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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicIndian Banks

Topic: Indian Banks

Criminal cases for irregularities – Clean-up of banking sector or witch hunt?

On Wednesday, the CEO and director of the Bank of Maharashtra were booked in a Rs 3,000-crore default case involving real estate developer DSK Group. The Indian Banks’ Association has condemned the arrests of bankers. Experts weigh in.

India’s bad bank backers are badly wrong

With general elections due next year, the bad bank idea looks like a politically expedient proposal of dubious economic merit. Bad ideas keep returning to...

$1-billion rush seen for HDFC bank as foreigners get last chance to buy shares

HDFC will close the window that permits foreigners to buy shares of India's most-valuable lender soon, which is resulting in a surge in buying. 

The world’s best and worst bank returns can be found in India

Despite India's state-run banks being in a rundown condition, the country's rich private banks are keeping investors' belief alive in the Indian economy.

ICICI Bank’s love for its CEO is testing the limits

Chanda Kochhar showed a lack of judgment in not recusing herself from the committee that cleared the loan to Videocon. ICICI, with a history of prior bank runs, can't afford a leader who's in the news for all the wrong reasons. 

One of the world’s largest distressed debt investors eyes India’s $210 billion bad loans

Oaktree is looking to lend directly to companies in India and also invest in bad loan portfolios, in sectors including energy and infrastructure.

Privatising sectors isn’t enough, public companies need to be told to perform or die

While privatising markets benefits customers, the system must accept the hard budgetary constraints on the public sector entities in these markets.

Rotomac bank fraud loan wasn’t for Vikram Kothari’s pen business but for ‘importing’ wheat

CBI has arrested and registered a case against Kothari and his family; the total amount of the fraud is alleged to be Rs 3,695 crore.

On Camera

Trump is swinging on Russia again. What this means for Europe’s security architecture

The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

Hit by mortar shell, but still fighting—BSF heroes of Op Sindoor honoured with gallantry medals

President of India has honoured 16 BSF personnel with gallantry medals for show of exemplary courage in the 87-hour ‘war’ between India and Pakistan that followed the launch of Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.