India’s bad debt malaise has so far centered on corporate debt. But now the situation may be changing.

When there is a systemic issue, it needs some serious policy intervention.

From governance aspect, Indian banks in general have disappointed in recent years, says Guha.

India’s problem is by and large a home grown one vis-à-vis the regional countries, says Guha

Reduction of capital reserves to global level could free up to Rs 3.6 lakh crore.

Relaxation of lending norms to spur growth is "never a good strategy", he said, adding the legacy problem loans will continue to be a bigge...

Earlier, govt had announced a Rs 2.1L-cr bank recap plan, of which Rs 76K-cr will come from budgetary support, bank stake sales, and Rs 1.3...

“We are looking at a host of strategies to strengthen PSBs (public sector banks) and this (is) one of them,” said a senior finance ministry...

A concerted effort is neccessary for all of those efforts will not be possible unless and until the critical question of capital is met

Global rating agency Fitch welcomed the move, saying this will also help them raise domestic capital but does not fully eliminate the defau...

This followed Reserve Bank of India’s restrictions on the private sector lender from paying coupon on its subordinated bonds, which don’t g...

Capital infusions will help reduce rating downside risk, but may not lead to upgrades unless strong capital buffers are maintained on a sus...

Fitch today said the non-performing assets ratio of banks is likely to improve marginally to 10.9 per cent by the end of this fiscal.

"Irrespective of the election outcome, there is still a fair amount of latent stress in the system, which will continue to flow through."

Fitch today said bad loans in India's banking system are likely to peak in FY2015-16, but stopped short of putting a number to the same.

Shares of PNB and BoB were witnessing profit booking after Fitch downgraded viability ratings of the duo by one notch to 'bb+' from 'bbb-'.

"The point we are trying to make is that while recovery will happen, it will probably be slower than what we had initially estimated."