Restructuring Capital Structures in a High-Interest-Rate Environment: Analyzing Corporate Leverage, Financial Instruments, and Sectoral Strategies in India (2020 - 2025 and Beyond)

Nirmal S , Sri Raghul , J Keerthana , Anisha Panickar , Dr. Ravi Veeraraghavan

high interest rates, hybrid instruments, Capital structure, India, corporate leverage. debt to equity ratio, sectoral analysis, corporate bonds, financial, RBI monetary policy.

The paper explores the strategic capital adjustment that has been made by Indian corporations. organisations in reaction to the high interest-rate sustainability during 2020-2025. The article analyses 16 publicly traded firms in four principal industries (Information Technology, Finance, Automobile, and Pharmaceuticals) in order to learn about the mechanics of financial resilience, adoption of hybrid instruments, and funding approaches of sectors. By analyzing capital structure changes in various periods in time related to different monetary periods of the RBI. the research also focuses on the long-term strategic reactions as opposed to short-term policy regimes. tactical adjustments. The research is longitudinal comparative analysis, descriptive. statistics, industry comparisons, hypothesis tests to determine the effect of firm leverage, debt. composition, and financial flexibility have developed. Important variables under analysis are debt-to. equity ratios, the overall amounts of debt, interest coverage ratios, and the use of hybrid instruments. The research adds to the capital structure theory as it records the non-homogenous nature of. industry-wide reactions of corporates and defining the place of industry features, size of the company, profitability and market access in making optimal financing decisions. in times of prevailing high interest rates.

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"Restructuring Capital Structures in a High-Interest-Rate Environment: Analyzing Corporate Leverage, Financial Instruments, and Sectoral Strategies in India (2020 - 2025 and Beyond)", IJSDR - International Journal of Scientific Development and Research (www.IJSDR.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.11, Issue 1, page no.a575-a587, January-2026, Available :https://ijsdr.org/papers/IJSDR2601062.pdf

Volume 11 Issue 1, January-2026

Pages : a575-a587

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Country: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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