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Govt sees negligible impact from Silicon Valley Bank failure: Officials

Startup sector may be face liquidity issues; exposure of Indian banks to SVB yet to be ascertained

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Arup Roychoudhury New Delhi
The implosion of California-based lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) should not have any lasting macro-economic ripple effect on India. It may, perhaps, impact liquidity of start-ups, which are already in the midst of a funding winter, said government officials and independent economists.

“We are not worried about any macro-economic impact at home. Domestically, the run on Adani shares was a bigger issue and yet it did not have a negative spillover on the larger economy. There could be a possible impact on the start-up sector,” a top official told Business Standard.

On Friday, SVB, which lends to start-ups and provides