 In the 2000s, the Group grew into one of the largest collection of media properties in India through debt financing and international licensing deals with global media brands.By late 2011, according to a "LiveMint" article, the Network18 group had amassed a large debt, was running in loss and banks were unwilling to lend the group additional capital.Bahl's Network18 group sought capital from the Reliance Industries in 2012, then closed loss-making ventures, laid off employees, and trimmed the size of the Group over the next two years.