India’s $28-bn microfinance sector braces for turmoil as third crisis hits in a decade

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Gagan Kumar, who runs a small hair salon in Mumbai’s Borivali suburb, is a worried man these days. Kumar had borrowed Rs 1 lakh from a microlender to set up his shop in 2018 and had been making weekly repayments until last month. But the nationwide lockdown to contain the ......