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The November issue—Air Pollution is not just just a Delhi problem; Testimonies of police violence at the anti-SIR protests; India-China relations are now shaped entirely on Beijing's terms; The political autonomy of EBCs must be respected; The legends that formed around Jagdish Mahato; and more.
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Arunachal Police seeks search warrant against journalist Tongam Rina over anti-dam protest violence
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The deputy editor of ‘The Arunachal Times’ said that the ‘intimidation’ would not ‘stop me from writing or my activism’.
Centre for Financial Accountability retweeted
A new report by the National Alliance for Climate and Ecological Justice (NACEJ) @napmindia and @cfa_ind exposes the staggering climate cost of Delhi’s four waste-to-energy incinerators.
The findings are alarming:
* Electricity generated carries 3.4 kg of fossil-origin CO₂ per kWh; 4.7 times the Indian grid average.
* 7.35 lakh tonnes of plastic were burnt by the four plants in 2023 alone.
* An estimated 2.1 million tonnes of fossil origin CO₂ released from plastic combustion.
* Despite this enormous carbon burden, the plants supply less than 1.5% of Delhi’s electricity demand.
And there is a deeper contradiction; India's EPR framework allows incinerators to earn plastic waste processing credits for burning plastic, creating an incentive to burn rather than prevent, reuse or recycle it. As Haryana now pushes massive WTE expansion, including a proposed 2,000-tonne-per-day Gurugram cluster, Delhi's experience must serve as a warning.
How can one waste crisis be solved by creating another; polluting our air, destroying recoverable resources, undermining recycling & threatening waste workers' livelihoods?
Full Report: cenfa.org/the-climate-cost-o…
hindustantimes.com/cities/gu… via @leenadhankhar @htTweets
Centre for Financial Accountability retweeted
'I Am Disgusted, But Not Surprised': Arunachal Police Seek Search-Warrant Against Journalist Tongam Rina
@JournoSherry reports
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🌟 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐍𝐨𝐰!
🌍 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐀 | 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 #𝟐
📢 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚: 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡, 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞
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📅 𝟐𝟑–𝟐𝟕 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
⏰ 𝟔 𝐏𝐌 – 𝟖 𝐏𝐌 | 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬
💻 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 | 𝐋𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 + 𝐐&𝐀
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𝟐𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫
🔎 What will we explore?
▫️ 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲
▫️ 𝐔𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬
▫️ 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡, 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲
▫️ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 & 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲
▫️ 𝐓𝐚𝐱 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
🎙️ Resource Persons
▪️𝐀𝐧𝐦𝐨𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐢 | 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 (𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞)
▪️𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 | 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭 & 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐭
▪️𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐡𝐢 𝐊𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐫 | 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 & 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫
▪️𝐑𝐚𝐡𝐮𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐧 | 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 & 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫
▪️𝐀𝐧𝐢𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐚 | 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 & 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲, 𝐂𝐅𝐀
✨ What you get:
✅ 𝟓 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 | 𝟐 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡
✅ 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬
✅ 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬
✅ 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲
✅ 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬-𝐨𝐧 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞
𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐚 | 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲
🟠 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐚?
Finance influences almost every aspect of our lives, from climate and development to budgets, banking, labour, energy, social security and justice. Yet, the language of finance often remains inaccessible and confined to “experts”. FINANCESHALA is an online classroom designed to change that.
We bring together progressive voices, economists, researchers and practitioners to break down complex financial and economic ideas, connect them to real-world issues, and look at them through the lens of equity, rights, social justice and ecological justice.
𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐮𝐩. 𝐁𝐞 𝐃𝐞-𝐌𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝!
𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐎𝐏!🌱
𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞-𝐭𝐨-𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲: 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐩?
𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞-𝐭𝐨-𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 is marketed as a triple solution: less landfill, local power and fewer emissions. But our assessment of Delhi’s four plants tells a different story.
→ 𝟑.𝟒 𝐤𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥 𝐂𝐎₂ 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐖𝐡 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝟑.𝟓𝐱 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐥
→ 𝟒𝟐% 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜, 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧
→ 𝐋𝐨𝐰 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝟏.𝟓% 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢’𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐭
→ 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐄𝐏𝐑 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬
→ 𝐓𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐜 𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐡𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞
Public money and climate finance should support zero-waste systems that prevent, separate and recover waste, not burn it.
📖 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭:
bit.ly/report-wte
heyzine.com/flip-book/de896a…
@napmindia @GAIAnoburn @moefcc @mssirsa @CPCB_OFFICIAL @toxicslink @ChintanIndia @CSEINDIA @Sambhaavnaa_ @brkfreeplastic @CREACleanAir @CEEPIndia @HouseDPCC
(Waste Incineration, Delhi Waste-to-Energy, Plastic Burning, Extended Producer Responsibility, Just Transition)
#WasteToEnergy #ClimateJustice #PlasticPollution #ZeroWaste #ClimateAction
🚨𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞: 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 - 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐈𝐃𝐁𝐈 - 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐍𝐨𝐰!🏦
💰 Why is a profitable bank, rescued and strengthened by LIC using policyholders’ money, being put up for sale to a foreign corporate? What does the proposed sale of IDBI Bank mean for public ownership, workers’ rights, and India’s financial sovereignty?
✍️ @alwaysfranc examines the proposed privatisation, the role of LIC, and the growing presence of foreign capital in India’s banking sector in his latest Random Reflections.
🔗 Read the full article: cenfa.org/india-on-sale-fore…
#banks #privatisation #lic #idbi
🌍𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐒?
Is BRICS the voice of the Global South, or does it represent the ambitions of emerging global powers?
The bloc emerged with promises of a fairer world order and greater representation in global institutions. Yet, its relationship with global capitalism raises difficult questions about how far it is willing to go in challenging the existing system.
At the Opening Plenary of the People’s BRICS Summit , held in New Delhi on 21–22 August 2026, @chenoyamc examines the contradictions shaping BRICS, its vision of a multipolar world, and its relationship with the wider Global South.
▶️ 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨:
youtu.be/xzBmy-t-iS0
#BRICS #peoplesbrics #GlobalSouth #MultipolarWorld #EconomicJustice
The tightening noose of household debt is a phenomenon that is entrenched across South and Southeast Asia today. With @focussputh, @DevEconNetwork and @sacdweb we heard case studies and conditions in Cambodia, Laos, Sri Lanka and so on. We heard from garment workers, farmers, fisherfolks and sex workers which showed how entrenched the debt crisis is with largely similar patterns: consumption-based loans, high and predatory interest rates, poor recovery practices, the spread of digital lending, multiple and risky borrowing, low financial literacy, mental stress and suicides, and an overlap with climate vulnerability. @cfa_ind presented the experiences and learnings from India and highlighted the overlaps and the possibility of sharing learnings and experiences. We heard how the prescriptions of #IMF and #WorldBank continue to put constraints on the fiscal space available to the global south while leaving millions in debt.
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Cyclone Arnab races towards our Eastern Coast. It fumes. It swirls leaving coastal communities in fear.
🌪️ As we brace for impact, one might be wondering that cyclones after all are not a new phenomenon. So what's changing? In this episode climate scientist and activist Soumya Dutta (@Soumyadutta_del) explains how the climate crisis is changing their frequency, strength and landfall.
🔌 Replug Raging Cyclones and Fragile Coats: Cyclones in a Warming World
@cfa_ind with @thewire_in @BanOrAnir
youtu.be/onMabiS9shA?si=I0my…
#CycloneArbab #Cyclone #ClimateCrisis
𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?
𝐊𝐞𝐧-𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭: 𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬. ₹𝟒𝟒,𝟔𝟎𝟓 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭, 𝟐𝟖-𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐬' '𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐲𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐚'!
#KenBetwaLinkProject #SaveConstitution #ChitaAndolan #TribalRights
A humanitarian crisis unfolds as thousands face displacement.
More than 7,000 tribal families are reportedly on the verge of displacement due to the project.
The Water Satyagraha and “Chita Movement” protests by tribal communities in Chhatarpur and Panna continue, with protesters demanding fair compensation, land in exchange for their lost land, and transparent rehabilitation.
The project is expected to submerge or displace people from around 21 to 24 villages, either fully or partially.
The Gond and Kol tribal communities, who have lived in the region for centuries, allege that the administration failed to obtain proper consent from the Gram Sabhas, as required under applicable provisions of the PESA Act and the Forest Rights Act (FRA).
“Give us justice or kill us!”
Why are tribal women and farmers lying on a symbolic funeral pyre amid the river waters, raising this slogan?
They are demanding fair compensation and dignified rehabilitation, while fighting to protect their rights to water, forests, and land.
Amit Bhatnagar ji’s fast may have ended following written assurances from the administration, but the people remain vigilant.
Their resolve will not weaken until every displaced family receives dignified rehabilitation and justice in this mega-project, whose cost was approved at ₹44,605 crore in 2021 and is now reportedly estimated at approximately ₹65,120 crore.
Centre for Financial Accountability retweeted
No words.
The @MoEFCC’s empowered committee has recommended dumping 650 million litres per day of treated industrial wastewater from Surat’s chemical and textile hub into the #GulfOfKhambhat—a highly sensitive, biodiverse #estuarine ecosystem home to #mangroves, mudskippers & and migratory shorebirds. The irony of the #environment ministry sanctioning deep-sea dumping that threatens marine life and local fisherfolk livelihoods.
#SaveGulfOfKhambhat #MarineEcology #Gujarat
Centre for Financial Accountability retweeted
Calvin is spot on.
It needs "People like us" to sustain accountability & transperancy. To ask the bank why they put money on the big dam. To ask the govt why the spending on highways shoots up faster than on schools.
To point out why investing in waste to energy is such a waste (of time and money). To ask why the bank's spreadsheet looks great, but the poor are going further in debt.
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