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Who Pays When the Exam Fails?

Image credits: Arjun Unnikrishnan/Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA)- Student protest, Jantar Mantar. Dharmendra ...

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Report on the Round Table and Workshop: Holding Financial Institutions to Account

The round table on “Financial Accountability: Reclaiming Oversight of Credit and Ethical Investment” and the subsequ...

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जनता पर आर्थिक बोझ बढ़ाएगा वर्तमान बिजली खरीदी समझौता

मध्यप्रदेश सरकार भविष्य की जरूरत पूरा करने के लिए निजी कंपनियों से 25 वर्षों के लिए चार हजार मेगावाट बिजली खरीदी सम...

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How Rs 21,000 become Rs 15,00,000 in one month? Will RBI explain?

For many days Facebook is showing apparently an appeal by Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman appealing to every Indian to invest Rs ...

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Increase in ATM Charges and RBI Actions and Inactions

From the first of May, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has permitted the banks, an increase in the charges for ATM trans...

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BULA to Kill Self Help Movement

The Government of India, Ministry of Finance, vide their Letter No: F.No.7/93/2024-BOA-I dated 13.12.2024 under the subj...

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सौर से सस्ती होगी बिजली

भले ही दो दिन बाद सर्वशक्तिमान माने जाने वाले अमरीका का राजपाट एक ऐसे व्यक्ति के हाथों में आ जाए जिसमें जलवायु परिवर्तन ...

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Eight Years of Demonetisation – More Black Money, More Fake Currency, More Corruption, More Terrorism, and More Cash in Circulation

On November 8, 2016, the Prime Minister announced the withdrawal of ₹500 and ₹1000 currency notes. Patients died des...

General Random Reflections

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To undo the deadly noose of loan apps, RBI’s occasional warnings won’t do

A new ecosystem based on loan apps has mushroomed across India’s financial landscape over a decade, preying on those aba...

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Why RBI’s financial governance should address social and environmental concerns

The Reserve Bank of India released a new draft of the project finance framework in May. To address risks and impacts, ...

Coverage General Indian Economy

September 16, 2026

Haripriya B Harshan

Image credits: Arjun Unnikrishnan/Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA)- Student protest, Jantar Mantar. Dharmendra Pradhan resigned as Union Education Minister on July 25, ending 36 days of protests led by the Cockroach Janta Party, All India Students Association (AISA) and other student organi...

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September 16, 2026

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Report on the Round Table and Workshop: Holding Financial Institutions to Account

The round table on “Financial Accountability: Reclaiming Oversight of Credit and Ethical Investment” and the subsequent workshop on pathways towards transparency of project investments” were organised by the Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) as part of the two-day consultation titled “St...

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December 6, 2025

Raj Kumar Sinha

जनता पर आर्थिक बोझ बढ़ाएगा वर्तमान बिजली खरीदी समझौता

मध्यप्रदेश सरकार भविष्य की जरूरत पूरा करने के लिए निजी कंपनियों से 25 वर्षों के लिए चार हजार मेगावाट बिजली खरीदी समझौता करने की तैयारी कर रही है। कंपनीयों ने बिजली की दर 5.83 रुपए प्रति यूनिट तय की है।इसकी अंतिम मंजूरी के लिए मध्यप्रदेश विधुत नियामक आयोग को प्रस्ताव भेजा गया है। जानकार बताते है...

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July 8, 2025

Thomas Franco

How Rs 21,000 become Rs 15,00,000 in one month? Will RBI explain?

For many days Facebook is showing apparently an appeal by Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman appealing to every Indian to invest Rs 21,000 immediately as only 1000 can apply now as 80% has been subscribed in “My Financial Project for Indians”. The video shows her speaking and saying, “We have ...

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May 6, 2025

Thomas Franco

Increase in ATM Charges and RBI Actions and Inactions

From the first of May, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has permitted the banks, an increase in the charges for ATM transactions above a free limit. The free limit is 5 transactions in the ATM of your own bank, including financial and non-financial. Cash withdrawal is financial and account balance en...

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March 25, 2025

Thomas Franco

BULA to Kill Self Help Movement

The Government of India, Ministry of Finance, vide their Letter No: F.No.7/93/2024-BOA-I dated 13.12.2024 under the subject: Stakeholder Consultation on Draft Bill to Curb Unregulated Lending Activities – reg., has asked states, ministries, RBI, SEBI, NABARD, IBA, fintech associations, MFIN, Sa-Dhan...

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January 25, 2025

Raj Kumar Sinha

सौर से सस्ती होगी बिजली

भले ही दो दिन बाद सर्वशक्तिमान माने जाने वाले अमरीका का राजपाट एक ऐसे व्यक्ति के हाथों में आ जाए जिसमें जलवायु परिवर्तन पर हुआ ‘पेरिस समझौता’ जरा भी नहीं सुहाता, लेकिन लगातार बढ़ता तापक्रम ऊर्जा के वैकल्पिक स्रोतों की जरूरत रेखांकित करता ही है। जीवाश्म ईंधन की जगह अब वायु और सौर ऊर्जा ने ले ली है। प...

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November 15, 2024

Thomas Franco

Eight Years of Demonetisation – More Black Money, More Fake Currency, More Corruption, More Terrorism, and More Cash in Circulation

On November 8, 2016, the Prime Minister announced the withdrawal of ₹500 and ₹1000 currency notes. Patients died despite having money they could not use. Marriages were canceled. More than 100 people, including bank staff, died. Long queues in banks for exchanging ₹2000 and ₹4000 were everywhere...

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September 11, 2025

Anirban Bhattacharya

To undo the deadly noose of loan apps, RBI’s occasional warnings won’t do

A new ecosystem based on loan apps has mushroomed across India’s financial landscape over a decade, preying on those abandoned by the formal banking sector. A survey conducted by LocalCircle from July 2020 to June 2022 showed that 14 per cent of those surveyed utilised instant loan applications. Wh...

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July 24, 2024

Amitanshu Verma

Why RBI’s financial governance should address social and environmental concerns

The Reserve Bank of India released a new draft of the project finance framework in May. To address risks and impacts, it must integrate social and environmental considerations, writes the author of this commentary. Large-scale projects such as highways and hydropower often rely on public financing...

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Who Pays When the Exam Fails?

Report on the Round Table and Workshop: Holding Financial Institutions to Account

जनता पर आर्थिक बोझ बढ़ाएगा वर्तमान बिजली खरीदी समझौता

How Rs 21,000 become Rs 15,00,000 in one month? Will RBI explain?

Increase in ATM Charges and RBI Actions and Inactions

BULA to Kill Self Help Movement

सौर से सस्ती होगी बिजली

Eight Years of Demonetisation – More Black Money, More Fake Currency, More Corruption, More Terrorism, and More Cash in Circulation

To undo the deadly noose of loan apps, RBI’s occasional warnings won’t do

Why RBI’s financial governance should address social and environmental concerns

Who Pays When the Exam Fails?

Report on the Round Table and Workshop: Holding Financial Institutions to Account

जनता पर आर्थिक बोझ बढ़ाएगा वर्तमान बिजली खरीदी समझौता

How Rs 21,000 become Rs 15,00,000 in one month? Will RBI explain?

Increase in ATM Charges and RBI Actions and Inactions

BULA to Kill Self Help Movement

सौर से सस्ती होगी बिजली

Eight Years of Demonetisation – More Black Money, More Fake Currency, More Corruption, More Terrorism, and More Cash in Circulation

To undo the deadly noose of loan apps, RBI’s occasional warnings won’t do

Why RBI’s financial governance should address social and environmental concerns