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Wednesday, August 6, 2025
TopicDebt

Topic: Debt

SC allows ArcelorMittal & NuMetal to bid for Essar provided they clear their dues in 2 weeks

The top court held both firms ineligible under amended Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code but granted them a fresh opportunity.

The untold story behind Modi government’s shock takeover of IL&FS

The Modi govt had been monitoring IL&FS for two weeks and decision to oust its board was taken by finance minister Arun Jaitley.

Lesson from IL&FS crisis: Indian finance firms need to hold assets that can be collateral

Lenders like IL&FS have amassed large balance sheets but their assets can’t be easily pledged even in normal times.

Lower borrowings by Modi govt may not help battered bond market

Modi govt may trim its borrowings for second time this year but it is not likely to lift the pall over the bond market.

Stressed loans worth Rs 3.6 trillion to be scrutinised on account of deadline set by RBI

This marks the latest attempt by RBI to clean up banks that are suffering from the world’s worst bad-loan ratios, ahead only of Italy. 

Reliance Communications is racing against the clock to restructure its dollar debt

The company's default was India’s most high-profile one on international debt since the nation’s insolvency and bankruptcy code was passed in May 2016.

Jet Airways lenders want it to sell shares before considering fresh credit

India’s biggest full-service carrier is carrying a debt that is 55.4 times more than its earnings before interest and tax.

Caught in a debt trap, Indian states will have to borrow more money to repay loans

Borrowings by states almost doubled between fiscal years ended 2013 and 2018, with the trend picking up after 2008.

As Rupee suffers, the surprise beneficiary of US-China trade war is Chinese govt’s debt

Here’s a market-by-market look at how a trade war will affect Asian debt.

Modi govt says IPO is an option for Air India after bungled sale

With no interested buyers bidding for its purchase, selling shares in an initial public offering can help the govt retain control of Air India Ltd. and raise cash

On Camera

Where is Skill India money going? It’s a Rs 48,000 crore mystery

All industries are still facing an acute shortage of skilled manpower despite thousands of crores spent on skilling schemes.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

Trump feared India could arm BrahMos with nuclear warhead to target Pakistan in Op Sindoor—WSJ report

New Delhi: During Operation Sindoor, the United States which had received intelligence suggesting that India had launched BrahMos cruise missiles to strike targets inside...

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.