GIFT City in Gujarat: Is Public Money Being Squandered for Private Gain?

Senior journalist Sucheta Dalal, managing editor of ‘MoneyLife’ talks to Paranjoy Guha Thakurta about the little-known scandal relating to the establishment of Gujarat International Finance Tec-City—GIFT City for short, a showpiece project of the Gujarat government. A public interest litigation (PIL) alleges that this Rs70,000-crore project has virtually been gifted away to the private sector partner, Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS), leading to massive losses to the government and the people.

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Pegasus Deposition

Link of the recording of the 70-minute deposition on 14 February 2022 by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta to the Supreme Court-appointed committee headed by Justice (retired) R V Raveendran on allegations of misuse of the Israeli Pegasus spyware on Indian citizens: https://pegasus-india-investigation.in/depositions/paranjoy-guha-thakurta-statement/