India’s Financial Meltdown: A Decade of Defaults, Bankruptcies and Economic Ruin
India’s Financial Meltdown: A Decade of Defaults, Bankruptcies and Economic Ruin India’s Financial Meltdown: A Decade of Defaults, Bankruptcies and Economic Ruin Posted on 13th March, 2025 (GMT 08:32 hrs) Composed and Compiled by Partyless Society⤡ & Occupy Dalal Street⤡ ABSTRACT India has faced widespread bankruptcies between 2015 and 2025, with significant failures in banks, non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), and large corporations, exacerbating core economic issues. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) has largely failed, leaving citizens to bear the brunt time and again. Key examples include DHFL, PNB, IL&FS, PMC, Yes Bank, Essar Steel, and Jet Airways. Additionally, write-offs (waive offs?!) of corporate loans have surged, and bank fraud cases are on the rise, with rising defaults and poor recovery rates. The ongoing financial instability, caused by such frauds, defaults and bankruptcies, has eroded investor confidence, leading to mass...