The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
The National Green Tribunal has refused to order decommissioning of 400 MW Vishnu Prayag Hydro Electric Project, world’s largest hydro-power project in private sector, located on the upper reaches of Alakananda river in Uttarakhand. A Bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar declined to grant the prayer made by …
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Jaiprakash Associates to file an affidavit in connection with the dumping of debris and silt of the Vishnuprayag barrage on the Alaknanda riverbed, posing an imminent threat to the villages downstream as the monsoon breaks. The barrage was constructed by the company, Jaiprakash …
Disaster affected people and activists have demanded that action be taken against Govt officials and hydro power company officials found negligent in the June 2013 disaster. At the conclusion of a 24- hour fast held at Srinagar (Garhwal) in homage to the disaster victims, they issued a letter stating their …
