{
  "id": 8513569,
  "title": "18 years after the 2008 financial meltdown: How a crisis born in US reshaped India",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/18-years-after-the-2008-financial-meltdown-how-a-crisis-born-in-us",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-19T11:55:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/18-years-after-the-2008-financial-meltdown-how-a-crisis-born-in-us-reshaped-india/articleshow/134352862.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Eighteen years after the 2008 US financial crisis, India is reflecting on how the event reshaped the nation's approach to financial stability. Initially, India's exposure to the crisis was limited by factors such as capital flows, trade, external financing, and market sentiment. The Sensex dropped 37.9% in 2008, while real GDP growth slowed to 6.7% in 2008-09. However, Indian banks did not suffer the collapse seen in Western economies due to limited exposure to risky mortgage-linked assets and robust prudential safeguards.\n\nThe Reserve Bank of India (RBI) responded swiftly to the crisis, cutting key interest rates and deploying refinance facilities. The government provided fiscal relief through tax breaks and increased public spending. These measures helped contain the shock, preventing India from experiencing a full-blown banking crisis.\n\nThe crisis also highlighted the \"too big to fail\" problem, which had previously gone unnoticed in India. While the country had tools to handle bank stress, there was no comprehensive framework to resolve a large financial institution in case of failure. This gap has since been addressed with the implementation of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code in 2016 and additional capital requirements for systemically important banks.\n\nDespite these improvements, advocate Mayank Arora notes that India still lacks a comprehensive resolution law for systemically important financial institutions. This gap is crucial to understanding the true impact of the 2008 crisis on India's financial system and its relevance in the face of emerging investment trends like artificial intelligence.",
  "summary": "The 2008 global financial crisis hit India through markets, capital flows and trade, but its banking system remained resilient. The shock exposed gaps in financial resolution and regulation, prompting reforms including the IBC, stronger safeguards for systemically important banks and higher buffers. Nearly 18 years later, India is stronger, but rising AI investment raises fresh questions about…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}