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Weakening rupee is biggest risk to inflation: Subbarao

Duvvuri Subbarao, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, stated that the declining of the rupee is the biggest risk to inflation. RBI left interest rates unchanged as it...

August 3, 2013

RBI leaves key rates unchanged to curb the depreciation of Rupee

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept the indicative policy (repo) rate unchanged at 7. 25 % and the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) at 4% in order to...

August 3, 2013

Kumar Mangalam Birla steps down from RBI Board

Kumar Mangalam Birla who was nominated as a member of the directors of the Central Board of the RBI in 2006 stepped down from RBI Board. Why did...

July 30, 2013

RBI decreases realization period for exporters from 12 to 9 months

Responding further to the increasing pressure on Current Account Deficit (CAD) due reduced exports and depreciation of rupee against dollar, the Reserve Bank of India has brought down...

July 30, 2013

Department of Food & Public Distribution Launches Electronic fund transfer

Department of Food & Public Distribution launched the Electronic Transfer of Funds. Objective: To ensure quick and direct transfer of funds to the beneficiaries. This protected mode of...

July 22, 2013

Rs 25,000 crore window opened by RBI to help Mutual Fund industry

A special borrowing window of Rs 25,000 crore was opened by the RBI to help mutual funds industry over liquidity problems. The crisis occurred due to different merger schemes...

July 21, 2013

RBI calibrates MSF to ease rupee volatility

In the wake of continuing depreciation of rupee disturbing the monetary and fiscal calculations, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), fine-tuned the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate to...

July 21, 2013

RBI penalizes 22 banks for violating KYC norms

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has fined 22 banks by imposing penalty for violating Know-Your-Customer (KYC) norms and anti-money laundering guidelines. The banks who have been fined...

July 21, 2013

RBI directs oil firms to buy dollar from single PSU bank

In the current scenario of continuous down slide of the rupee against the dollar, the Reserve Bank of India, in a bid to cub this volatility, has ordered...

July 17, 2013

RBI allows asset financing NBFCs to access ECB market

As per a notification by the Reserve Bank of India which reviewed the External Commercial Borrowing (ECB) policy, Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs) categorized as Asset Financing Companies (AFCs)...

July 10, 2013

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