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Best of BS Opinion: Have our institutions responded adequately to frauds?

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Kanika Datta
Fraud and repayment failures appear to be the flavour of the financial news these days. The system is still reeling from the IL&FS and Dewan Housing mega-failures only for wind power major Suzlon to default on a $172 million bond issue and Punjab and Sind Bank to report a Rs 238 crore fraud involving Bhushan Power. Zee and Jet are still struggling to find buyers. Cases are stuck in the insolvency process. What’s next? Is India Inc in for a bigger shakeout than we’ve bargained for? And have our institutions responded adequately? The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, for one, was