IBC fosters transparency, lays foundation of robust economy: Financial Services Secretary

29 Jan 2026 Evaluate

Emphasizing the importance of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) in transforming country’s insolvency landscape, the Financial Services Secretary M Nagaraju has said that the IBC has been a game-changer. He added that the IBC has fostered transparency, accountability and efficiency in corporate dispute resolution and laid the foundation of a more resilient and robust economy. However, he noted that several challenges still remain, which include timelines of resolutions and liquidations, resulting in value deterioration, low realisations to creditors and capacity constraints at National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). In order to address some of these key challenges relating to delays in resolution and liquidation and low recovery rates, the select committee has recommended seventh amendment -- IBC Amendment Bill 2025. The bill also proposes introduction of provisions on group insolvency process, cross-border insolvency and the creditor-initiated insolvency processes to strengthen and expand the framework of IBC.

Nagaraju highlighted that the amendment bill is expected to enhance the timelines and effectiveness of insolvency proceedings, improve greater confidence and align India's resolving regime more closely with the global best practices, thereby fostering greater stability and resilience in the financial system. Besides, six amendments have been carried out in the IBC since its inception in 2016, in order to facilitate an expeditious resolution process under IBC and to ensure proper implementation of IBC. He also highlighted that the Department of Financial Services (DFS) has been undertaking several measures along with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) to expedite insolvency processes. He cited measures such as the periodic review of large accounts of public sector banks facing delays at various stages of the insolvency process and active collaboration with IBBI to cut down on delays and issuance of general advisories to banks on handling such cases.

Moreover, he pointed that resolution plans have been approved in case of 1,300 corporate debtors under the IBC, enabling creditors to realise about Rs 4 lakh crore in these cases as of September 2025. This led to a decline in the gross NPA ratio of scheduled commercial banks to 2.05% in September 2025 and net NPA to 0.52%. He added that the fear of losing control of the firm on initiation of a Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) is nudging debtors to settle their dues with the creditors as soon as possible. Further, 30,310 applications for initiation of CIRPs having an underlying default of Rs 13.78 lakh crore were resolved even before their admission in the NCLT as of March 2025.

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