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Friday, November 1, 2024
TopicBad Loans

Topic: Bad Loans

State-run banks’ troubles increase as number of wilful defaulters goes up 14% in one year

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tells Parliament that the number of wilful defaulters who owe money to public sector banks has risen to 8,582 from 7,535.

ICICI and Axis bank hit after cut to junk

Performance of Indian banks has largely bottomed out but the sector is still addressing poor asset quality and weak core capitalization.

Modi govt’s MUDRA is feeding dreams of your local beautician, grocer… and bad loans

Launched in April 2015, MUDRA has managed to meet the aspirations of entrepreneurs across India. But it may also be fuelling an NPA crisis.

Supreme Court striking down RBI circular will alter India’s financial & judicial landscape

Supreme Court has made bankruptcy code the RBI’s second option for resolving bad loans, and abandoned the long-held ‘expert body doctrine’ in jurisprudence.

RBI will issue new circular on stressed assets without ‘undue delay’: Shaktikanta Das

Two days after Supreme Court quashed RBI’s 12 February circular, governor Shaktikanta Das says ruling doesn’t question central bank’s powers.

Essar case shows Bankruptcy Code is another Indian law ruined by endless litigations

The right measure to evaluate the IBC is not the yardstick of what happened under SICA or DRT laws, but what is happening now – a 270-day deadline for resolving cases.

India’s crony capitalism claims another victim — the RBI

There has been a gradual weakening of the RBI, which is a great shame since in the brief time it got to play bad cop, the central bank did some good police work.

SC ruling on bad loans is a bounty for 70 tycoons with $55 billion outstanding debt

SC order striking down RBI circular will give tycoons more room to negotiate loan repayments with lenders even after payments become overdue.

Edelweiss raises $1.3 billion to profit from an unprecedented bad-loan clean up in India

The company will use the funds to buy and turn around stressed assets

PMO says RTI plea seeking details of Raghuram Rajan’s report on bad loans is a roving enquiry

Praveen Kumar, under secretary at the PMO, said that the information sought does not come under the definition of information in the RTI Act.

On Camera

Iran’s real fantasy is to take over Muslim world. Palestine is just a façade

Since 1979, Iran has used the Palestinian issue as a façade for its regional agenda to oppose American diplomacy, the Western world, and the existence of Israel.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

From 2004 to 2024, bad news has come wrapped as good news for Congress

Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.