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Tuesday, November 18, 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.

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India’s agricultural paradox—rising output, rising imports, and a shrinking trade surplus

Agricultural policy has prioritised price stabilisation over fostering long-term competitiveness. This incentivises the pursuit of subsidies rather than productivity enhancement.

Naidu matches Jagan’s Rs 13L crore investment playbook, with a ‘speed of doing business’ caveat

Naidu’s summit brings in MoUs on same scale as Jagan’s, but CM says his plans built on speed, certainty & investor trust, with escrow accounts, simplified incentives & real-time oversight.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.