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2nd Marjorie Fernandes Internship Program for Undergraduate Students (2026)

Curious about the forces shaping economies, public policy, and people’s lives? Join CFA’s Marjorie Fernandes Internship ...

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CFA flags ‘welfare retreat’ in Union Budget 2026–27, alleges corporate bias

The advocacy group Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) has sharply criticised the Union Budget 2026–27, calling it...

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8th Smitu Kothari Fellowship 2025 Announcement

The Centre for Financial Accountability, a New Delhi-based organisation working to strengthen and improve financial acco...

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Eight Years of Finance Matters – A Matter of Pride – Salute to CFA Team – Present and Past

The first issue of Finance Matters was released on 1st July 2017 and had articles titled: Appointment of a new Indian E...

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Renewable energy lending up by 60% last year

Lending to renewable energy projects in India in 2023 increased 63% year-on-year to INR 30,255 crore ($3,663 million). O...

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Announcing Smitu Kothari Fellows – 2024

Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) is happy to announce recipients of the 7th Smitu Kothari Fellowship for young ...

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FCRA – Fighting Crackdown on Rights & Activists

It’s been three months since our Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) license renewal was denied. Then, we said th...

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Centre for Financial Accountability Launches a New Microsite dedicated to its Plastics Fuel Infertility Campaign

Press Note 12 September 2024, Delhi: Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) launched an exclusive microsite dedicated...

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‘Weaponising FCRA’: Centre for Financial Accountability’s Joe Athialy on licence withdrawal, govt

The cancellation of the FCRA licence “has nothing to do with technicalities. It [the government] is weaponising FCRA an...

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‘Modi govt’s assault on dissent’: Foreign funds of top finance NGO blocked

AHMEDABAD –In a surprise move, the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, has cancelled the foreign funding lic...

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September 16, 2026

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2nd Marjorie Fernandes Internship Program for Undergraduate Students (2026)

Curious about the forces shaping economies, public policy, and people’s lives? Join CFA’s Marjorie Fernandes Internship Program and work on issues that matter. At the Centre for Financial Accountability, interns become part of ongoing efforts to examine the intersection of finance, development, clim...

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September 16, 2026

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CFA flags ‘welfare retreat’ in Union Budget 2026–27, alleges corporate bias

The advocacy group Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) has sharply criticised the Union Budget 2026–27, calling it a “budget sans kartavya” that weakens public welfare while favouring private corporations, even as inequality, climate risks and social distress deepen across the country. In its ...

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August 29, 2025

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8th Smitu Kothari Fellowship 2025 Announcement

The Centre for Financial Accountability, a New Delhi-based organisation working to strengthen and improve financial accountability within India, invites applications for the Smitu Kothari Fellowship 2025. Started in 2018, the Fellowship encourages young writers to critically examine the world of dev...

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July 31, 2025

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Eight Years of Finance Matters – A Matter of Pride – Salute to CFA Team – Present and Past

The first issue of Finance Matters was released on 1st July 2017 and had articles titled: Appointment of a new Indian ED at the World Bank raises a few questions The Draconian FRDI Bill, 2017 will script death to the public sector banking India’s Ambitious New Energy Policy Draft Tries To Bridge Dr...

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December 20, 2024

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Renewable energy lending up by 60% last year

Lending to renewable energy projects in India in 2023 increased 63% year-on-year to INR 30,255 crore ($3,663 million). Out of the total, 49% went to solar projects. Adani Green’s hybrid wind-solar energy plant in Jaisalmer, RajasthanImage: AGEL Lending to renewable energy projects in India in ...

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October 15, 2024

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Announcing Smitu Kothari Fellows – 2024

Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) is happy to announce recipients of the 7th Smitu Kothari Fellowship for young writers. The 6 recipients for 2024 come from diverse backgrounds and experiences, and hail from different parts of the country across the length and breadth of the nation. The two-...

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October 10, 2024

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FCRA – Fighting Crackdown on Rights & Activists

It’s been three months since our Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) license renewal was denied. Then, we said there must be life beyond FCRA. Looking back at what we managed to do during these three months, we think there indeed was a semblance of life post-FCRA. We thought it would be nice ...

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September 18, 2024

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Centre for Financial Accountability Launches a New Microsite dedicated to its Plastics Fuel Infertility Campaign

Press Note 12 September 2024, Delhi: Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) launched an exclusive microsite dedicated to its ‘Plastics Fuel Infertility’ campaign (PFIC), on 28th August 2024 through an online event. The Campaign aims to shed light on the detrimental impacts of plastics across its ...

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September 26, 2024

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‘Weaponising FCRA’: Centre for Financial Accountability’s Joe Athialy on licence withdrawal, govt

The cancellation of the FCRA licence “has nothing to do with technicalities. It [the government] is weaponising FCRA and using it as a political tool against organisations that are critical of the government,” said Joe Athialy, executive director of the Centre for Financial Accountability. Last wee...

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September 26, 2024

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‘Modi govt’s assault on dissent’: Foreign funds of top finance NGO blocked

AHMEDABAD –In a surprise move, the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, has cancelled the foreign funding license of the well-known advocacy group, Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA), known for critically examining India’s finance and banking sectors from human rights and environme...

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2nd Marjorie Fernandes Internship Program for Undergraduate Students (2026)

CFA flags ‘welfare retreat’ in Union Budget 2026–27, alleges corporate bias

8th Smitu Kothari Fellowship 2025 Announcement

Eight Years of Finance Matters – A Matter of Pride – Salute to CFA Team – Present and Past

Renewable energy lending up by 60% last year

Announcing Smitu Kothari Fellows – 2024

FCRA – Fighting Crackdown on Rights & Activists

Centre for Financial Accountability Launches a New Microsite dedicated to its Plastics Fuel Infertility Campaign

‘Weaponising FCRA’: Centre for Financial Accountability’s Joe Athialy on licence withdrawal, govt

‘Modi govt’s assault on dissent’: Foreign funds of top finance NGO blocked

2nd Marjorie Fernandes Internship Program for Undergraduate Students (2026)

CFA flags ‘welfare retreat’ in Union Budget 2026–27, alleges corporate bias

8th Smitu Kothari Fellowship 2025 Announcement

Eight Years of Finance Matters – A Matter of Pride – Salute to CFA Team – Present and Past

Renewable energy lending up by 60% last year

Announcing Smitu Kothari Fellows – 2024

FCRA – Fighting Crackdown on Rights & Activists

Centre for Financial Accountability Launches a New Microsite dedicated to its Plastics Fuel Infertility Campaign

‘Weaponising FCRA’: Centre for Financial Accountability’s Joe Athialy on licence withdrawal, govt

‘Modi govt’s assault on dissent’: Foreign funds of top finance NGO blocked

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