power Archives - Centre for Financial Accountability

Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd (REC) Give In-principle Nod to Merger

In the Union Budget 2026 to 27, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that major public sector NBFCs would ...

Land Grabs in the Name of Development this year

Infrastructure Finance Update I 22nd September, 2025 Across India, land is being diverted in the name of infrastructure ...

General Infrastructure Finance

Article

Regulating Coal Operations: Environmental and Social Impacts Through the Lens of the National Green Tribunal

India has announced plans to reach Net Zero emissions by 2070 and has pledged to decarbonise its economy, including the ...

Coal General Publications

Article

Critique on the Draft Framework for India’s Climate Finance Taxonomy

The Government of India’s Ministry of Finance released the draft framework for India’s Climate Finance Taxon...

Energy General Publications Renewable

Article

Tata Mundra: A Project Awaiting Settlement

Tata Mundra Project (Coastal Gujarat Power Limited – CGPL – a subsidiary of Tata Power), is a 4,000 megawatt power...

General International Finance Publications Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Project

Article

State of PSUs in Oil Refining and Petrochemicals

Critical analysis of the operations and eco-social impact of oil and gas public sector enterprises. India is the sixth l...

Energy General Oil and gas Petrochemicals Publications

Article

पर्यावरण संकट को लेकर बजट प्रावधान नाकाफी

वित्तीय वर्ष 2025- 26 में बजट अनुमान 50,65,345 करोड़ रुपए का है। जिसमें केन्द्रीय पर्यावरण,वन एवं जलवायु परिवर्तन मंत्रा...

General Nature Union Budget

Article

Response to the Cost and Benefit Analysis of the Asian Development Bank Accountability Mechanism by the Asian Development Bank

At the very outset, we would like to appreciate ADB in doing this analysis and sharing the information publicly. The c...

Asian Development Bank General International Finance Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Project

Video

‘Miscarriages, stench, soot’: Delhi’s eco-friendly plant is also a toxic threat I Video

Delhi’s toxic air is often in the news, but few talk about a major source of this pollution located in the heart ...

Coverage Videos WTE(Waste to Energy)

Article

India’s Renewable Electricity pledges: Faltering and slow progress

In its NDC (Nationally Determined Contribution) submission in October 2015for the UNFCCC Paris Agreement (December 2015)...

General Renewable

September 16, 2026

Arjun Unnikrishnan & Nancy Pathak

Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd (REC) Give In-principle Nod to Merger

In the Union Budget 2026 to 27, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that major public sector NBFCs would be consolidated to create larger institutions to finance energy and infrastructure. Following this, the boards of Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and Rural Electrification Corporat...

General Post-Budget Series 2026 Union Budget

Article

September 22, 2025

CFA Admin

Land Grabs in the Name of Development this year

Infrastructure Finance Update I 22nd September, 2025 Across India, land is being diverted in the name of infrastructure and growth. Fertile farms, forests and community commons are routinely handed over to corporations and private projects. The people most affected are farmers, Adivasis, forest dwel...

General Infrastructure Finance

Article

July 29, 2025

Kush Tanvani and Shripad Dharmadhikary

Regulating Coal Operations: Environmental and Social Impacts Through the Lens of the National Green Tribunal

India has announced plans to reach Net Zero emissions by 2070 and has pledged to decarbonise its economy, including the power generation sector which is right now overwhelmingly dependent on coal. In spite of this ambitious intent and commendable on-ground progress, coal and coal-based power generat...

Coal General Publications

Article

May 19, 2025

CFA Admin

Critique on the Draft Framework for India’s Climate Finance Taxonomy

The Government of India’s Ministry of Finance released the draft framework for India’s Climate Finance Taxonomy on 7 May 2025. The draft framework discusses the country’s climate goals and commitments, including Nationally Determined Contributions and the Net Zero target by 2070, a...

Energy General Publications Renewable

Article

March 19, 2025

CFA & Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan

Tata Mundra: A Project Awaiting Settlement

Tata Mundra Project (Coastal Gujarat Power Limited – CGPL – a subsidiary of Tata Power), is a 4,000 megawatt power plant developed on over 1250 hectares of land near the village Tunda-Wand, in Kutch district (India’s largest district with an area of 45,652 km2) of Gujarat state. A consortium o...

General International Finance Publications Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Project

Article

March 14, 2025

Benisha B M & Karthik Gunasekar

State of PSUs in Oil Refining and Petrochemicals

Critical analysis of the operations and eco-social impact of oil and gas public sector enterprises. India is the sixth largest producer of chemicals in the world and third in Asia. Globally, India is the fourth-largest producer of agrochemicals after the United States, Japan and China. India’s curre...

Energy General Oil and gas Petrochemicals Publications

Article

February 18, 2025

Raj Kumar Sinha

पर्यावरण संकट को लेकर बजट प्रावधान नाकाफी

वित्तीय वर्ष 2025- 26 में बजट अनुमान 50,65,345 करोड़ रुपए का है। जिसमें केन्द्रीय पर्यावरण,वन एवं जलवायु परिवर्तन मंत्रालय को 3412.82 करोड़ रुपए का आबंटन किया गया है जो 2024-25 के प्रावधानों 3330.37 करोड़ रुपए से थोड़ा बढ़ा है। केन्द्रीय पर्यावरण, वन‌‌‌ एवं जलवायु परिवर्तन को मिले वर्तमान बजट में के...

General Nature Union Budget

Article

January 25, 2025

CFA Admin

Response to the Cost and Benefit Analysis of the Asian Development Bank Accountability Mechanism by the Asian Development Bank

At the very outset, we would like to appreciate ADB in doing this analysis and sharing the information publicly. The costs We are astonished by the fact that $5 mn (2023 prices) was spent on the project since the complaint was filed with CRP until it was closed prematurely in 2018. The expenses l...

Asian Development Bank General International Finance Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Project

Article

March 11, 2026

Newslaundry .

‘Miscarriages, stench, soot’: Delhi’s eco-friendly plant is also a toxic threat I Video

Delhi’s toxic air is often in the news, but few talk about a major source of this pollution located in the heart of the city. The waste-to-energy plant in South Delhi’s Okhla was meant to solve two problems: reduce mounting waste and generate power for the capital. But it’s been at the heart ...

Coverage Videos WTE(Waste to Energy)

Video

May 8, 2024

Soumya Dutta

India’s Renewable Electricity pledges: Faltering and slow progress

In its NDC (Nationally Determined Contribution) submission in October 2015for the UNFCCC Paris Agreement (December 2015) on climate change, the Indian government had pledged that 40% of its installed electricity capacity would be from Non-Fossil fuel energy sources (as these fossil fuels, Coal, petr...

General Renewable

Article

Categories

power

Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd (REC) Give In-principle Nod to Merger

Land Grabs in the Name of Development this year

Regulating Coal Operations: Environmental and Social Impacts Through the Lens of the National Green Tribunal

Critique on the Draft Framework for India’s Climate Finance Taxonomy

Tata Mundra: A Project Awaiting Settlement

State of PSUs in Oil Refining and Petrochemicals

पर्यावरण संकट को लेकर बजट प्रावधान नाकाफी

Response to the Cost and Benefit Analysis of the Asian Development Bank Accountability Mechanism by the Asian Development Bank

‘Miscarriages, stench, soot’: Delhi’s eco-friendly plant is also a toxic threat I Video

India’s Renewable Electricity pledges: Faltering and slow progress

Power Finance Corporation (PFC) and Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd (REC) Give In-principle Nod to Merger

Land Grabs in the Name of Development this year

Regulating Coal Operations: Environmental and Social Impacts Through the Lens of the National Green Tribunal

Critique on the Draft Framework for India’s Climate Finance Taxonomy

Tata Mundra: A Project Awaiting Settlement

State of PSUs in Oil Refining and Petrochemicals

पर्यावरण संकट को लेकर बजट प्रावधान नाकाफी

Response to the Cost and Benefit Analysis of the Asian Development Bank Accountability Mechanism by the Asian Development Bank

‘Miscarriages, stench, soot’: Delhi’s eco-friendly plant is also a toxic threat I Video

India’s Renewable Electricity pledges: Faltering and slow progress