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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicBorrowing costs

Topic: Borrowing costs

India bonds likely to gain as Modi govt sticks to its borrowing plan

Subhadip Sircar -
The govt will adhere to its plan to borrow Rs 12.05 trillion in the year through March. FM Nirmala Sitharaman had earlier indicated that the govt may borrow about Rs 1.6 trillion extra.

Borrowing costs surge for businesses as RBI drains Covid liquidity from financial system

Anurag Joshi -
Average yields on three-year rupee bonds rated BBB have risen 28 basis points this week, on track for their biggest weekly increase since 2018.

Another RBI rate cut next month will give fresh life to Indian bonds

Subhadip Sircar -
RBI has cut borrowing costs & eased lending norms to boost credit flow. Yet, bond returns have dwindled, marred by concerns about govt borrowing plan.

NBFCs are running out of options and selling bonds to the public

Ronojoy Mazumdar -
NBFCs are selling public bonds with the purpose of building a retail base. But individual investors may not be aware of the high risks.

Equity investors hold cash as they fear another RBI rate increase today

Santanu Chakraborty -
Investors expect RBI to increase borrowing costs & want to have plenty of money to deploy when it’s time to invest again.

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Opinion

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

Gitanjali Das -
When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

What India can learn from the US-Israel war on Iran

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Economy

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

Katharine Gemmell -
President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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