Indian Power Giants’ Decade-Long Lobbying Battle That Stalled Crucial Pollution Norms
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Indian Power Giants’ Decade-Long Lobbying Battle That Stalled Crucial Pollution Norms

The Modi government repeatedly pushed the deadline since 2015 for coal-fired power plants to install devices for curbing noxious emissions after the power producers wrote over 20 letters lobbying with the government to lower emission norms.

How the Union Coal Ministry Made Dense Forests Available for Mining, Benefitting Adani Group
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How the Union Coal Ministry Made Dense Forests Available for Mining, Benefitting Adani Group

Part 1: Advantage Adani: Power Industry Lobbies, Coal Ministry Unlocks Dense Forests for Mining; Part 2: Coal Reform Overturned: After Failed Auctions, Centre Hands Out Coal Blocks At Discretion.

The NRI and Corporate Houses Behind the Farm Laws
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The NRI and Corporate Houses Behind the Farm Laws

A BJP-friendly NRI businessman’s proposal to Niti Aayog paved the way for the creation of a task force that authored a report pushing for corporatisation of agriculture as a way to double farmers’ income. Subsequently, the Adani Group lobbied to remove curbs on hoarding. Farm laws did just that.