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Abellon’s bankruptcy exposes the failures of India’s waste-to-energy push

The collapse of a flagship WTE player signals a crisis in India’s incineration model Waste-to-energy plant at Ok...

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Demanding Accountability: Joint Statement in Response to Reports of a Child Sexual Abuse Cover Up at the World Bank

October 19, 2023 The undersigned organizations are gravely concerned about the recent media report of child sex...

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Tata Mundra: Case against IFC dismissed in the lower court. Will move appeal soon

On August 24 evening, a federal court ruled that the World Bank Group cannot be sued for any damage caused by its lendi...

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A Financial Package with Little Relief Contents, Govt pushes Policy Reforms which Benefits Corporates but not the People

The financial package, amounting to Rs 20 lakh Crore and claimed to be 10% of the GDP was announced by the Prime Minist...

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Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project: A decade of disemPOWERing communities

Almost a decade after the construction for the Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project and eight years since the operations...

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IFC’s Opportunistic $ 24.7 trillion Global Green Investment Plan Adding to the global narrative on low-carbon investment...

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Private Finance in Infrastructure Development in India

In the past several years, infrastructure has become a focus sector in the Indian economy as it is expected to boost ove...

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Booklet: Smart Cities Mission in India: Footprints of IFIs

This booklet is a first in a series that looks to provide an overview of the smart cities at a conceptual level, smart c...

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Snippets from the World of International Financial Institutions – June, 2019

This monthly column tracking developments in the world of the international finance looks into the review of Equator Pri...

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Coal-Ravaged Indian Fishers Take to the Supreme Court

Since the Tata Mundra “Ultra Mega Power Project” broke ground in 2008, many once-fertile fishing and farming...

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August 14, 2025

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Abellon’s bankruptcy exposes the failures of India’s waste-to-energy push

The collapse of a flagship WTE player signals a crisis in India’s incineration model Waste-to-energy plant at Okhla, New Delhi.Vikas Choudhary/CSE Summary Abellon Clean Energy Ltd, once a major waste-to-energy (WTE) player in Gujarat, is facing insolvency after loan defaults exceeding Rs...

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November 10, 2023

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Demanding Accountability: Joint Statement in Response to Reports of a Child Sexual Abuse Cover Up at the World Bank

October 19, 2023 The undersigned organizations are gravely concerned about the recent media report of child sexual abuse at Bridge International Academies in Kenya, and allegations that the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) for years turned a blind eye to the abuse. ...

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August 26, 2020

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Tata Mundra: Case against IFC dismissed in the lower court. Will move appeal soon

On August 24 evening, a federal court ruled that the World Bank Group cannot be sued for any damage caused by its lending–despite last year’s Supreme Court ruling in the same case that these institutions can be sued for their “commercial activity” in the United States. In Jam v. International Finan...

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May 26, 2020

Maju Varghese

A Financial Package with Little Relief Contents, Govt pushes Policy Reforms which Benefits Corporates but not the People

The financial package, amounting to Rs 20 lakh Crore and claimed to be 10% of the GDP was announced by the Prime Minister with much fanfare. Yet when details were announced by the Finance Minister, in the consecutive days, no substantial or even cosmetic relief was found for the masses. Masses whic...

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December 11, 2019

Anuradha Munshi

Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project: A decade of disemPOWERing communities

Almost a decade after the construction for the Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project and eight years since the operations of the project started, a revisit to Mundra tells the story of the destruction of livelihoods, environment and disempowered communities. The project was envisaged as India’s first...

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December 8, 2019

Tani Alex

Snippets from the World of International Finance

IFC’s Opportunistic $ 24.7 trillion Global Green Investment Plan Adding to the global narrative on low-carbon investments, World Bank Groups’ private lending arm International Finance Corporation’s recent report – Green Buildings: A Finance and Policy Blueprint for Emerging Markets – say...

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February 7, 2020

Gaurav Dwivedi

Private Finance in Infrastructure Development in India

In the past several years, infrastructure has become a focus sector in the Indian economy as it is expected to boost overall development. Infrastructure continues to attract attention not only from the government but also from the international financial institutions (IFIs) and private investors. I...

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February 13, 2026

Gaurav Dwivedi

Booklet: Smart Cities Mission in India: Footprints of IFIs

This booklet is a first in a series that looks to provide an overview of the smart cities at a conceptual level, smart cities mission in India, development of smart cities globally, the role of International Financial Institutions (IFIs) and bilateral agencies in promoting smart city projects in var...

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June 29, 2019

Maju Varghese

Snippets from the World of International Financial Institutions – June, 2019

This monthly column tracking developments in the world of the international finance looks into the review of Equator Principles, ITUC’s critique on IMF Framework on Social Spending, and World Bank’s report on the Global Economic Protects. Equator Principles being reviewed! Equator Principles, a set ...

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April 26, 2019

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Coal-Ravaged Indian Fishers Take to the Supreme Court

Since the Tata Mundra “Ultra Mega Power Project” broke ground in 2008, many once-fertile fishing and farming communities of Northwest India have been ravaged. Photo by Sami Siva/Redux WILD ANIMALS ONCE RAN AMONG the acacia trees outside Navinal, one of many small villages hugging the Gul...

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Abellon’s bankruptcy exposes the failures of India’s waste-to-energy push

Demanding Accountability: Joint Statement in Response to Reports of a Child Sexual Abuse Cover Up at the World Bank

Tata Mundra: Case against IFC dismissed in the lower court. Will move appeal soon

A Financial Package with Little Relief Contents, Govt pushes Policy Reforms which Benefits Corporates but not the People

Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project: A decade of disemPOWERing communities

Snippets from the World of International Finance

Private Finance in Infrastructure Development in India

Booklet: Smart Cities Mission in India: Footprints of IFIs

Snippets from the World of International Financial Institutions – June, 2019

Coal-Ravaged Indian Fishers Take to the Supreme Court

Abellon’s bankruptcy exposes the failures of India’s waste-to-energy push

Demanding Accountability: Joint Statement in Response to Reports of a Child Sexual Abuse Cover Up at the World Bank

Tata Mundra: Case against IFC dismissed in the lower court. Will move appeal soon

A Financial Package with Little Relief Contents, Govt pushes Policy Reforms which Benefits Corporates but not the People

Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project: A decade of disemPOWERing communities

Snippets from the World of International Finance

Private Finance in Infrastructure Development in India

Booklet: Smart Cities Mission in India: Footprints of IFIs

Snippets from the World of International Financial Institutions – June, 2019

Coal-Ravaged Indian Fishers Take to the Supreme Court