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Topic: ILFS

RBI surprises by holding interest rates and shifting to hawkish stance

The six-member monetary policy committee led by RBI Governor Urjit Patel voted 5-1 to keep the repurchase rate at 6.5 per cent.

IL&FS troubles increase as more defaults reported, shows takeover not an instant fix

IL&FS failed to service principal and interest on loans from banks, inter-corporate deposit and commercial papers totalling 33.9 crore rupees due for the period from Sept 30 to Oct 4

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.

IL&FS crisis shows easy money era is over in India

Rising borrowing costs are putting pressure on lenders like IL&FS & on debt-focused mutual funds that are liquidating holdings.

India’s pvt sector needs to choose infrastructure that’s worth building & making money off

The messy IL&FS affair reveals India doesn't know a thing about paying for infrastructure.

IL&FS new board will have to get selling its assets right to prevent more angst for India

IL&FS still owns long-term infrastructure financed with short-term funding. New board will need to sell assets to pare $12.6 billion debt.

What the new board of IL&FS needs to do to rescue it

The roadmap for IL&FS recovery may be similar to that laid out for Satyam Computer Services case of 2009.

Averting India’s mini-Lehman moment was the easy part

With polls due next year, and opposition attacking Modi govt for rescuing IL&FS, scope to utilise state-run institutions’ funds may be limited.

Modi govt vows to ensure IL&FS won’t default again

The dramatic move to take control of IL&FS underscores Modi govt's concern that more defaults may spread to other lenders.

On Camera

If fundamental right to property can be taken away, so can all the others: AG Mulgaokar

If this step even partially achieves its desired results, there will be so much dislocation in the country’s economic structure as to prove a national calamity, advocate AG Mulgaokar wrote in 1969.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.