Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Evergreen no more

......Last week’s recommendations show that the Reserve Bank of India is finally running out of patience. It needs banks to clear up these bad loans before they become a systemic problem. That, however, puts India in a tricky situation. Government-dictated targets – designed to fuel economic growth – are partly to blame for forcing the public sector banks to grow their books too fast in the first place. Now that the country’s economy is slowing, politicians will be pressuring banks to lend more, not less, and any restructuring that puts voters’ jobs at risk is bound to meet heavy resistance........

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