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The RBI, which hiked interest rates for the tenth time in 15 months today, said it will continue with its tight monetary policy as inflation is spreading to the non-food segment also, which is a concern. Based on the current and evolving growth and inflation scenario, the Reserve Bank will need to persist with its anti-inflationary stance of monetary policy, the central bank said in its mid-quarter review of credit policy. Full Article

A hawkish Reserve Bank of India (RBI), while staying away from hiking key rates like repo or reverse repo, hiked the statutory liquidity ratio (SLR) to 25% from 24%. The cash reserve ratio (CRR), the minimum amount banks need to park with the RBI, was also left unchanged. Full Article

Government does not propose to change the method of calculation of Inflation based on the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), which is being published on weekly basis regularly since 1947. According to available information, 157 countries use the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to track inflation, while the WPI is used by 24 countries including India. Full Article

The Reserve Bank of India might change its bias towards softening interest rates into a more cautious outlook but is expected to keep key policy rates unchanged in the monetary policy review on Tuesday. At the same time, banking sources close to the development said the central bank could raise its growth target from 5-6 per cent [...] Full Article

The government said on Tuesday it has no proposal to ban futures trading in more commodities. Since the Abhijit Sen Committee could not establish any definite causal relationship between futures trading and rise in prices of commodities, there is no proposal to ban futures trading in more commodities, minister of state for finance P K Bansal said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha. Full Article