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Q&As on Finance in the 2018 Winter Session of the Parliament

The second half of the winter session of the parliament continued to witness the members asking government questions rel...

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What Ails CAG, and What Can Be Done?

The institution of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in India is patterned on the British model. In Britain, The Exc...

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Q&A on Finance in the Winter Session of Parliament 2018

The first ten days of the winter session of 2018, the parliament witnessed members asking wide-ranging questions related...

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The Davids and the World Bank!

“There was no example to follow on September 22, 1993, when the Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a resolutio...

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An Insight into CVC’s Bank Frauds Analysis

What is the inside story of the bank frauds in India? An insight into the ‘Top 100’ bank frauds by the Central Vigilance...

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Symposium on India’s Engagements and Experiences with Accountability Mechanisms of MDBs: A Report

This year, the Inspection Panel, the accountability mechanism of the World Bank, is completing 25 years. The World Bank’...

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CSOs Approach World Bank to Strengthen the Inspection Panel

October 5, 2018, New Delhi: Medha Patkar, Bharat Patel, Nityanand Jayaraman and other members of the CSOs across India, ...

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CSOs Ask World Bank to Strengthen the Inspection Panel

Submission to the Inspection Panel Working Group We are happy to note the Working Group of the World Bank Board’s Commit...

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25 Years of Independent Accountability Mechanisms

This year, the Inspection Panel, the accountability mechanism of the World Bank, is completing 25 years. The World Bank’...

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Three Things on ADB’s to-do List, According to Civil Society Organisations

MANILA — The Asian Development Bank will finalize its new long-term strategy in July, but Strategy 2030 still needs plen...

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February 15, 2019

Ankit Agrawal

Q&As on Finance in the 2018 Winter Session of the Parliament

The second half of the winter session of the parliament continued to witness the members asking government questions related to finance. Some of these questions were related to the NPAs in various sectors of the Scheduled Commercial banks and Cooperative Banks, rationalisation of the branches and AT...

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January 2, 2019

Dr B P Mathur

What Ails CAG, and What Can Be Done?

The institution of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in India is patterned on the British model. In Britain, The Exchequer & Audit Department Act of 1866 created the office of CAG with a view to strengthen democracy and exercise parliamentary control over national finances. The office of CAG...

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February 7, 2020

Ankit Agrawal

Q&A on Finance in the Winter Session of Parliament 2018

The first ten days of the winter session of 2018, the parliament witnessed members asking wide-ranging questions related to the finance. These questions can broadly be divided into the following categories: Demonetisation Issues related to the health of the Public Sector Banks, which could, in turn...

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December 24, 2018

Joe Athialy

The Davids and the World Bank!

“There was no example to follow on September 22, 1993, when the Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a resolution establishing the Inspection Panel. Over the next 25 years, the Panel forged a legacy as the prototype for international financial organizations to hold themselves accountable. To...

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October 26, 2018

Nishank

An Insight into CVC’s Bank Frauds Analysis

What is the inside story of the bank frauds in India? An insight into the ‘Top 100’ bank frauds by the Central Vigilance Commission On October 15, 2018, the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) released a report titled, ‘Analysis of Top 100 Bank Frauds’. The report provides vital information on the mo...

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October 6, 2018

CFA Admin

Symposium on India’s Engagements and Experiences with Accountability Mechanisms of MDBs: A Report

This year, the Inspection Panel, the accountability mechanism of the World Bank, is completing 25 years. The World Bank’s failure to comply with its operating policies was seen by the entire world in the Bank’s financing of the Sardar Sarovar Dam project on River Narmada. In the 1980s, the tenacity ...

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June 20, 2019

Ankit Agrawal

CSOs Approach World Bank to Strengthen the Inspection Panel

October 5, 2018, New Delhi: Medha Patkar, Bharat Patel, Nityanand Jayaraman and other members of the CSOs across India, have criticised the Working Group of the World Bank Board’s Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE), the group entrusted by the Bank to “review of the Inspection Panel’...

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October 5, 2018

CFA Admin

CSOs Ask World Bank to Strengthen the Inspection Panel

Submission to the Inspection Panel Working Group We are happy to note the Working Group of the World Bank Board’s Committee on Development Effectiveness is reviewing the Inspection Panel’s toolkit to determine whether it should be revised to enhance the Panel’s effectiveness. We take it as a positiv...

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January 25, 2019

Tani Alex

25 Years of Independent Accountability Mechanisms

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November 20, 2018

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Three Things on ADB’s to-do List, According to Civil Society Organisations

MANILA — The Asian Development Bank will finalize its new long-term strategy in July, but Strategy 2030 still needs plenty of tweaking, according to civil society organizations present at ADB’s 51st Annual Meeting in Manila. At the bank’s 50th anniversary last year in Yokohama, an activist handed AD...

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Q&As on Finance in the 2018 Winter Session of the Parliament

What Ails CAG, and What Can Be Done?

Q&A on Finance in the Winter Session of Parliament 2018

The Davids and the World Bank!

An Insight into CVC’s Bank Frauds Analysis

Symposium on India’s Engagements and Experiences with Accountability Mechanisms of MDBs: A Report

CSOs Approach World Bank to Strengthen the Inspection Panel

CSOs Ask World Bank to Strengthen the Inspection Panel

25 Years of Independent Accountability Mechanisms

Three Things on ADB’s to-do List, According to Civil Society Organisations

Q&As on Finance in the 2018 Winter Session of the Parliament

What Ails CAG, and What Can Be Done?

Q&A on Finance in the Winter Session of Parliament 2018

The Davids and the World Bank!

An Insight into CVC’s Bank Frauds Analysis

Symposium on India’s Engagements and Experiences with Accountability Mechanisms of MDBs: A Report

CSOs Approach World Bank to Strengthen the Inspection Panel

CSOs Ask World Bank to Strengthen the Inspection Panel

25 Years of Independent Accountability Mechanisms

Three Things on ADB’s to-do List, According to Civil Society Organisations