Revdis for Corporates | Report Card 2014-24

Revdis for Corporates | Report Card 2014-24

This is the fifth in a series of report cards by the Financial Accountability Network India, that attempts (even if not exhaustively) to glance through and highlight a few of the claims and reality of the government’s performance across various sectors from a financial and economic lens. While the govt…

BLACK PAPER on the MODI-YEARS

BLACK PAPER on the MODI-YEARS

What the Finance Minister presented as the “White Paper” on Indian economy was more like an effort to White Wash a decade of its failure.

Just a scratch on the surface peels off the layers of lies, media hyperboles and gimmicks. What remains is the reality which is stark, alarming and dark. A reality they wish to hide behind its divisive politics of hate.

Farmers’ Report Card 2014-24

Farmers’ Report Card 2014-24

The historic farmers’ agitation against the farm Bills pushed by the Modi government was a desperate fight back against what was being touted as Indian farming’s “1991 moment”. The Bills would have made farmers directly negotiate with private corporations instead of the mediation of a state-regulated marketplace. It took about…

How Inequality and Majoritarian Fascism feed each other?

How Inequality and Majoritarian Fascism feed each other?

Anti-Fascist Rally and Convention: Democracy Will Win  Kolkata, January 2024 As part of the Financial Accountability Network India, we participated in the anti-fascist rally and convention in Kolkata on the 22nd and 23rd January 2024. Thousands gathered from across the country and marched the streets of Kolkata on the day…

Inflation | Report Card 2014 -24

Inflation | Report Card 2014 -24

The essence of democracy requires that we hold governments to account vis-a-vis their claims and promises. But one of the biggest casualties of the recent years has been the idea of accountability. The divisive and jingoist hyperboles in the media facilitate a collective amnesia. This report card (though not conclusive)…

NPAs + Write Offs + Wilfull Defaulters | Report Card 2014-24

NPAs + Write Offs + Wilfull Defaulters | Report Card 2014-24

Balance Sheet of a Decade! The essence of democracy requires that we hold governments to account vis-a-vis their claims and promises. But one of the biggest casualties of the recent years has been the idea of accountability. The divisive and jingoist hyperboles in the media facilitate a collective amnesia. This…

Don’t Invest Public Money in high risk Adani Coal to PVC Plant

Don’t Invest Public Money in high risk Adani Coal to PVC Plant

Date: 31st August 2023 We the undersigned express our deep concern on reports in the news media which state that a State Bank of India (SBI) led consortium is planning to invest ₹ 34,000 crore in the first phase of Adani Enterprises led Coal to Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC) project…