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The Government of India today approved the extension of the term of Dr. D. Subbarao as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India. Dr. Subbarao’s term has been extended for a period of two years with effect from September 5, 2011 up to September 4, 2013. Full Article

States are important stakeholders in inflation management as their contribution is important in addressing the supply side constraints. They could, for instance, help better management of public distribution system, improve productivity in agriculture and allied activities, reform the Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Acts and improve the infrastructure, such as, storage facilities, Dr. D. Subbarao, Governor, Reserve Bank of India, told the State Finance Sec.. Full Article

Sebi has put the ball in the government's court on implementing new rules proposed by a market regulator-appointed panel on how stock exchanges should be owned and run. Sources said that Sebi is awaiting the final word from the finance ministry on the issue before taking up the case at its board for implementation of the new rules. Full Article

he Reserve Bank has given its assessment of inflation in the May 3 Monetary Policy Statement. There are three important issues. First, inflation was the primary macroeconomic concern throughout 2010-11, especially the resurgence in the last quarter of 2010-11. Although the trigger for the jump during January-March 2011 was the sharp uptrend in international commodity prices, the fact that these were quickly passing through into the entire range of domestic manufactured g.. Full Article

Amid concerns over high inflation and the possibility of hike in key policy rates , Reserve Bank governor D Subbarao today called on Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to discuss the state of economy ahead of the apex bank's monetary policy next week. "As a standard practice I had come to review the macro economic situation with Finance Minister and senior officers ahead of the policy review ," Subbarao told reporters after meeting Mukherjee. Full Article

The central board of the Reserve Bank met in Bhopal today and decided to prepare a financial inclusion plan for 2,736 Madhya Pradesh villages, with a population of over 2,000, as per the roadmap laid down in the last Union Budget. Full Article

Country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) today raised deposit rates by up to 150 basis points or 1.5 per cent across various maturities, a move that will provide better returns to people with fixed deposits in the bank. The new rates will b Full Article

Learning from the recent financial crisis, a Sebi committee, which was set up to look into different aspects of stock exchanges and related intermediaries like depositories and clearing corporations, has suggested a substantial increase in the net worth requirement for such entities. Full Article