The Reserve Bank of India’s move to allow companies to raise loans under external commercial borrowing (ECB) route — to repay banks their dues categorised as non-performing assets (NPAs)
Month: September 2019
Piling foreign debt | Business Standard Editorials
The revised norms for end-use of money raised through external commercial borrowings (ECBs), announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday, have brought in significant changes.
IBC Bill won’t encroach on SC domain, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman | Business Standard News
The government’s move to amend the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) was largely to clear its legislative intent and not to encroach on the Supreme
RS passes IBC amendment, restores lenders’ primacy in insolvency cases | Business Standard News
The Rajya Sabha on Monday approved amending the three-year-old Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), providing clarity about preference to secured lenders over operational creditors and giving lenders
IBC Bill: Pressure on NCLT benches as 330-day deadline for resolution looms | Business Standard News
More than 500 corporate insolvency cases will have less than three months to complete their resolution or face the prospect of liquidating firms as soon
How the stressed asset problem snowballed into a tussle between RBI, govt | Business Standard News
Even as the banking sector was trying to come to terms with the various schemes introduced by the RBI to force them to recognize bad
Empee Distilleries receives four resolution plans; CoC to decide, says RP | Business Standard News
Four companies have shown interest in reviving Empee Distilleries, which is currently under Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) for not paying over Rs 300 crore dues to
Government moves NCLAT against NCLT orders directing probe into companies’ affairs by SFIO – The Financial Express
The SFIO contended the NCLT does not have the jurisdiction to direct an investigation into the affairs under the provisions of the Companies Act. The
IBC Amendment 2019: Why landmark legislation failed to rescue MSMEs from vicious cycle of indebtedness – The Financial Express
By R Narayan Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: Touted as landmark legislation in heralding a massive transformation in the recovery and resolution process, the Insolvency
NCLAT sets aside NCLT June order rejecting SBI plea against Rohit Ferro – The Financial Express
In its order, the NCLT, however, accepted the fact that there was a default and debts are payable by Rohit Ferro to the state-run lender.
Jet Airways’ resolution professional, dutch administrator, agree to cooperate in insolvency – The Financial Express
NCLAT was hearing a petition filed by the Dutch Court Administrator against the order of the Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT),
Understanding the investment slowdown – The Financial Express
The public sector had a secondary role to play, which, however, had increased in scope during this period. The investment rate in the country has
NBFC crisis, slowdown put Modi’s goal of $5 trillion economy at risk – The Financial Express
The nation entered 2019 as the world’s sixth-biggest economy poised to become the fifth. Instead, it has slipped a notch to seventh place. India’s slowdown and a
How companies undergoing insolvency resolution face hardships due to probable clash of GST with IBC – The Financial Express
By Rajat Mohan The introduction of GST has been described as India’s biggest tax reform, and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) is a landmark
JSW Steel says can’t implement BPSL resolution plan – The Financial Express
The CBI had on April 5 registered an FIR against the erstwhile directors and the debt-ridden firm for alleged siphoning of thousands of crores of
Dissenting financial creditor should not be discriminated: NCLAT – The Financial Express
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) rejected the submissions of that Section 30 (2) (b) (ii) of IBC, which allows to treat dissenting financial
JSW Steel moves NCLAT over Bhushan Power & Steel assets – The Financial Express
The two-member NCLAT bench, headed by its chairperson justice S J Mukhopadhaya, has scheduled the matter for hearing on September 16. JSW Steel on Friday
NCLT admits Axis plea against Lanco arm – The Financial Express
LAPL, one of the coal-fired thermal subsidiaries of debt-laden Lanco Infratech, is located in Chhattisgarh and has an operational capacity of 600 MW. The Hyderabad
Growth distress returns: Several narratives of the past turn out to be myths – The Financial Express
The inevitable comparison with the 2012 slowdown calls for revisiting growth narratives of the time. It is important to see how these hold out, as
Weaken Rupee: Will it boost exports? – The Financial Express
It does seem that India’s government yield of 6-6.5% could continue to draw investment interest, despite the fumbling economy and nervous rupee The head of