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Tuesday, March 31, 2026
TopicCredit crisis

Topic: credit crisis

India’s credit crisis fuels woes at weaker firms amid Covid crunch

The importance of liquidity was dramatically illustrated to local bond investors when Franklin India abruptly shut 6 funds in the biggest-ever forced closure in the nation.

Prolonged slide in credit ratings of Indian companies is beginning to end

The downswing in credit ratings, triggered by liquidity stress in NBFC sector, had worsened as companies struggled to raise funds & sell assets to pare debt.

Credit health of Indian companies sinks to 8-year low on weak growth

Credit scores of 188 Indian borrowers were lowered in 9 months through December, compared with 103 upgrades, according to India Ratings & Research.

Finally, some good news: NBFCs show signs of recovery, indicating credit crisis could ease

Two of four indicators compiled by Bloomberg that reflect the state of non-bank financial companies strengthened last month from October.

HDFC Bank sees signs of economy reviving in rural and semi-urban areas

Loan outreach programmes in rural areas have given the sense that consumption in rural & semi-urban areas is turning more positive, HDFC Bank says.

Debt-laden Vodafone, Indiabulls & Glenmark likely to be taken out of MSCI index

The global index provider could remove sinking companies, brokers say, but is likely to add ICICI Prudential Life Insurance and Siemens this week.

Yes Bank slump, lowest in a decade, sparks selloff

Yes Bank is among lenders worst affected by the shadow banking crisis, which has seen small- and mid-sized lenders being hit the hardest.

Altico Capital is latest NBFC to default on debt repayment & add to India’s credit crisis

Altico Capital, which focuses on lending to the real estate sector, didn’t pay Rs 199.7 lakh crore of interest on borrowings from a UAE bank.

Unsecured loans are not the answer to the credit crisis at India’s big banks

Unsecured loans can only offer banks a temporary shelter during a downturn in collateralised credit. That protection doesn’t last long.

Kotak Realty Fund warns of a $65 billion bad-loan crisis, recommends lenders cut credit

A delay in lending to residential projects is adding to the mounting default risk, with as many as 5.60 lakh homes worth Rs 4.5 lakh crore stuck in top cities.

On Camera

How West Asia crisis can play out for PM Modi and BJP in Assembly polls

While the Russia-Ukraine war saw the BJP projecting PM Modi as a ‘vishwaguru’ who could end international conflicts, the party has made a nuanced shift in its electoral strategy vis-à-vis the West Asia war.

Foreign investors dump record $12 bn India stocks in March on war

Soaring energy costs have hurt oil-importing Asian peers, but the scale of outflows from India points to already bearish global sentiment.

India developing lethal autonomous weapon systems, database of citizens’ crime risk—House Panel report

Report on impact of AI emergence—drawing upon depositions from several ministries—confirms that the developments come in the absence of AI laws or considerations over them.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.