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Friday, December 12, 2025
TopicLiquidity crisis

Topic: Liquidity crisis

Why India’s liquidity management framework requires a thorough review

Liquidity has been a concern as banks have been grappling for stable deposits for months. This is reflected in an increase in the credit-deposit ratio for individual banks.

Govt cuts Employees’ Provident Fund contributions from 12% to 10% for 3 months

This would increase 4.3 crore organised sector employees' take home pay and reduce the liability of 6.5 lakh employees facing a liquidity crunch under lockdown.

RBI injected liquidity after Franklin funds crisis but banks are still not borrowing

Lenders have borrowed only about 5% of an RBI emergency funding line as they grapple with rising bad debt amid the coronavirus pandemic & lockdown.

RBI announces Rs 50,000 cr special liquidity facility for mutual funds

India's debt markets have been reeling under the coronavirus lockdown, prompting risk-averse investors to dump assets and worsening liquidity in some corporate bond trading.

Housing finance regulator NHB comes in for tougher oversight to prevent liquidity crisis

With visible signs of stress among housing finance companies, the NHB’s inclusion in FSDC will aid better information sharing among regulators.

NRIs can ease liquidity crunch in India

The surest way to ease India’s financial crunch would require tapping Indians living overseas

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.

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.

RBI will go slow on raising rates, says investor who foresaw liquidity crisis

Suyash Choudhary of IDFC says RBI will risk financial stability and seriously hurt growth if it adds to the two rate increases since June.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

Dubai Tejas crash revives focus on advanced, fully automated safety systems

Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.