Reliance Communications asset sale speeds India telecom shakeout – Nikkei Asian Review

MUMBAI — Reliance Communications Chairman Anil Ambanion presented a revised debt resolution plan on Wednesday aimed at reducing the company’s liabilities from 450 billion rupees ($7 billion) to 60 billion rupees by March 2018 by withdrawing the company from the consumer wireless business and unloading assets, including real estate. Close Anil Amban, chairman of Reliance Communications,…

Bar on wilful defaulters not a moral issue, says IBBI chief – Economic Times

Keeping out wilful defaulters from bidding for stressed assets is not a “moral issue”, but a choice between certainty and uncertainty, IBBI Chairperson M S Sahoo has said. His comments come against the backdrop of the government, through an ordinance last month, barring wilful defaulters from bidding for stressed assets under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy…

Individual insolvency regime to be operational in phased manner: IBBI charirperson MS Sahoo – Economic Times

NEW DELHI: Steering the “smooth and fast- paced” journey of the insolvency law, the IBBI is now looking to put in place the regime for individual insolvency in a phased manner, according to its Chairperson M S Sahoo. Around 500 corporates have been admitted for resolution and about 100 companies have commenced voluntary liquidation under…