‘Mani App’ for Visually Challenged launched by RBI

India’s central bank, Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has launched a mobile app named ‘MANI’ on Wednesday, 1st January 2019 that will help in identifying the denomination of currency notes for the visually challenged persons. MANI stands for Mobile Aided Note ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020

RBI introduces a New Type of Prepaid Payment Instrument (PPI)

The regulator of the entire banking system in India, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has introduced a new semi-closed type payment instrument system under the Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs). Earlier this month, on the 5th of December, the Reserve ..

RBI to conduct ‘Operation Twist’

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) under the open market operations has announced a simultaneous sale and purchase of the government bonds. This will be the first time in the country that the government bonds will be on simultaneous sale ..

RBI Unveils Guidelines on Small Finance Banks

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released ‘Guidelines for ‘on tap’ Licensing of Small Finance Banks (SFB) in the Private Sector’. With these new guidelines, RBI has introduced major changes from earlier Guidelines issued by the apex bank on ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019

First Time India’s Forex Reserves crosses USD 450 billion

India’s foreign exchange reserves have crossed the USD 450 billion mark for the first time on 3rd December 2019. The Reserve Bank of India Governor, Shaktikant Das in a press conference informed that the foreign exchange reserves hit a new ..

5th Bi-monthly Monetary Policy 2019-20

The six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) headed by the Governor of RBI, Shaktikant Das, voted unanimously to keep the policy rate unchanged and announced the 5th bi-monthly monetary policy of 2019-20 on Thursday, ..

DICGC insures up to a maximum of Rs 1 Lakh

The Deposit Insurance and credit guarantee corporation (DICGC) is a subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of India which insures all bank deposits that are payable in India such as savings, current, recurring, fixed, etc. Each depositor in a bank is ..

Former RBI deputy governor H R Khan to chair Micro-Finance panel

H R Khan, former deputy governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been appointed as first chairman of steering committee panel on Code for Responsible Lending (CRL) in Micro-Credit. Members of panel include: P Satish of Sa-Dhan, Sonia Krishnankutty ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019

GDP at 4.5% in Second Quarter(July-September), Lowest in 25 Quarters

The Gross Domestic Product(GDP) of India has now been declining for five straight quarters in a row, falling by 0.5 percent from the first quarter of 2019-20 to 4.5 percent in the second quarter, registering the slowest and lowest growth ..

Currency Swap Agreement Framework revised For SAARC

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to further economic cooperations within the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) member countries, the framework on currency swap agreement has been revised on Tuesday, November 26, 2019. The currency swap ..