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Nepal Disaster and Hydropower: How Global Banks Downplayed the Risks they Knew

On the 28th August 2026, Nepali officials roughly doubled their tally of missing people to over 1,900, saying hydropower...

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How banks continue to ignore climate disaster-induced debt

Over the last seven years, Indian banks have offered little loan relief to extreme weather and disaster survivors. Th...

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Disinvestment from dam challenged in court in fragile Himalayan state

A writ petition contests the Sikkim government’s decision to disinvest its stake in the public sector company that wa...

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No more loan relief in case of disasters I Flip Book

A critical look at the recent Disaster Managenent Amendment Bill, 2024. Why has the government removed clauses that allo...

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Another breach at sasan UMPP; Will financiers be held accountable?

Local group Srijan Lokhit Samiti along with other CSO’s write to the US Exim Bank demanding accountability for financin...

Projects In Focus Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project

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Kerala Enters into Partnership with the World Bank

Kerala became the first state to enter into a state partnership with World Bank based on their new Country Partnership F...

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September 16, 2026

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Nepal Disaster and Hydropower: How Global Banks Downplayed the Risks they Knew

On the 28th August 2026, Nepali officials roughly doubled their tally of missing people to over 1,900, saying hydropower producers had only recently shared a count of unaccounted-for workers at projects in the devastated river valleys. It is feared that over 900 people are missing from hydropower pr...

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September 16, 2026

Amitanshu Verma

How banks continue to ignore climate disaster-induced debt

Over the last seven years, Indian banks have offered little loan relief to extreme weather and disaster survivors. The new RBI disaster relief guidelines, set to take effect this year, continue this gap by not mandating waivers or write-offs for climate disaster survivors. If banks are to support...

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March 11, 2025

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Disinvestment from dam challenged in court in fragile Himalayan state

A writ petition contests the Sikkim government’s decision to disinvest its stake in the public sector company that was operating the Teesta III dam. The petition raises allegations of wrongful financial gain by the sitting government. The Teesta III dam was destroyed by a glacial lake outburst fl...

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January 8, 2025

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No more loan relief in case of disasters I Flip Book

A critical look at the recent Disaster Managenent Amendment Bill, 2024. Why has the government removed clauses that allowed for loan reliefs and concession loans to disaster affected people? Urgent need to raise pertinent questions at the Rajya Sabha. Read the flip book here: https://heyzine.com/fli...

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May 8, 2020

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Another breach at sasan UMPP; Will financiers be held accountable?

Local group Srijan Lokhit Samiti along with other CSO’s write to the US Exim Bank demanding accountability for financing the disastrous Project On April 10, 2020, the fly ash dam for the Sasan coal plant in Singrauli Madhya Pradesh burst, causing a flood of toxic waste which ran through adjacent...

Projects In Focus Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project

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July 29, 2019

Maju Varghese

Kerala Enters into Partnership with the World Bank

Kerala became the first state to enter into a state partnership with World Bank based on their new Country Partnership Framework 2018-22. The partnership is for a development policy loan of USD 500 million (Rs 3500 crore). The support will be for Resilient Kerala Initiative to enhance the state’s ...

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Nepal Disaster and Hydropower: How Global Banks Downplayed the Risks they Knew

How banks continue to ignore climate disaster-induced debt

Disinvestment from dam challenged in court in fragile Himalayan state

No more loan relief in case of disasters I Flip Book

Another breach at sasan UMPP; Will financiers be held accountable?

Kerala Enters into Partnership with the World Bank

Nepal Disaster and Hydropower: How Global Banks Downplayed the Risks they Knew

How banks continue to ignore climate disaster-induced debt

Disinvestment from dam challenged in court in fragile Himalayan state

No more loan relief in case of disasters I Flip Book

Another breach at sasan UMPP; Will financiers be held accountable?

Kerala Enters into Partnership with the World Bank