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Sunday, December 21, 2025
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Topic: NPA

Modi’s promise of loan in 59 minutes will take much longer than that to encash

Bankers are upset with Modi's move to sanction loans of up to Rs 1 crore in less than an hour, call it an ‘election sop’ that could further increase their NPA level. 

Independence of central bank is of utmost importance: IMF on RBI- Centre rift

The IMF said it is closely monitoring the tension between the Ministry of Finance and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) over the autonomy of monetary policy makers.

Bad debts & NPA have declined while loan recovery has picked up: FM Jaitley

He also said that recoveries, lending ability of banks and credit growth are all improving.

RBI wields the stick on bad loans by rejecting Yes Bank’s Rana Kapoor

Rana Kapoor’s removal illustrates just how far RBI is preparing to go to root out a system-wide legacy of shoddy lending.

Selling IDBI stake to LIC is not medicine, it’s bureaucratic quackery

LIC’s customers signed up to protect their own lives – not that of a dying financial institution.

ED attaches property worth Rs 4,701 crore in money laundering case involving Sandesara group

Seizures include 4,000 acres of land, plant machinery and high-end cars; group allegedly involved in money laundering worth Rs 5,000 crore

Sugar cess goes against idea of tax reforms through GST, say experts

GST Council said it will help farmers, several states opposed the proposal that has been called discriminatory by experts.

The relationship between Indian corporates and banks has been altered permanently

Narendra Modi government has taken this problem on in his inimitable style -- head on -- and completely, studiously avoided the short-cut temptation to restructure.

On Camera

Violence over Osman Hadi is about Islamist Bangladesh. India-baiting is a distraction

The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.