Forex traders said the rupee consolidated in a narrow range as investors preferred to stay on the sidelines ahead of the Reserve Bank of India's rate decision.
RBI typically conducts six bi-monthly meetings in a financial year, where it deliberates interest rates, money supply, inflation outlook, and various macroeconomic indicators
Come October 1, the note will be just another piece of paper with no value. This comes months after the central bank announced that the Rs. 2000 notes will be taken out of circulation.
The governor had agreed to convene this special meeting on 30 or 31 August subject to 'all directors attending it', the memoir published by Harper Collins said.
Addressing directors of UCBs in the financial capital at an RBI-organised conference, Das urged that such lenders should improve the governance standards, avoid related-party transactions and focus on credit risks, among others.
The savings figure for 2021-22 was also scaled down to 7.2 per cent of GDP from 7.6 per cent of GDP (and as much as 8.3 per cent of GDP, as per RBI's first estimates released in September 2022).
RBI is considering a proposal to bring the manufacturing of solar panels under priority sector lending by banks as part of the country's big push to green energy
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation was at 7.44 per cent in July and at 7 per cent in August 2022, as per the data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) on Tuesday.