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With a view to providing more operational flexibility to Indian corporates having investments abroad, Reserve Bank of India (‘RBI’) has decided to further liberalize / rationalize the regulations relating to overseas direct investment by Indian parties by making certain changes vide Rationalization (A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 69) ...

Financial stability is the toughest task for autonomy-less central banker who gets torn between governmental priorities and regulatory overlap, making them look like the mythological Greek character Sisyphus who endlessly rolls up a boulder uphill, only to see it slide back. India had set up the Financial Stability and Development Council...

Concerned over the impact of high interest rate on consumer demand, Chief Economic Advisor ( CEA) Kaushik Basu on Friday said the RBI will need to have a re-look at the monetary tightening policy. 'RBI will have to balance its monetary policy tightening in view of growing concerns, particularly in consumer goods front, where higher intere...

Country's largest bank SBI has breached RBI's credit exposure norms during three consecutive years with regard to its loans provided to Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL). The public sector lender, which also has significant exposures to troubled Air India besides certain telecom firms being probed in relation to the 2G scam, has...

Amid rising inflation, Reserve Bank Governor D Subbarao today pitched for greater autonomy for the central bank saying that operational freedom would help it focus better on management of prices. Having autonomy frees the central bank from the pressure of responding to short-term developments, deviating from its inflation target and there...

The Reserve Bank of India today released the June Issue of its RBI Bulletin. June issue of the Bulletin carries four special articles: i. India’s Foreign Trade, 2010-11 (April-March)ii. Inflation Expectations Survey of Households: March 2011 (Round 23) iii. Quarterly Industrial Outlook Survey: January-March 2011 - (Round 53) iv. Survey...

Amid suggestions for opening up of multi-brand retail for foreign investments, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said discussions were on to further liberalise the FDI policy. 'Discussions are underway to further liberalise the FDI (foreign direct investment) policy,' he said at the annual conference of chief commissioners a...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has advised public not to fall prey to fictitious information of being beneficiary of funds such as those from winning lotteries. This misleading information claims remittance of such funds by overseas entities to banks in the country. Remittance in any form towards participation in lottery schemes is prohi...

To be able to truly appreciate the importance of non-financial reporting, we have to step back in time to recollect how the parameters for evaluation of corporate performance have been changing over the years. During the initial phases, when business was organized as sole proprietorship or partnership firms, profit was the dominant indict...

The Reserve Bank of India wants more and more banks to launch services on mobile, its Deputy Governor Shyamala Gopinath said here today. Launching Canara Bank''s CanMobile, a mobile banking product, she said RBI has already enabled mobile banking and issued guidelines in this regard....