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Climate change gets limited parliamentary scrutiny, government responses lack data: Report

The findings suggest that the government’s response to climate change is becoming more selective and lacks parlia...

Press Release: A Decade On, the New Development Bank (BRICS Bank) Still Leaves Affected Communities Without Redress

A Decade On, the New Development Bank (BRICS Bank) Still Leaves Affected Communities Without Redress No independent acco...

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Why Chidambaram’s Prescription is Dangerous

An Interview of former minister P Chidambaram in yesterday’s (Aug 27) Business Standard tells us what has been wro...

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A Month In, VB-G RAM G’s Numbers Raise Hard Questions

A month into VB-G RAM G, the government’s own dashboard undercuts its press releases: 7.67 crore person-days g...

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Banks urged to scrutinise Vedanta-Mythri bauxite project amid community opposition in Odisha

Civil society groups and activists from across India have issued a joint appeal to more than 30 Indian banks and fin...

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The India of the elites and that of the cockroaches | Editorial

Representative Image made with AI Finance Matters | July 24 2026 India has two realities, like two parallel universes...

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Do We Now Have Something to Rely On?

It is educative and encouraging to see that this agitation and its participants – young and restless – have not only bee...

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India’s Monsoon Paradox

The monsoon is once again showing India’s climate contradiction. A weak monsoon brings fears of drought, lower crop ...

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Mining without limits: Why removing mining lease ‘area limits’ is a bad idea

The removal of area limits risks further entrenching a model of extraction that prioritises profits over people and acc...

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IFC Sustainability Framework Review

World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings 2025. Photo: Tolani Alli / World Bank (From The Bretton Woods Project) In 2025, the I...

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October 5, 2026

The New Indian Express

Climate change gets limited parliamentary scrutiny, government responses lack data: Report

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...

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September 16, 2026

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Press Release: A Decade On, the New Development Bank (BRICS Bank) Still Leaves Affected Communities Without Redress

A Decade On, the New Development Bank (BRICS Bank) Still Leaves Affected Communities Without Redress No independent accountability mechanism, a disclosure policy still labeled “interim” after nearly ten years, and case studies from India and other BRICS countries show the cost of those g...

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September 17, 2026

Joe Athialy

Why Chidambaram’s Prescription is Dangerous

An Interview of former minister P Chidambaram in yesterday’s (Aug 27) Business Standard tells us what has been wrong about policymaking in this country and flawed policymaking is not an innovation of Modi government. In the interview, reflecting on the economic liberalization 35 years back, h...

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September 16, 2026

CFA

A Month In, VB-G RAM G’s Numbers Raise Hard Questions

A month into VB-G RAM G, the government’s own dashboard undercuts its press releases: 7.67 crore person-days generated in July, against 15.33 crore under MGNREGS the previous year, a 49.94% collapse, the lowest July figure in five years. This isn’t teething trouble; it’s the pr...

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September 16, 2026

Counterview

Banks urged to scrutinise Vedanta-Mythri bauxite project amid community opposition in Odisha

Civil society groups and activists from across India have issued a joint appeal to more than 30 Indian banks and financial institutions, urging them to exercise stronger environmental, social and cultural diligence before financing the Sijimali bauxite mining project in Odisha. The appeal, addre...

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September 16, 2026

CFA

The India of the elites and that of the cockroaches | Editorial

Representative Image made with AI Finance Matters | July 24 2026 India has two realities, like two parallel universes. In one of these universes a handful of super rich seem to be doing great, in fact they are thriving. While the other India including both the poor and the middle classes are some...

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September 16, 2026

Anirban Bhattacharya

Do We Now Have Something to Rely On?

It is educative and encouraging to see that this agitation and its participants – young and restless – have not only been able to dispel the veil of fear in publicly speaking up against the might of this regime, but have also been willing to question the leadership of the present movement too. Ill...

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September 16, 2026

CFA

India’s Monsoon Paradox

The monsoon is once again showing India’s climate contradiction. A weak monsoon brings fears of drought, lower crop production, rising food prices and reduced rural incomes. Farmers delay sowing, inflation increases, and economic growth slows. But when the rains finally arrive, they often come i...

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September 16, 2026

Rohit Patwardhan

Mining without limits: Why removing mining lease ‘area limits’ is a bad idea

The removal of area limits risks further entrenching a model of extraction that prioritises profits over people and accelerated extraction over ecological sustainability. A revision in India’s mining law is on the cards, with potential implications for vast tracts of land, forests, and the lives of...

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October 9, 2025

The Bretton Woods Project

IFC Sustainability Framework Review

World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings 2025. Photo: Tolani Alli / World Bank (From The Bretton Woods Project) In 2025, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-sector arm of the World Bank Group (see Inside the Institutions, What is the International Finance Corporation (IFC)? ), launche...

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Climate change gets limited parliamentary scrutiny, government responses lack data: Report

Press Release: A Decade On, the New Development Bank (BRICS Bank) Still Leaves Affected Communities Without Redress

Why Chidambaram’s Prescription is Dangerous

A Month In, VB-G RAM G’s Numbers Raise Hard Questions

Banks urged to scrutinise Vedanta-Mythri bauxite project amid community opposition in Odisha

The India of the elites and that of the cockroaches | Editorial

Do We Now Have Something to Rely On?

India’s Monsoon Paradox

Mining without limits: Why removing mining lease ‘area limits’ is a bad idea

IFC Sustainability Framework Review

Climate change gets limited parliamentary scrutiny, government responses lack data: Report

Press Release: A Decade On, the New Development Bank (BRICS Bank) Still Leaves Affected Communities Without Redress

Why Chidambaram’s Prescription is Dangerous

A Month In, VB-G RAM G’s Numbers Raise Hard Questions

Banks urged to scrutinise Vedanta-Mythri bauxite project amid community opposition in Odisha

The India of the elites and that of the cockroaches | Editorial

Do We Now Have Something to Rely On?

India’s Monsoon Paradox

Mining without limits: Why removing mining lease ‘area limits’ is a bad idea

IFC Sustainability Framework Review