We are used to thinking that banks typically lend to larger firms, and households borrow from the informal sector. It's time to revise these misconceptions.
Companies increasingly looking to raise funds from market, while banks focus more on personal loans. Reasons for shift include NPA crisis & higher trust among households, say experts.
Over half a century since Indira Gandhi nationalised 14 public sector banks, move still evokes sharp divisions, with some criticising it as a failure and others hailing it as a landmark decision.
Lenders view loan approvals with a low CIBIL score as a risky proposition, whereas a good credit score provides some assurance that the debt will be recovered.
The Modi government should assure citizens that no part of the monetised revenue will be used to bail out NPAs or build white elephants to mollify vote banks.
According to bankers, total debt recast will be around Rs 3 lakh crore. Shapoorji Pallonji, Future groups among firms to receive nod for recast, but may ultimately not need it.
The rating agency says India, Mexico, and South Africa are among the banking systems that will be slower to recover to 2019 levels — likely beyond 2023.
Allies and partners are now pushed not only to align strategically and spend more on their own security, but also to accept the economic and political terms of “America First.”
Number of states implementing unconditional cash transfers increased fivefold between FY23 and FY26, half of them estimated to be in revenue deficit, report says.
Mechanical engineer & alumnus of IIM-A & IAS France, Kota was General Manager in HAL’s Light Combat Aircraft division. He was selected from a pool of eight candidates.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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