In mineral-rich areas across India, and around the world, mining often fails to benefit local residents, degrades lands and rivers and destroys traditional livelihoods. In 2015, a new Indian programme, the Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY), which means the Prime Minister’s Development Programme for Mining-Affected Regions, was established to remedy this anomaly by creating a fund for local area development from a levy on mining operations.
This case study was written by Shreya Shah, of IndiaSpend, and is part of Publish What You Pay’s Data Extractors programme, a pilot programme which trained PWYP members and activists from across our network to use extractives data.
On December 9-10, 2021, the first of two Summits for Democracy will take place in the United States with the aim of setting forth an affirmative agenda for democratic renewal and to tackle the greatest threats faced by democracies today, including corruption, through collective action. Corruption in the oil, gas and mineral sector undermines the efforts…
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Taxation is seen as one of the most sustainable sources of revenue for governments, with the potential to contribute to investments in basic services and to enhance the social contract between citizens and their government. Our new synthesis research report explores the fiscal regimes in Mozambique, Tanzania and Uganda and how they can be improved…
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Since seizing power in February 2021, the Myanmar military has faced widespread allegations of human rights violations. Companies operating in Myanmar must make challenging decisions about how to responsibly navigate the crisis. International oil companies, including energy majors Total and Chevron, are under particular scrutiny as the military regime continues to sustain itself with revenues…
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