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People’s BRICS Delhi Declaration

As India hosts the BRICS Summit in 2026, we, the people of one of BRICS’s founding countries, call on BRICS members...

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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Fossil Fuel-based Economy and human rights – Submission by Indian Civil Society Groups

On 28 February 2025, a joint submission was made by 12 Indian civil society groups to the United Nations Human Rights Co...

General Renewable Statements

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Salaam to Coal Miners of the Country

Coal miners in Singrauli. Photo courtesy: Joe Athialy/Flickr An unprecedented and prolonged heatwave is sweeping across...

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Learning from 10 years of campaigning on financial intermediary lending at the International Finance Corporation

Civil society organizations from around the world have been campaigning and advocating for a more responsible, human ri...

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Sacrificing Labour Rights at the Altar of Ease of Doing Business

The call for reforms in the labour laws in the country became strong with the liberalisation of the economy in the 90’s....

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Investing in Losses

Like India once had a Ministry of Disinvestment, it’s time she has a Ministry of Loss Making. How else can one und...

Asian Development Bank Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Coal Finance Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Project

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Booklet: Coal Currency: Mapping Coal Project Finances in India

Mapping Coal Project Finances in India Who finances coal projects in India? What is the quantum of money behind these ...

Coal Energy Finance International Finance Institutions National Financial Institutions Publications

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Are We Funding Cluster Bombs?

Priya Dharshini State Bank of India, the largest state owned bank in the country received a special honour of being the ...

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September 16, 2026

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People’s BRICS Delhi Declaration

As India hosts the BRICS Summit in 2026, we, the people of one of BRICS’s founding countries, call on BRICS members to forge a development model based on solidarity, dignity, participatory democracy, and respect for human rights and the environment. The emergence of BRICS in 2009 signalled hope...

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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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March 7, 2025

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Fossil Fuel-based Economy and human rights – Submission by Indian Civil Society Groups

On 28 February 2025, a joint submission was made by 12 Indian civil society groups to the United Nations Human Rights Council. The Human Rights Council is an intergovernmental body within the United Nations system, composed of 47 States, responsible for the promotion and protection of all human righ...

General Renewable Statements

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May 4, 2022

Bhargavi S. Rao

Salaam to Coal Miners of the Country

Coal miners in Singrauli. Photo courtesy: Joe Athialy/Flickr An unprecedented and prolonged heatwave is sweeping across the Indian subcontinent. As we thoughtlessly reach out to our fans and air conditioners to keep ourselves cool, it is essential that we remember coal miners who are slogging throu...

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April 29, 2020

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Learning from 10 years of campaigning on financial intermediary lending at the International Finance Corporation

Civil society organizations from around the world have been campaigning and advocating for a more responsible, human rights-oriented, and sustainable development finance model.Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) lend money to governments and private actors in order to pursue determined developmen...

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March 8, 2018

Maju Varghese

Sacrificing Labour Rights at the Altar of Ease of Doing Business

The call for reforms in the labour laws in the country became strong with the liberalisation of the economy in the 90’s. The Second National Commission on labour was set up in 1999 which recommended among many other things consolidation of various laws on labour. India strict labour laws and regu...

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November 20, 2017

Joe Athialy

Investing in Losses

Like India once had a Ministry of Disinvestment, it’s time she has a Ministry of Loss Making. How else can one understand government’s eagerness to buy out all loss making projects, whether in coal, hydro or steel sectors, collectively a few lakhs of crores of rupees worth? Thermal power proje...

Asian Development Bank Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Coal Finance Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Project

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February 13, 2026

Anubhav Sengupta

Booklet: Coal Currency: Mapping Coal Project Finances in India

Mapping Coal Project Finances in India Who finances coal projects in India? What is the quantum of money behind these large coal projects? What proportion is financed by international financial institutions and national financial institutions? Which are the key states with most lending? These are...

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February 7, 2020

Priya Dharshini

Are We Funding Cluster Bombs?

Priya Dharshini State Bank of India, the largest state owned bank in the country received a special honour of being the only Indian financial institution to sponsor cluster munitions. In June 2016, PAX a Netherland based campaign organisation in its report listed 158 financial institutions in its ‘H...

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People’s BRICS Delhi Declaration

IFC Sustainability Framework Review

Fossil Fuel-based Economy and human rights – Submission by Indian Civil Society Groups

Salaam to Coal Miners of the Country

Learning from 10 years of campaigning on financial intermediary lending at the International Finance Corporation

Sacrificing Labour Rights at the Altar of Ease of Doing Business

Investing in Losses

Booklet: Coal Currency: Mapping Coal Project Finances in India

Are We Funding Cluster Bombs?

People’s BRICS Delhi Declaration

IFC Sustainability Framework Review

Fossil Fuel-based Economy and human rights – Submission by Indian Civil Society Groups

Salaam to Coal Miners of the Country

Learning from 10 years of campaigning on financial intermediary lending at the International Finance Corporation

Sacrificing Labour Rights at the Altar of Ease of Doing Business

Investing in Losses

Booklet: Coal Currency: Mapping Coal Project Finances in India

Are We Funding Cluster Bombs?