For immediate release: May 5, 2022 ADB’s 50 years greeted with nationwide protests New Delhi: “From where the poor vendor will pay a penalty of Rs. 500 for selling their goods when they are there to sell goods worth less than 500 every day to early their daily bread,” Anita Das, General Secretary of AllRead More
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India seeks WTO compliance panel in row with US over trade curbs
The Indian request for the compliance panel will come up for consideration at the dispute settlement body meeting on 19 April: Geneva: India has raised a trade dispute against its own compliance measures at the World Trade Organization (WTO) after the US refused to accept the steps adopted by New Delhi for terminating the health-relatedRead More
Press Release: People’s BRICS - Convention on the New Development Bank
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NDB Promoting ‘Sustainable infrastructure’ without even defining it New Delhi, March 30, 2017. Before the start of the Second Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the New Development Bank in New Delhi, the Peoples’ Forum on BRICS conducted a day-long convention in New Delhi to look at the various trendsRead More
ADB Action Plan on Tata Mundra rejected: Communities Demand Robust Remedial Plan
Press Statement: 13.7.2022 ADB Action Plan on Tata Mundra rejected: Communities Demand Robust Remedial Plan Kutch, Gujarat: Communities affected by the Tata Mundra (Coastal Gujarat Power Ltd) coal power plant in Kutch rejected the action plan developed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), calling it “non-serious, lacks genuineness, commitment or imagination.” ADB developed the remedialRead More
News Updates on Coal, Energy, IFIs, Land, Water and Forest: 5 March, 2015
5 March, 2015 A.Coal & Energy Coal block auction: Usha Martin, Adani emerge winners on first day of Round 2: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Coal-block-auction-Usha-Martin-Adani-emerge-winners-on-first-day-of-Round-2/articleshow/46463102.cms? Little progress on industry corridor: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Little-progress-on-industry-corridor/articleshow/46463198.cms? PM Modi to inaugurate two 600 MW power units in MP’s Khandwa today: http://zeenews.india.com/news/madhya-pradesh/pm-modi-to-inaugurate-two-600-mw-power-units-in-mps-khandwa-today_1556680.html LS Passes Coal Bil: http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/LS-Passes-Coal-Bill/2015/03/05/article2698669.ece Clean coal power capacity may rise 103 GW byRead More
News clippings on Coal, Eenergy, IFIs, Land, Water and Forest: 20 February, 2015
A.Coal & Energy Rules for mines auction to be readied by May: Narendra Singh Tomar:http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/46298917.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst Coal block auctions in India see aggressive bidding: http://www.sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?a=pctoc3aggbgfh&title=Coal_block_auctions_in_India_see_aggressive_bidding Half-way through coal e-auction, aggressive bids fetch Rs 60,000 cr: http://www.rediff.com/business/report/half-way-through-coal-e-auction-aggressive-bids-fetch-rs-60000-cr/20150219.htm ‘Aggressive bidding in auction to be credit negative for power companies’: http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report-aggressive-bidding-in-auction-to-be-credit-negative-for-power-companies-2062325 Coal Block Auction: Hindalco wins Gare Palma IV/5Read More
The World Bank drops funding USD 650 m for the LUHRI Hydro project
PRESS NOTE 11th APRIL 2014 The World Bank drops funding USD 650 m for the LUHRI Hydro project Victory for the Sutlej Bachao Jan Sangharsh Samiti The World Bank has decided not to lend financial assistance to the massive Luhri Hydropower project on Sutlej River in Himachal Pradesh. The World Bank, which was to provideRead More
Tweet to Dr. Kim to "Switch off Tata Mundra"
Dear Friends, This Earth Hour is going to be special for Dr Jim Kim and The World Bank! On 29th March 2014, people around the world be Tweeting to The World Bank asking them to withdraw funds from 4000MW coal based Power Plant in Mundra Town of Kutch District, Gujarat, India. So please TWEETRead More
US Congress Fails to Pass IMF Reform, Again
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, March 26, 2022 US Congress Fails to Pass IMF Reform, Again Major Blow for Global Economic Governance and Credibility of US Leadership Washington, DC – Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced that the US Senate will remove the IMF reform legislation from its Ukraine assistance bill. This is aRead More