How Inclusive are Smart Cities?
It was in November 2020, soon after cities unlocked based on the guidelines from the Ministry of Home Affairs directing states and Union Territories to take a decision on removing restrictions on travel, gatherings...
A Dint on the PSB’s NPA Management
The global economy is in a downward trend, fueled by the 3rd wave of the pandemic. In India, the role of Public Sector Banks (PSB) who constitutes more than 65% of the banking system,...
Selling the Golden Goose for a Pittance – Does our FM know what LIC is?
In spite of strong opposition from all sections of the society, the Finance Minister has recently asked her Ministries to speed up LIC Initial Public Offer (IPO).
National Monetisation Pipeline – Global Lessons for India
This briefing paper is focused on the recently announced National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP). The paper discusses the concepts such as asset monetisation, the Indian economic context for asset monetisation, the intense focus on infrastructure...
ADB Approves 350 Million Loan to Strengthen India’s Urban Services
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide USD 350 million loan to improve access to urban services in India by accelerating policy actions and reforms to enhance service delivery and promote performance-based central fiscal...
2021- जब सरकारों ने अपने नागरिकों को निसहाय छोड़ दिया
2021- जब सरकारों ने अपने नागरिकों को निसहाय छोड़ दिया | हमारा पैसा हमारा हिसाब महामारी और आर्थिक संकट की इस घड़ी में सरकारों ने अपने नागरिकों के साथ कैसा बर्ताव किया? साल 2021...
Every Cloud Will Not Have A “Silver Lining”
Since 2018, we in Kerala especially those of us living in mountainous areas or the coast are afraid when clouds darken the skies and there is possibility of rains. This is because for 2...
Major mismatches in SilverLine’s two feasibility reports and DPR
Estimated ridership goes up & rate of return looks rosy in DPR, raising doubts of data fudging. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Going by the preliminary feasibility report (PFR) prepared in March 2019, the proposed SilverLine project would draw...
Kerala’s SilverLine rail is economically unviable and threatens ecosystem
The Summary of the Detailed Project Report sheds light on how the Kerala government’s ambitious SilverLine railway corridor project is substandard, as well as ecologically and economically unviable. A media house in Kerala recently...
Reading the Rhetoric: G20, its Politics & What the 2023 Presidency Means for India
Founded in 1999, in the wake of the Asian Financial Crisis, G20’s formation was announced by the finance ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) as the forum for international cooperation on financial and...
2021- When nations abandoned its citizens | The Money Trail
In the face of pandemic and financial crisis, what did the governments do to its citizens. What are the lessons from the year 2021?
SilverLine DPR poses questions on viability, puts LDF on backfoot
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Detailed Project Report (DPR) of the LDF government’s pet SilverLine project raises questions on its financial viability. With an estimated project cost of Rs 63,940.67 crore and completion period of five years as...
Silver Line a gamechanger? Kerala govt bankrupt, ‘replicates’ Bullet Train project
Kerala’s flagship Silver Line project, a semi-high speed rail corridor passing through 11 districts between Thiruvananthpuram and Kasargod is not technically a “Bullet Train” like the one proposed between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, but it...
किनारपट्टी व्यवस्थापन अधिसूचनेच्या सुधारित मसुद्याला विरोध
सागरी किनारपट्टी व्यवस्थापन अधिसूचनेचा (सीआरझेड) सुधारित मसुदा हा जाचक असून या मसूद्याविरोधात किनारपट्टीलगतच्या गावांमध्ये प्रचंड नाराजी पसरली आहे. पर्यावरण मंत्रालयाकडे शेकडो हरकती पालघर: सागरी किनारपट्टी व्यवस्थापन अधिसूचनेचा (सीआरझेड) सुधारित मसुदा हा जाचक असून या...
Fishing communities in Maharashtra oppose environment ministry’s draft CRZ notification
The draft notification proposes amendments which include exempting prior clearance for development projects, allowing removal of sand bars, and creating ‘permanent’ beach shacks. Local communities and experts fear these amendments will put the coastal...
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