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By Seela Subba Rao Microfinance institutions (MFIs) have evolved into a vibrant industry exhibiting a variety of business models. In India, they exist as NGOs (registered as societies or trusts), Section 25 companies, NBFC-MFIs and other NBFCs. Commercial banks, regional rural banks, cooperative banks and other large lenders have played an important role in financing […]
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New Delhi: India’s inflation is expected to ease gradually in the second half of the current financial year 2022-23, “precluding the chances of a hard landing” monetary policy actions, said the Reserve Bank of India Governor, Shaktikanta Das. The central bank Governor made the remarks at the ongoing Kautilya Economic Conclave, organized by the Institute […]
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Despite the rapid growth in digital payments over the last few years, cash remains the king in India. As a proportion of the gross domestic product (GDP), Indians still hold a relatively large share of cash, one of the highest in the world. The Currency in Circulation (CiC), as a proportion of GDP, has grown […]
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New Delhi: Ashneer Grover, who was sacked along with his wife Madhuri Jain Grover by fintech platform BharatPe over alleged financial irregularities, has slammed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) over its latest directive to non-bank prepaid payment instruments to stop loading credit lines onto their products. In a tweet, Grover said that “not allowing loading […]
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Hyderabad: Debit and credit cardholders beware! Come July 1, your card details will get erased from e-commerce sites, apps and OTT platforms. One will have to restore their card number and generate a unique token from July onwards in order to make online payments. This is part of the new rules set by the Reserve […]
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Hyderabad: The Reserve Bank of India has once again increased the repo rate by 50 basis points (bps) thus taking the cumulative hike in rates to 90 bps in a span of just two months. Although this rate hike was on expected lines, many industry analysts and experts suggest that this might impact home buying […]
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The Reserve Bank of India’s decision to raise the repo rate — for the second time in over a month — by 50 basis points sends a message that the central bank is focused more on taming runaway inflation. However, the move is expected to hurt economic recovery as home and vehicle loans are set […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana’s impressive march on the growth path could face speed-breakers if the BJP government at the Centre has its way in turning down the State’s repeated pleas to allow it to raise funds through Open Market Borrowings (OMBs). The Centre has, so far, held back giving its nod to Telangana to take the OMB […]
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New Delhi: Taking into account the increase in prices since the housing loan limits were last revised and considering the customer needs, central bank Reserve Bank of India decided to increase the existing limits on individual housing loans by the cooperative banks. Accordingly, the limits for Tier I or Tier II urban cooperative banks shall […]
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Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday retained its growth projection at 7.2 per cent for the current fiscal on the back of improvement in urban demand and gradual recovery in rural India. Unveiling the third monetary policy for the current fiscal, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said the Indian economy remained resilient, and the […]
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Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday raised the interest rate by 50 basis points to a two-year high of 4.9 per cent as it doubled down to tame inflation that has surged in the last couple of months. The rate hike comes on the back of a 40 bps increase effected by RBI […]
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Hyderabad: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is reportedly considering using images of Rabindranath Tagore and APJ Abdul Kalam, alongside Mahatma Gandhi, on the new series of currency notes. According to a report by the New Indian Express, the Central Bank and the Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India (SPMCIL) have sent two sample […]
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By V Thiagarajan Nobel laureate Paul Romer writes that “For more than three decades, macroeconomics has gone backwards.” He sees economists no longer being concerned with whether or not their predictive models have any practical relevance and says we have entered an era of “post-real” macroeconomics. He has been proved right beyond any doubt. According to most […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana’s sound policies on power and irrigation coupled with effective implementation have had major spin-off effect on the ground water levels across the State that has been found to be critical for sustained agriculture practice. Not only has the youngest State in the country managed to pull off what was considered impossible by ensuring […]
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New Delhi: India’s gross domestic product during fiscal year 2021-22 is estimated at 8.7 per cent as compared to a contraction of 6.6 per cent in 2020-21, official data showed on Tuesday. The GDP grew 4.1 per cent year on year in Q4FY22, data showed. In the same quarter of FY21, it was 1.6 per […]
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New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday said that it is proposing to adopt a graded approach to the introduction of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in conformity with the objectives of monetary policy, financial stability and efficient operations of currency and payment systems. “The Reserve Bank proposes to adopt a graded […]
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Hyderabad: There are hardly any Rs 2,000 notes coming out of ATMs. In fact, this denomination is barely seen changing hands. Reason? The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has stopped printing new Rs 2,000 notes. Also, the supply is declining year on year. The apex bank has not supplied any new Rs 2,000 notes for […]
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Hyderabad: Fake online loan app managements appear to be striving hard to regain lost customers and make new ones. According to the police, they are resorting to desperate measures including crediting loan amounts without requests or applications from customers. The Reserve Bank of India had recently blacklisted about 130 fake loan apps, most of which […]
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The spiralling retail inflation is emerging as a major cause for concern. The consumer price index (CPI)-based inflation for April skyrocketed to an 8-year high of 7.79%, much above the Reserve Bank of India’s comfort zone of 6%, for the fourth straight month. The latest data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) presents a […]
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Hyderabad: This article is in continuation of the previous article to help you handle the Current Affairs topics. Here are a few sample questions with explanation: 1) Which Central Bank is the highest buyer of gold in 2021? a. RBI b. Central Bank of Thailand c. US Fed Bank d. Bank of Dubai Ans – […]
