On Tap Licence for Small Finance Banks

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is considering to issue “on tap” licensing for small finance banks. The on-tap licensing will allow entities to approach the RBI for obtaining licences for small finance banks on meeting laid-down criteria. RBI wants ..

RBI scraps charges on NEFT and RTGS Transfers

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) s scrapped the charges on fund transfers through RTGS and NEFT. The RBI has taken the decision to boost digital transactions and asked banks to pass on the benefits to customers. NEFT and RTGS ..

RBI Monetary Policy Review

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced the second bi-monthly monetary policy statement for 2019-20. The key decisions reflected in the Monetary Policy statement are: Repo rate reduced to 5.75 per cent from the current 6per cent. Similarly, the ..

Benchmarking India s Payment Systems

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) report “Benchmarking India s Payment Systems” provides a comparison of the payment ecosystem in India with the payment systems and usage trends in other major countries. Findings of the Report Even though there was ..

Recommendations of the Nilekani Panel for strengthening Digital Payments

The panel headed by Nandan Nilekani has submitted the recommendations to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for strengthening digital payments ecosystem. Recommendations of the Nilekani Panel The committee has listed a comprehensive set of regulatory interventions that will be ..

Trends in Food Inflation and Monetary Policy

The reduced growth rate and higher rates of unemployment have led to an expectation that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) would cut the interest rates in the upcoming monetary policy review. Under the Section 45ZA of the RBI Act ..

Financial Literacy Week 2019

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is observing Financial Literacy Week 2019 from June 3-7 on the theme of “Farmers”. The theme aims to highlight how farmers can benefit from being a part of the formal banking system. About the ..

India s GDP Growth Rate Reduces

India s GDP growth rate witnessed a slowdown. This has raised the prospect of fiscal stimulus and a rate cut. GDP Growth Rate India grew at a much slower-than-expected 5.8 per cent in the last quarter of the financial year ..