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Pakistan to increase defence budget by 18% while its economic debt rises to 76,000 Billion Rupees: How Pakistan’s obsession with India has crippled the...

Shraddha Pandey - 10 June, 2025

Notably, the 2024-25 defence budget of Pakistan was Rs 2,122 billion, already up nearly 15 per cent from the previous year.

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India has overtaken Japan to become the 4th largest economy, says NITI Aayog CEO citing IMF data

ANI - 25 May, 2025

NITI Aayog Chief Executive Officer (CEO) BVR Subrahmanyam said that India has overtaken Japan to become the world's fourth-largest economy, citing data by the International Monetary Fund.

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IMF imposes 11 new conditions on Pakistan, bringing the total to 50 conditions for $7 billion loan, says sustained tensions with India can heighten...

OpIndia Staff - 18 May, 2025

A week after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved $1 billion for Pakistan under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF), the lending body has imposed 11 new conditions on the country.

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Congress, Rajdeep Sardesai spread lies about India not voting against Pakistan’s loan request at the IMF: Here is the truth

OpIndia Staff - 10 May, 2025

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh accused the Modi government of 'chickening out' at the IMF and failing to vote against Pakistan's loan request.

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India tells IMF that rewarding continued sponsorship of cross-border terrorism sends a dangerous message, abstains from voting in bailout package for Pakistan

OpIndia Staff - 9 May, 2025

India raised concerns over the efficacy of IMF programs in case of Pakistan given its poor track record, and also on the possibility of misuse of debt financing funds for state sponsored cross border terrorism.

Economy and Finance

Bangladesh economic crisis: IMF withholds $1.3 billion in 4th and 5th instalments of funding for not fulfilling conditions, delegation leaves country without confirming release

OpIndia Staff - 18 April, 2025

The $1.3 billion fourth and fifth tranches of the $4.7 billion IMF loan package to Bangladesh have not yet been released.

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Pakistan seeking $7 billion from IMF, they could have asked us, PM Modi has given more to J&K for PF package: Rajnath Singh in...

ANI - 22 September, 2024

Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that Pakistan has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a seven-billion-dollar bailout package, and PM Narendra Modi has given more than this for the PF package for J&K.

World

Pakistan economy is very fragile: Global financial report on the country facing economic collapse

ANI - 21 July, 2024

The analysis made some dire predictions for the Pakistan economy saying that it remains extremely fragile and that growth was weighted to the downside.

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‘Skyrocketing public debt’: Maldives at ‘high risk’ of external and overall debt distress, says IMF

OpIndia Staff - 8 February, 2024

"Without significant policy changes, the overall fiscal deficits and public debt are projected to stay elevated, and the Maldives remains at high risk of external and overall debt distress", the IMF stated in its report.

News Reports

Pakistan receives $700 million from International Monetary Fund as part of bailout programme after govt implemented IMF-prescribed measures

ANI - 17 January, 2024

Under the bailout deal, the IMF also got Pakistan to raise USD 1.34 billion in new taxation to meet fiscal adjustments

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