AIIB’s proposed deal with India’s $2.1 billion National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) would also threaten to revive a host of stalled projects in the country potentially including coal, power, petroleum, railways and roads – many of which are currently shelved because of high social and environmental risks and opposition by local communities.
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इंफ़्रास्ट्रक्चर निवेश: विकास या विनाश
एशियन इंफ़्रास्ट्रक्चर इन्वेस्टमेंट बैंक और भारत का नेशनल इन्वेस्टमेंट एंड इंफ़्रास्ट्रक्चर फ़ंड के निवेश संकट की और एक इशारा
Big Push for the Development of Hydropower in India
It is noteworthy that currently, coal-based power projects are under threat due to lack of coal linkages and power purchase agreements, thus stalling many existing power projects and discouraging many companies from expanding to new coal power projects. This would give a boost to hydropower projects in many regions, especially in the Himalayan regions.
Around 90 CSOs and Social Movements to Organize Thematic Workshops Parallel to AIIB’s Third AGM in Mumbai
Press Note | June 14, 2018 Around 90 CSOs and Social Movements to Organize Thematic Workshops Parallel to AIIB’s Third AGM in Mumbai Raising the serious issues of social and environmental costs in infrastructure projects, its economic burden on public and financial non-viability, Civil Society Organisations and social movements are set to organize a three day convention on Infrastructure Financing from June …
Schedule of the Workshops at the Peoples’ Convention on Infrastructure Financing
At the Peoples Convention on Infrastructure Financing, almost 90 regional, national, and international grassroots and research organisations have come together to organise 20 workshops related to Infrastructure Financing; Development Financial Institutions; Policies and Safeguards; Urban Development; Transport; Port and Coastal Infrastructure; Energy and Energy Finance; Trade and International Financing; Water and Water Sector Reforms; Privatisation and PPPs, Gender; …
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Bullet Train: Propelling Public Debt in India
Krishnakant of the Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti, Gujarat on the rationale of the proposed bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
The Role of IFIs in the Development Agenda
Ulka Mahajan on the Context of the Role of IFIs in the Development Agenda
PPPs, Infrastructure, and Economic Development
Shalmali Guttal, Focus on the Global South, discusses the IFIs, PPPs, Infrastructure, and Economic Development.
विकास किसके लिए ?आम जनता के लिए या पूंजीपतियों के लिए
एशियन इंफ्रास्ट्रक्चर इन्वेस्टमेंट बैंक (AIIB), अब दुनिया की सबसे मजबूत और शक्तिशाली वित्तीय संस्था बन गई है । हाल में ही इसी वर्ष AIIB ने भारत में इंफ्रास्ट्रक्चर योजनाओं के लिए 1.5 बिलियन डॉलर निवेश करने के लिए प्रतिबद्ध हुई है । इसका निश्चित तौर भारत की विकास योजनाओं के शेप और उसकी प्रकृति में …
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Coastal Infrastructure and Fishers Struggle in India
Jesu Rathnam, Convenor, Coastal Action Network, on the coastal infrastructure and fishers struggle in India
Working Group on IFIs 