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Rajan faults 'big borrowers' for eroding 'sanctity' of debt contracts in India

RBI governor calls for a change in mind-set

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Raghuram Rajan at the Reserve Bank of India

The sanctity of debt contracts in India has been "continuously eroded" by large borrowers in recent years, Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan said in a speech yesterday.

"Too many large borrowers see the lender, typically a bank, as holding not a senior debt claim that overrides all other claims when the borrower gets into trouble, but a claim junior to his equity claim," Rajan said.

He added: "In much of the globe, when a large borrower defaults, he is contrite and desperate to show

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