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Tuesday, November 25, 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

Did English Language create captive minds? PM’s Macaulay reference is only half-truth

Macaulay’s intervention led to a colonial mentality in several sections of India. But because of English language, it also led to a lot of unintended consequences.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.