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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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How and why Zee founder Subhash Chandra's Rs 22,006 crore debt was chopped to just Rs 6.5 crore

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has approved a repayment plan in Zee Group founder Subhash Chandra's personal insolvency case, letting him settle admitted claims of Rs 22,006 crore by paying just Rs 6.25 crore.

The order has drawn sharply different reactions: dissenting lenders call the payout unviable, government sources say the widely reported haircut figure is misleading, and Chandra himself disputes the size of the claim against him. Here's how it played out.

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