Watch: Prudent action: On RBI interest rate cuts: The Hindu Editorial

Watch: Prudent action: On RBI interest rate cuts: The Hindu Editorial

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RBI MPC meeting LIVE: Repo rate unchanged at 5.5%, says Governor Sanjay Malhotra

RBI MPC meeting LIVE: Repo rate unchanged at 5.5%, says Governor Sanjay Malhotra

To be or not to be: With GST tailwind, Monetary Policy Committee likely to hold rates  The three-day closed-door Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, which commenced on Monday (September 29, 2025), has raised hopes of a rate cut.  The October policy comes within weeks of a cut in Goods and Services Tax (GST) and at […]

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To be or not to be: With GST tailwind, Monetary Policy Committee likely to hold rates 

To be or not to be: With GST tailwind, Monetary Policy Committee likely to hold rates 

The three-day closed-door Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, which commenced on Monday (September 29, 2025), has raised hopes of a rate cut. The October policy comes within weeks of a cut in Goods and Services Tax (GST) and at a time when demand is likely to be created in the domestic market amid the […]

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RBI repo cut: Industry reactions

RBI repo cut: Industry reactions

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) under the chairmanship of Sanjay Malhotra, Governor, Reserve Bank of India on Friday (June 6, 2025) voted to reduce the policy repo rate by 50 basis points (bps) to 5.50% with immediate effect.  Consequently, the standing deposit facility (SDF) rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) shall stand adjusted to […]

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RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee meet starts amid expectations of yet another rate hike

RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee meet starts amid expectations of yet another rate hike

Representational image only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) rate-setting panel on April 3 started its three-day meeting amid expectations that the Central bank may go for 25 basis points hike in benchmark interest rate, probably the last in the current monetary tightening cycle that began in May 2022. Reserve Bank […]

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Government’s total liabilities rise 2.6% to ₹150.95 lakh crore in Q3 FY23: Report

Government’s total liabilities rise 2.6% to ₹150.95 lakh crore in Q3 FY23: Report

Representational image only. | Photo Credit: Twitter/@FinMinIndia The government’s total liabilities rose to ₹150.95 lakh crore in December quarter from ₹147.19 lakh crore in the three months ended September 2022, according to the latest public debt management report. The increase reflects a quarter-on-quarter increase of 2.6% in October-December 2022-23. In absolute terms, the total liabilities, […]

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Year in Review | Indian economy amid global headwinds

Year in Review | Indian economy amid global headwinds

Multiple headwinds at varied points of time impacted the Indian economy’s thorough economic revival in the calendar year 2022. The year started with the threat emanating from the Omicron variant which settled towards the later end of the succeeding month. This was followed by the Russian actions in Ukraine and the ensuing disturbances in global […]

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Indian economic growth ‘extremely fragile’, needs all support: RBI Monetary Policy Committee member Jayanth Varma

Indian economic growth ‘extremely fragile’, needs all support: RBI Monetary Policy Committee member Jayanth Varma

India’s economic growth is now ‘extremely fragile’ and needs all the support that it can get, as private consumption and capital investment are yet to pick up, RBI Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) member Jayanth R Varma said on December 23. Mr. Varma further said out of the four engines of growth for the economy, exports […]

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Pause could prove costly, said Shaktikanta Das; growth fragile, held MPC dissenter Varma

Pause could prove costly, said Shaktikanta Das; growth fragile, held MPC dissenter Varma

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das. File. | Photo Credit: PTI  The Reserve Bank of India could ill afford to opt for a “premature pause in monetary policy action” as it would prove costly at a time when there was stickiness in core inflation, Governor Shaktikanta Das stressed at the Monetary Policy Committee’s […]

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RBI to introduce new functionality for UPI payments, allowing multiple debits

RBI to introduce new functionality for UPI payments, allowing multiple debits

RBI governor Shaktikanta Das announced an additional function for Unified Payments Interface (UPI) platforms that would allow multiple debits. Mr. Das was effusive in his praise for the digital payment system in his address at the conclusion of the three-day Monetary Policy Committee’s (MPC) meeting. “UPI has emerged as the best payment system anywhere in […]

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