RBI data shows bad loans in India are the lowest in at least 13 years. While write-offs are the main reason, lower NPA additions & falling slippage ratio are also driving factors.
There are, however, also some incipient signs of stress in the form of shrinking net interest margins & build-up of bad loans in retail segment that need to be monitored.
Case has raised questions like how fraud went undetected for so long, how it came to light, how money was diverted, and what led to delay in CBI registering FIR. ThePrint answers.
Without bureaucratic capability, India's plan could become a transfer of taxpayer-funded assets to a handful of businesses. Finding balance between public & private interests is key.
Net income jumped to Rs 45.7 billion for the 3 months to September, beating a Rs 36.9 billion average estimate. Bad loan ratio fell slightly to 5.28%, compared with 5.44% at June end.
Iran faces a choice that is larger than the immediate conduct of war. It can continue the logic of short-term escalation, or it can think in the longer historical frame.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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