Biggest winner of Modi’s loan-in-59-minutes plan for small companies is an Ahmedabad fintech startup

How was a private player entrusted with a crucial project that gives it access to sensitive data and large commissions?

M Rajshekhar

· Nov 08, 2018 · 09:00 am

India’s curious inflexibility in trying to fix its bad loan crisis is leading to unforeseen problems

Since every case of default is seen as the result of fraud, distressed firms aren’t being rehabilitated and banks are recovering only a fraction of their loans.

M Rajshekhar

· Nov 02, 2018 · 09:00 am

Arun Jaitley is being disingenuous in blaming RBI for the troubles of India’s small and medium firms

If the MSME sector was tottering by the time he became the country’s finance minister, the next four and a half years felled it.

M Rajshekhar

· Nov 02, 2018 · 06:30 am

India’s proceedings to recover bad debt are reshaping Chhattisgarh’s economy – and politics too

As big domestic and global players buy defaulting power and steel companies, smaller firms in the state realise they cannot compete and are diversifying.

M Rajshekhar

· Nov 01, 2018 · 09:00 am

As India tackles its bad loans problem, large local groups and global funds are gaining advantage

Market analysts suspect many of the buyers may not be interested in reviving the insolvent companies, but only in making a quick buck by selling them for parts.

M Rajshekhar

· Oct 31, 2018 · 09:00 am

India’s bid to fix bad loan crisis is reshaping its corporate sector – and creating new challenges

A small number of buyers is taking most of the insolvent companies on the cheap, likely diminishing productivity and eroding market competition.

M Rajshekhar

· Oct 30, 2018 · 09:00 am

The MJ Akbar playbook: Men look back at how he preyed on women colleagues in newsrooms and got away

Although few men have spoken up about Akbar, the ones that have paint a picture of an editor with a well-oiled formula.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

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M Rajshekhar

· Oct 27, 2018 · 09:00 am

Modi is right. Amul was indeed an inspiring success story (but it’s all going wrong now)

The prime minister called the dairy cooperative a viable alternative to capitalism and socialism on Sunday.

M Rajshekhar

· Oct 02, 2018 · 07:30 am

One year after GST, India’s smaller companies are on the backfoot

Scroll.in reporters across the country revisit small businessmen they interviewed just after the introduction of the new tax regime.

M Rajshekhar

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Mridula Chari

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Aarefa Johari

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Shreya Roy Chowdhury

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Arunabh Saikia

· Jul 01, 2018 · 09:00 am

India’s cash crunch: Six steps that led to the currency shortage 16 months after demonetisation

Scroll.in reporters fanned out across the country to uncover the reasons for the crisis.

M Rajshekhar

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Mridula Chari

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Abhishek Dey

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Vinita Govindarajan

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Arunabh Saikia

· Apr 30, 2018 · 09:00 am

15 theories about why India is facing a cash crunch a year and a half after demonetisation

From ATM logistics to deliberate lack of supply to Nirav Modi, there are many explanations for the shortage.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

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M Rajshekhar

· Apr 18, 2018 · 12:30 pm

Political meddling to financial impropriety – it is all going wrong at Amul

The latest allegations of corruption at Kaira Union, underline the need for a fully independent audit of the entire Amul cooperative network.

M Rajshekhar

· Apr 17, 2018 · 09:00 am