

India’s National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM), launched with the ambition of making the country a global hub and exporter, is promoted as a cornerstone of its climate strategy. This article argues that, far from being a genuine solution, the mission constitutes a dangerous mirage that sacrific...

This edition of the State of Finance in India report has India’s digital economy and its impact as its special theme. The term ‘infrastructure’ conjures up images of large projects made of steel and concrete, to provide services varying from those offered by dams and power plants to those ...

Dispatches from A World Growing Apart. Issue 1 | 18 October 2025   Issue 2 | 10 Novemeber 2025 Issue 3 | 25 November 2025 Issue 4 | December 17, 2025 Issue 5 | January 11, 2026 ...

World Bank on Trial! | On the 80th Anniversary of World Bank/IMF The Independent People’s Tribunal (IPT) on the World Bank @ 80, convened in Kolkata in December 2024, critically examined the World Bank’s pervasive role in shaping India’s economic, social, and environmental landscape. Organised by th...

This report traces India’s evolving political and economic relations with Israel against the backdrop of the ongoing genocide in Gaza. It analyses India’s shift from a cautious and pro-Palestinian stance to a more overtly pro-Israel orientation, particularly under the Narendra Modi-led g...

India has announced plans to reach Net Zero emissions by 2070 and has pledged to decarbonise its economy, including the power generation sector which is right now overwhelmingly dependent on coal. In spite of this ambitious intent and commendable on-ground progress, coal and coal-based power generat...

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Excerpts from the Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 by Francesca Albanese. The report titled From Economy of Occupation to Economy of Genocide is a powerful indictment of the complicity, and connivance of big business...

As the Reserve Bank of India celebrates the “resilience” of India’s financial system in its latest Financial Stability Report (June 2025), this briefing cuts through the celebratory tone to examine the deeper, often concealed, vulnerabilities. From surging household debt and stagnating wages to risi...

In the context of an accelerating ecological crisis, the fourth webinar in the Political Economy of the Trump Era series, examined how climate collapse is being politically manufactured, seen most visibly through the return of Trump and his anti-climate policies. The webinar discussed that far from ...

As one grappled with the madness to get to the method, the questions around the fate of the financial institutions like IMF, World Bank etc has many curious. Amid the intensifying crises of debt, inequality, and climate collapse, the third webinar in the series The Political Economy of the Trump Era...

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Waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration and urban heat in Delhi. Heatwaves, which are a period of unusually high temperatures as compared to what is normally expected over a region, are increasingly posing a serious threat to health, especially in the Indian subcontinent. It progresses gradually and caus...

TAX THE TOP. CLOSE THE GAP. From opulent weddings to brazen political clout, from near complete control over media narrative to mind-numbing net worth figures – what we are witnessing today is truly unprecedented in free India. Today India is witnessing inequality at levels that are comparabl...

An Analysis of the Union Budget 2026-27 Listening to the Finance Minister’s speech right after reading the Economic Survey felt as if the sound and fury of the Survey signified nothing. The Survey, sans several of the unqualified praise for the state of the economy, had rightly underlined the exige...

This edition of the State of Finance in India report has India’s digital economy and its impact as its special theme. The term ‘infrastructure’ conjures up images of large projects made of steel and concrete, to provide services varying from those offered by dams and power plants to those ...

This report traces India’s evolving political and economic relations with Israel against the backdrop of the ongoing genocide in Gaza. It analyses India’s shift from a cautious and pro-Palestinian stance to a more overtly pro-Israel orientation, particularly under the Narendra Modi-led g...

India assumed the G20 presidency end of 2022 and the Leaders’ Summit was held in early September 2023. During this time the Government used it to seek political and electoral mileage, conducting over 200 meetings in 60 towns and cities, making a spectacle out of it. The picture that was presented an...

In a historic 7-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court decided today in Jam v. International Finance Corporation (IFC) that international organizations like the World Bank Group can be sued in U.S. courts. The Court’s decision marks a defining moment for the IFC – the arm of the World Bank Group that le...

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🪙 As the World Bank marks 80 years, Justice S. Muralidhar delivers a critical address examining the institution’s growing influence over India’s economic and social policies. With rising external debt, he explains how international financial institutions increasingly shape decisions affecting milli...

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Chennai, once celebrated for its cleaner environment compared to hotspots such as Delhi, is experiencing worsening air quality. Reports have shown the “less polluted” city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) crossing 160 on most days, while December 2025 is the most polluted month in the last six years. En...

Unmasking 80 years of power, profit, and people’s resistance.For 80 years, the World Bank and IMF have fueled displacement, inequality, fossil dependence, and authoritarian regimes—while claiming to fight poverty. The Balance Sheet exposes their legacy and sinister designs, and celebrates global ...

The World Bank’s Empire: Exploitation and the Fightback Prafulla Samantara, founder of the Lok Shakti Abhiyan and Goldman Environmental Prize Laureate (2017), speaks at the Independent People’s Tribunal: World Bank on Trial on “The World Bank’s Empire: Exploitation and the Fightback.” The trib...

Exposing the World Bank: Colonial Contracts, Capitalist Profits, and the Fight from Below Medha Patkar, founder of the Narmada Bachao Andolan and leader of the National Alliance of People’s Movements, spoke on “Exposing the World Bank: Colonial Contracts, Capitalist Profits, and the Fight from...

As the Himalayan region is caught in the swirl of climate chaos related disasters – floods, cloudbursts, landslides, heavy rains – made worse by big infrastructures like expressways and hydro projects, it is important to recognise and listen to community voices, knowledge and wisdom t...

‘ With the onset of monsoons, our mountains begin to shed tears’ Environmental Activist and Founder of Climate Front India, Anmol Ohri, points out how the Himalayan region, especially in Jammu & Kashmir, is caught in the swirl of disasters made worse by big infrastructures like ex...

As Himalayan states witness another swirl of unprecedented rains, floods and landslides, Ravi Chopra, conservationist, researcher and Director of Peoples’ Science Institute, explains how the tragic cycle of disasters unfolding in the mountains has become an annual affair. A nexus of climate...

On World Environment Day, Guman Singh, National Coordinator of Himalaya Niti Abhiyan, sounds a dire warning: the Himalayas are collapsing. From Ramban’s flash floods to deadly landslides in the Northeast, disasters strike faster each monsoon. But these aren’t “natural” — reckless blasting f...

At a Press Conference held in Delhi, organised by Delhi Solidarity Group, fisherfolk from Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka shared how they the massive port construction spree under the Sagarmala push threatens their fishing grounds, and may prove ‘genocidal’ for their livelihoods ...

More than a year after the Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) wiped out Teesta III, the government wants to rebuild the dam. Mayalmit Lepcha asks the tough questions: Why are we rebuilding the dam in the face of escalating climate risks such as expanding glacial lakes? Why are financial instituti...

More than two years after Joshimath started to ‘sink’, the pilgrimage town continues to experience cracks, sinkholes, submergence – putting at risk life and property of citizens, even as government seems to have learnt no lessons.🎙️ Atul Sati, peoples’ rights activist ...

Budget 2025: What’s at Stake?, a series co-produced by The Wire and Centre for Financial Accountability Episode 1The Economic Rights Every Indian Should Have | Prabhat Patnaik (Senior Economist) Episode 2Budget 2025 Needs to Focus on the Unorganised Sector | Arun Kumar (Senior Economist...

Delhi’s toxic air is often in the news, but few talk about a major source of this pollution located in the heart of the city. The waste-to-energy plant in South Delhi’s Okhla was meant to solve two problems: reduce mounting waste and generate power for the capital. But it’s been at the heart ...

One year from the Teesta stage 3 dam collapse at Chungthang village in north Sikkim, seasoned journalist Snigdhendu Bhattacharya surveys the steep social, environmental and financial cost of hydropower development in the north eastern region of India, in this conversation with Centre for Financia...

The third attempt at a plastic treaty bombed. Held in Nairobi and attempted by reps from all nations couldn’t reach a consensus, thanks to the petrochem companies. They flew in umpteen lobbyists and even got their people included in official delegations of various countries. Swathi Seshadri, w...

It is payback time. Project after project in the Himalayan ranges is facing setbacks. Now it is the Chardham Project’s tunnel. Last month it was the dam project in Sikkim. The sensitivity of the area, the risk of huge constructions and the possibility of engineering disasters were flagged ...

An RTI enquiry has revealed that the bad loans of banks are spiking like never before. The answer from RBI reveals that compared to FY 2004 to FY 2014, the last 9 years were the worst. Bad loans have multiplied at least 8 times. On the political front, this is a comparison between the UPA and ND...

The devastation of the flood in Sikkim was multiplied several fold by the dams in Teesta river. This disaster was warned well in advance. Scientists provided studies. People protested. Nature gave warnings. But the government and financial institutions went ahead with the plan. One should be naive t...

The Money Trail As the date of the #G20 Summit is drawing nearer, the Union Government is becoming more and more intolerant. Its clampdown on the We20 Peoples’ Summit is the latest. When the freedom of speech and assembly is threatened, how can a country boast of being the ‘Mother of Dem...

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BANGKOK, Thailand – The World Bank Group (WBG) cannot continue burning its way to impunity. As the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings draw to a close, communities and civil society organizations are challenging a financial system that locks countries into debt, bankrolls harmful projects, and reb...

As the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded their Annual Meetings in Bangkok this week, civil society groups and policy experts outside the official proceedings released two critical documents challenging the institutions’ legacy and prescriptions for Asia, calling f...

The World Bank Group’s (WBG) engagement with India is among its largest and longest running country programmes. Its current portfolio as of December 2025 comprises 75 active lending projects with commitments of around $17.8 billion, making India the Bank’s largest borrower. However, the signifi...

The 2026 World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings are taking place in Bangkok, Thailand, from 12-18 October. It will be the eighth time they are held in Asia since the early-1990s, reflecting the long-standing history and legacy of both in the region. People across Asia have suffered from the impacts...

Local government officials in Maharashtra’s Sangli district ordered the immediate shutdown of a 10-megawatt waste-to-energy incineration plant, following public protests that highlighted systemic thermal failures, toxic emissions, and heavy agricultural contamination. Compliance failures: ...

सांगलीमधील चार गावांनी एकत्र येऊन लढा देत भूमी ग्रीन एनर्जी कंपनीचा ‘वेस्ट-टू-एनर्जी’ स्वरूपाचा प्रकल्प बंद पाडण्यात यश मिळवलं आहे. “राखेमुळं माझी सहा एकर द्राक्षबाग कामातून गेली. पानावर पडणारं प्लॅस्टिक खरडून सुद्धा निघंना, अशी ती राख होती. दिवसभर पांढरा आणि रात्री काळा धूर या...

A 10 MW waste-to-energy incineration plant in Maharashtra’s Sangli district has been shut following protests by villagers over alleged pollution and its impact on public health, agriculture and local water sources. Closure orders were issued on September 23, 2026, by the sub-divisional officer ...

A comprehensive new report published in September 2026 reveals that climate change has remained a marginal concern in the Indian Parliament despite the country’s growing vulnerability to extreme weather events. The study, titled India’s Parliamentary Discourse on Environment since the...

The findings suggest that the government’s response to climate change is becoming more selective and lacks parliamentary scrutiny, particularly in light of the country’s increasing climate vulnerabilities. NEW DELHI: A new report analyses parliamentary engagement with climate cha...

सेंटर फॉर फाइनेंसियल अकाउंटेबिलिटी (CFA) की एक रिपोर्ट के अनुसार, 2015 से 2025 के बीच संसद में पूछे गए 2.34 लाख से अधिक प्रश्नों में से केवल 3% (8,702 प्रश्न) जलवायु परिवर्तन से संबंधित थे। नई दिल्ली: दिसंबर 2025 में खत्म हुए दशक के दौरान संसद में पूछे गए 2.34 लाख से अधिक प्रश्नों में से सिर्फ...

New Delhi | October 1, 2026: “The concern around the environment and climate today is much greater than it was ten years ago. Yet there has not been much debate in Parliament despite ten years of the Paris Agreement. Today’s climate champions were yesterday’s climate skeptics and deniers,” said Jai...

New Delhi, Oct 1 (PTI) A new analysis shows that out of more than 2.34 lakh parliamentary questions raised in a decade ending in December 2025, just 8,702 questions — or over 3 per cent — were related to the theme climate. It has also found that clean energy and decarbonisation, which a...

Parliamentary attention to climate change remains largely event-driven and reactive, with major disasters and extreme weather prompting brief spikes in debate rather than sustained scrutiny, finds the Cenfa report. Rainfall in Delhi leaves a man stranded. Photo: PTI/Ravi Choudhary. New ...

Environmental groups allege that a 10 MW incineration plant in Sangli breached pollution-control requirements and affected nearby farms, and have called for a nationwide ban on waste-to-energy incinerators A 10MW waste-to-energy incineration plant in Sangli, Maharashtra, has reportedly been sh...

By limiting state taxes on mineral rights, the MMDR Amendment threatens the state’s funds for rehabilitation and just transition Summary The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2026 restricts states from imposing certain taxes, cesses and levies on ...

India’s new Solid Waste Management rules demand strict segregation, yet the Central Pollution Control Board has reclassified highly polluting waste-to-energy incinerators into a lenient “blue category.” Despite CPCB’s own data showing a maximum Pollution Index score of 100/100 and widespread non-...

It is imperative that we see through the machinations being deployed and defend the right to collective action by the bank unions. Kolkata: SBI employees hold placards during the United Forum of Bank Unions nationwide strike demanding the implementation of a five-day workweek, in Kolkata, Tuesday...

The Delhi Declaration does not recognises the need for independent accountability mechanism at the New Development Bank floated by the BRICS nations over a decade ago. The New Development Bank, sometimes called BRICS bank. Photo: By Bb3015/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 The BRICS summit has wr...

According to the report, Jawaharnagar is the largest waste-related methane emitter in India and the fourth largest in the world metro india news  I hyderabad A new report by the Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) has raised serious questions about Waste-to-Energy (WTE) plants in India. It ...

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A new analysis has found that four major waste-to-energy incineration plants in Delhi have a cumulative Pollution Index score of 100, meaning they are more polluting than coal-fired thermal power plants and petrochemical industries. The Pollution Index (PI) for any industrial sector is a number fro...

The organisation said that the State government was planning waste to energy plants in several cities, including Kodungaiyur, Tambaram, Coimbatore, Madurai, Salem and Tirunelveli, despite concerns over air and water pollution and hazardous waste generated by such facilities CHENNAI: Environmenta...

The Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA), a research and advocacy organisationworking on public finance, accountability and policy issues, has raised concerns, in areport, over the pollution potential of Waste-to-Energy (WTE) incineration plants. The report assumes significance for Coimbatore, ...