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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
TopicUnsecured loans

Topic: unsecured loans

RBI has curbed unsecured lending, but the root cause of defaults remains unaddressed

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Not just risk to banks, RBI’s curbing unsecured lending to rein in shady recovery practices too

RBI has made it more costly to lend & borrow unsecured loans. One reason is financial risk these loans can pose, while another is harassment of borrowers by recovery agents.

Unsecured loans are not the answer to the credit crisis at India’s big banks

Unsecured loans can only offer banks a temporary shelter during a downturn in collateralised credit. That protection doesn’t last long.

On Camera

MCD is rounding up sterilised, friendly dogs just for optics—a moral and scientific failure

Since 1982, the resident dogs of JLN Stadium have peacefully coexisted with athletes, spectators, and staff. There hasn’t been a single recorded bite in over four decades.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.