Center for Financial Accountability

19/08/2026

🌟 Meet the recipients of the Smitu Kothari Fellowship 2026! 🖊️🎥

The Centre for Financial Accountability is proud to announce the fellows of the 9th Smitu Kothari Fellowship for Young Writers and Storytellers.

Coming from diverse backgrounds and regions, this year’s fellows will explore “Cities, Finance & the People” through investigations into urban climate vulnerability, informal work, healthcare, microfinance, local democracy, ecological infrastructure and more.

Through investigative articles, visual stories and documentaries, they will uncover the hidden financial forces shaping our cities and amplify the experiences of communities most affected by them.

🔗 Meet the fellows and read about their projects:

The Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA) is delighted to announce the fellows selected for the 9th Smitu Kothari Fellowship for Young Writers and

17/08/2026

🌍 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐬

📌𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝟐| 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

CFA's new monthly series, digs into the hidden costs. We look past the price at the pump to trace how oil fuels everything from petrochemicals and plastic waste to toxic pollution and geopolitical deals. We break down the latest complex news into plain language, offering a critical look at the powerful industry shaping our world and our future.

🛢️The West Asia Crisis, Global Energy Shocks, and the Imperative Transition Away from Fossil Fuels

🪨Upstream Overproduction and End-of-Pipe Solutions: The Dual Front of India's Plastic Crisis

💰E20 Petrol Mandate: The High Cost of Unpreparedness and Policy Haste

🔗 https://heyzine.com/flip-book/d062c4c673.html

14/08/2026

13/08/2026

Raging floods & crumbling hills: Have the monsoons become more punishing?

🔗Link in bio

From Assam to Kerala, from Uttarakhand to Mumbai - floods are causing havoc. Our cities are ill-prepared, our hills are crumbling, our villages under the great deluge. Climate scientist and activist Soumya Dutta discusses the science behind the phenomenon with Anirban Bhattacharya of Centre for Financial Accountability (CFA), on The Wire ; What can the governments do? and what can we do? This is part of a series of episodes through which we unpack the new normal of climate crisis that we live in.

Soumya Dutta
Anirban Bhattacharya

https://youtu.be/ScnE-Y9KJ7Q?si=tpyDvhKRk8Cp644b

13/08/2026

🌳⛏️ सिजीमाली में खदान परियोजना: विकास किसके लिए और किस क़ीमत पर?

✍️दीपमाला पटेल

ओडिशा में बॉक्साइट खदान की प्रस्तावित परियोजना के कारण ओडिशा के रायगढ़ा और कालाहांडी ज़िलों में फैली सिजीमाली पहाड़ियां अपने अस्तित्व को बचाने की एक अहम लड़ाई लड़ रही हैं. खनिज निकालने की इस होड़ में एक तरफ आर्थिक विकास के दावे हैं, तो दूसरी तरफ स्थानीय समुदायों की अपने जंगलों, पानी के स्रोतों, रोजी -रोटी और ज़मीन से जुड़े सांस्कृतिक रिश्तों के भविष्य की कई चिंताएं हैं.

11/08/2026

📢 𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠!

Are you passionate about environmental justice, climate, finance and social change? 🌱✊

The 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 (𝐂𝐅𝐀) is looking for an 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 & 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫 to work on critical issues around 𝐟𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐥 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐬, 𝐨𝐢𝐥 & 𝐠𝐚𝐬, 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐬, 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬, 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡.🔎🌍

If you enjoy research, campaigning, community engagement and turning complex issues into powerful public narratives, this could be for you!

📍 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢/𝐍𝐂𝐑
🗓️ 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭: 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞

👉 Check the full job description and apply: https://www.cenfa.org/job-description-researcher-campaigner/



(Hiring, openings, research jobs, research, climate, environment, energy, campaigner, delhi)

09/08/2026

Panel Calls For Review of Sardar Sarovar Project, Cites Unmet Promises and Lack of Rehabilitation

An independent three-member body headed by former Patna high court Justice Anjana Prakash, sociologist Enakshi Ganguly, & academic Gorky Chakraborty, has ‘reappraised’ the project and released its findings.

https://thewire.in/environment/independent-panel-review-sardar-sarovar-project-unmet-promises

07/08/2026

🌍 𝐔𝐧𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐙𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞: 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬, 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 & 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭 ♻️

Ever wondered what it really takes to make a plastic bottle, from oil rig to landfill? 🛢️➡️🗑️

𝐂𝐅𝐀 & Sambhaavnaa Institute | संभावना संस्थान invite you to a 5-day residential workshop tracing the plastics death cycle, oil extraction, refining, production, consumption, "disposal", and who profits at every stage. 💰

📍 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨:
🔥 The Petrochemical Lock-In - growth myths vs. climate reality
🧴 The Plastic Death Cycle - fossil fuels to your dustbin
📉 The Downstream Playbook - why policy keeps missing the root cause
🏦 Turning Off the Tap - banks, financiers & who's funding the buildout
🤝 Community-led Zero Waste alternatives that actually work

👥 𝐅𝐨𝐫: students, teachers, activists, mobilisers & anyone who refuses to accept waste as "just how things are"

🗓️ 𝟏𝟒–𝟏𝟖 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

📍 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐡𝐚𝐚𝐯𝐧𝐚𝐚 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞, 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐫, 𝐇𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡

💵 ₹𝟔,𝟎𝟎𝟎 (𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 + 𝐥𝐨𝐝𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 + 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬) | 𝐅𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬 & 𝐧𝐨𝐧-𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬

For more information: https://www.cenfa.org/unpacking-zero-waste/

🔗 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdY1cK2_hrBR4ggeBnk1ZuGpocFKDf9L2JBujAw13QaB2v7Gg/viewform?fbzx=8048997372956958612&pli=1

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07/08/2026

📢 क्षेत्रीय कार्यशाला का निमंत्रण

🗓️ 12 अगस्त 2026, सुबह 10:30 बजे
📍 मंडी साक्षरता एवं जन विकास समिति, सौली खड्ड, मंडी (हि.प्र.)

विषय: जलवायु परिवर्तन और हिमालयी समुदायों की सामाजिक-आर्थिक वास्तविकताएँ

रूरल टेक्नोलॉजी एंड डेवलपमेंट सेंटर, हिमधारा एनवायरनमेंट रिसर्च एंड एक्शन कलेक्टिव, भारत ज्ञान विज्ञान समिति व सेंटर फॉर फाइनेंशियल एकाउंटेबिलिटी द्वारा संयुक्त रूप से आयोजित यह कार्यशाला जलवायु आपदाओं से प्रभावित समुदायों के अनुभव, वित्तीय जवाबदेही और आगे की साझा रणनीति पर केंद्रित होगी।

समुदायिक संगठनों, जन आंदोलनों, नागरिक समाज व जमीनी स्तर के नेतृत्वकर्ताओं से सादर सहभागिता का अनुरोध है।

📞 भाग लेने के लिए अर्जुन को संपर्क करें: 7012919362

🙏 कृपया इसे अपने नेटवर्क में साझा करें।

04/08/2026

Banks urged to scrutinise Vedanta-Mythri bauxite project amid community opposition in Odisha

Civil society groups have issued an appeal urging them to exercise stronger environmental, social & cultural diligence.
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