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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicConsumer loans

Topic: consumer loans

India’s household debt has risen 80% in 2017-18. It could bite if incomes don’t grow

Indian households’ liabilities went up by Rs 6.7 lakh crore in FY18. When the consumption engine isn’t firing like before, this is a concern.

Southeast Asia’s biggest bank DBS bets on India to reduce reliance on Singapore

The DBS group wants to tap Indian consumers by bolstering loans to reduce reliance on Singapore from which it derived 62% of its revenues in 2018.

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

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

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.

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

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.