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RBI ready with final guidelines on bank subsidiaries

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Sanjay Malhotra on Wednesday announced that the central bank will issue the final circular on Forms of Business and…

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Why the RBI kept repo rate unchanged today and what a neutral stance means

Will they? Won’t they? After three rate cuts earlier this year, all eyes were on the RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to see if it…

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RBI holds repo rate steady at 5.5% amid economic challenges and adjusts GDP growth forecast

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Wednesday expectedly kept the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.5% due to tariff-induced challenges, saying policymakers needed time to…

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RBI MPC: Malhotra & co flag US tariffs as key headwind for Indian exports and growth

In its bimonthly monetary policy report, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) noted that “uncertainties on tariffs were still evolving, and the impact of past…

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RBI unveils new measures for internationalisation of Indian Rupee

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday announced fresh measures to promote wider use of the Indian Rupee in cross-border transactions, as part of…

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Indian wood and furniture exporters to gain competitive edge in US after Trump’s 10% global tariff: GTRI

New Delhi [India], October 1 (ANI): Indian wood products and furniture exporters will become far more competitive in the US market, as tariffs on this…

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Rupee loan average rates fall by 6bps in August

MUMBAI: The average lending rate on fresh rupee loans across the banking system eased by 6 basis points (bps) in August over July to 8.75%,…

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RBI to continue to use overnight weighted average call rate as the operating target for monetary policy

MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) would continue to use the overnight weighted average call rate (WACR) as the operating target for monetary policy…

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Government reports fiscal gap at 38.1% of FY26 target as of August

New Delhi: Higher spending and lower net tax collection widened the Centre’s fiscal deficit up to August in this financial year to 38.1% of the…

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ADB projects India growth at 6.5% for two fiscal years

New Delhi: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday projected India‘s economic growth at 6.5% each for this fiscal year and the next. The latest…

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