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Tuesday, November 18, 2025
TopicBank debts

Topic: Bank debts

Banks’ bad debts drop to 3.2% in 1st half of 2023-24, lowest since 2013. Over 50% due to write-offs

Share of gross non-performing assets of Scheduled Commercial Banks has fallen consistently since March 2018. But RBI report shows recoveries from written-off loans remain low.

US lender Silicon Valley Bank fails after run on deposits

Silicon Valley Bank, struggling under weight of 'ill-fated decisions' collapsed Friday, forcing the US government to step into the largest bank failiure, since the 2008 financial crisis.

Despite Adani Group’s high debt levels, risk to Indian banks is relatively low

Brokerage firm CLSA estimates Indian bank debt accounts for 33-38% of Adani group's overall debt. Of the top 5 of group's companies, only 3 have relatively high share of bank debt.

‘Indians bearing weight of govt’s kind-heartedness’: Varun Gandhi’s fresh salvo at Modi govt

Gandhi, who is the BJP MP from UP's Pilibhit, has been repeatedly launching tirades against his own party and government since the introduction of the now-repealed farm laws.

India’s economic recovery will be hit if banks aren’t recapitalised, former RBI chiefs warn

Bad loans of Indian banks pose a risk to growth if they aren’t recapitalised, D. Subbarao, Y. Venugopal Reddy and C. Rangarajan say in a new book.

Debt-laden Jet Airways plans to sell up to 75 per cent stake

State Bank of India Ltd., the lead creditor of Jet Airways, issued a document on Monday, inviting bidders with a net worth of at least Rs. 10 billion, to submit their interest by April 10.

On Camera

Registration Bill 2025 is the BNS of property rights. It can reduce land disputes

Every piece of legislation should have an inbuilt date of review to ensure that changes are made by design, rather than by default or to score political brownie points.

Naidu matches Jagan’s Rs 13L crore investment playbook, with a ‘speed of doing business’ caveat

Naidu’s summit brings in MoUs on same scale as Jagan’s, but CM says his plans built on speed, certainty & investor trust, with escrow accounts, simplified incentives & real-time oversight.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.