- by Daniel Edwin, Director at OpenSpace* With Santosh Ganwar, Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment, proclaiming 2020 to be the ‘year of reforms’, India is all set to subsume 44 labour provisions [under the Minimum Wages Act (1948),...

Shreya Kaushik* A gas leak at the Visakhapatnam factory of LG Polymers India Pvt Ltd (LGPI) on May 7 killed thirteen people and exposed thousands of people living in nearby villages to toxic styrene fumes. The factory had opened in light of...

“Climate action” is the theme for Earth Day 2020; the year also marks the 50th anniversary of the annual celebration. This call to act for the climate amidst the current world crisis should be seen as an appeal to acknowledge the unprecedented...

Shreya Kaushik*   Financial experts had indicated that globally 2020 would be the tipping point for environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in businesses especially for financial institutions.[1] BlackRock BLK, the world’s largest...

Towards Responsible Banking Banks' operations, including its lending pattern have a series of impact on the environment and community at large. Being the custodians of substantial sum of public money, banks and other financial institutions have...

Since the launch of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) in August, 2014, 'Financial inclusion' have been one of the many important priority objectives of the Government of India. Indian banks have developed numerous financial inclusion...