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Tuesday, September 30, 2025
TopicBad Loans

Topic: Bad Loans

Why there may be no winners in India’s painful bankruptcy process

While RBI is pushing bankers to come clean, whimsical application of the law by bankruptcy judges are leading to lengthy appeals and little recovery.

As banks become more selective, Indian firms may not find cheap loans abroad

Rising non-performing debt issues of Indian banks are affecting the availability and pricing of offshore loan transactions.

Outgoing Bank of Baroda chief tells Modi govt: Stay Out, you’re hurting us

According to Ravi Venkatesan, greater powers over management and decision making will enable banks to tap capital markets and strengthen their balance sheets.

Bank of America analyst predicts end to surge in Indian sovereign bond yields

The yields may reportedly drop by as much as 75 basis points by the end of March 2019, according to analyst Jayesh Mehta.

A fifth of public sector banks’ assets may go bad in a year

This cycle is unlikely to start reversing till the new bankruptcy law grows up a little.

In Narendra Modi govt’s final year, distressed assets and bad loans ail banking sector

A gradual systemic failure of banking and financial institutions can lead to catastrophic collapse of our economy. Arvind Subramanian’s resignation this week as the Chief...

Cash in villages signals end of struggle for this non-bank lender

Mahindra Financial, which has a presence in about 3.3 lakh villages, forecasts bad loans will continue to shrink as clients’ financial health strengthens.

RBI unearths $7 billion of bad loans at big Indian bank

Hidden bad debt is a blow to the sector given that half of India’s 22 government-controlled banks are already under the Reserve Bank of India’s strict Prompt Corrective Action program that restricts lending and expansion.

Record $1 billion loss signals `happy year’ for State Bank of India

SBI’s shares surged to a six-week high after it reported a record loss on Tuesday, after a similar contrarian market reaction by ICICI Bank Ltd. and Axis Bank Ltd. reported poorer-than-expected earnings.

Think twice before busting India’s ailing banks

RBI is cutting off banks and the police is intimidating bankers, there’s not much chance that credit growth will recover sufficiently to support India’s nascent growth revival.

On Camera

Bodoland poll loss a wake-up call for Assam BJP. Zubeen’s death puts CM Sarma in a tight spot

Assam CM can’t celebrate that the Congress drew a blank in the Bodoland Territorial Council polls in 2010 as well as 2015, and bagged only one in 2020.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Aerial warfare analyst Tom Cooper faults India’s military PR, says Pakistan does it better

In post on social media, Cooper narrated experience of MiG-21 researcher from Germany who wanted to attend aircraft’s farewell ceremony in India, and the roadblocks he faced. 

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.