‘Riskless Capitalism’ in India: Bank credit and economic activity Rohit Azad, Prasenjit Bose and Zico Dasgupta

The Indian growth story of the 2000s’ cannot be over-simplistically explained as a result of “market-oriented” reforms. Public sector bank credit-financed investments, particularly in the infrastructure sector, played a significant role in sustaining growth, most crucially after the global economic crisis. Such a growth trajectory, however, proved to be unsustainable with the expansionary phase coming to an end in 2011–12 and bad loans piling up in the banking system.

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This article was originally posted in Economic & Political Weekly on August 5, 2017.