The state of welfare: India’s budget 2024–25

The state of welfare: India’s budget 2024–25

Social welfare allocations in the India’s budget have lagged behind promises for a decade. Here’s how Budget 2024 compares. As India accelerates towards becoming the third largest global economy, its growth is marked by increasing inequality. The post-pandemic recovery has been uneven and characterised by a K-shaped growth trajectory, where certain segments of…

Financial Accountability Network India (FAN India) & Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) congratulate Kerala Bank for writing off loans to affected people in Wayanad landslide

Financial Accountability Network India (FAN India) & Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) congratulate Kerala Bank for writing off loans to affected people in Wayanad landslide

Press Release | 16.08.2024 Call upon banking and non-banking financial institutions to follow suit and initiate write offs Demand disaster-sensitive loan & credit policies nationally Demand sensitive and cautious investment practices in ecologically fragile regions The Financial Accountability Network India and Centre for Financial Accountability congratulate and commend the Kerala…

Derailed Priorities: Has the investments in our safety in the Indian Railways been compromised?

Derailed Priorities: Has the investments in our safety in the Indian Railways been compromised?

Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express disaster leaves 8 dead, 30 injured—2nd major accident under Railway Minister Vaishnaw in a year. Balasore accident last year: 291 lives lost. CAG reports ₹1 lakh crore shortfall for track renewal, funds misused on trivial items. Only 0.7% of safety funds used properly. Focus on Vande Bharat…

Balance Sheet of a Decade:Report Card on Transport

Balance Sheet of a Decade:Report Card on Transport

From handing over the ports & airports to corporates to the discrepancies in highway construction costs. From the duopoly in the skies to premium tatkals and Vande Bharats in railway. Transport infra is being sold off and made unaffordable for the poor. This longish report is the thirteenth in a…

Food Security & Nutrition | Report Card 2014-24

Food Security & Nutrition | Report Card 2014-24

Republic of Hunger? From anaemia to stunting, from malnutrition to wasting, the numbers that should concern us do not seem to capture the media’s attention. This is the tenth in a series of report cards by the Financial Accountability Network India, that attempts (even if not exhaustively) to glance through…