Fema / RBI : RBI cuts repo rate to 6.25%, revises GDP and inflation forecasts, introduces forward contracts in G-Secs, enhances cybersecurity, ...
Fema / RBI : RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 6.5% and revises inflation outlook. New regulations focus on responsible lending, UPI limits, and...
CA, CS, CMA : The week ending 18 August 2024 saw notable regulatory updates across various domains. In Income Tax, exemptions were granted to th...
CA, CS, CMA : Highlights from August 5-11, 2024: Income Tax exemptions, GST updates, SEBI guidelines, and RBI monetary policy changes....
Fema / RBI : RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 6.5%, projects 7.2% GDP growth for 2024-25. Introduces public depository for digital lending apps...
Fema / RBI : Monetary and Liquidity Measures On the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation, it has been dec...
Fema / RBI : Based on an assessment of the current and prospective macroeconomic situation, we have decided to reduce the policy repo rate unde...
Fema / RBI : Reduce the repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 50 basis points from 8.5 per cent to 8.0 per cent with immed...
Fema / RBI : On the basis of the current macroeconomic assessment, it has been decided to: keep the cash reserve ratio (CRR) of scheduled b...
Fema / RBI : The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has kept policy rates unchanged in its Mid Quarter Review of Monetary Policy announced today. The...
Fema / RBI : RBI cuts Bank Rate to 6.50%, affecting penal interest on reserve shortfalls. New rates apply immediately as per the latest monetar...
Fema / RBI : RBI cuts repo rate to 6.25%, impacting the Standing Liquidity Facility for Primary Dealers. New rate applies immediately as per th...
Fema / RBI : RBI lowers the repo rate to 6.25% as per the February 2025 monetary policy. SDF and MSF rates adjusted to 6.00% and 6.50% respecti...
Fema / RBI : RBI maintains the repo rate at 6.50%, focusing on inflation control and growth support in its December 2024 policy statement....
Fema / RBI : RBI Governor reviews the flexible inflation targeting framework, maintaining the repo rate at 6.50% while focusing on growth and i...
Cash reserve ratio (CRR) of scheduled banks increased by 75 basis points from 5.0 per cent to 5.75 per cent of their net demand and time liabilities (NDTL) in two stages. The first stage of 50 basis points increased from the fortnight beginning Febru
The Reserve Bank’s decision to tighten the monetary policy will have a negative impact on the growth rate, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said after the central bank raised the repo and reverse repo rates by 25 basis points (100 bps = 1%) each in
With Rs 40,000 crore going out of the banking system due to advance tax payments, the cost of funds, in the short-term money market, will operate close to the repo rate (6%) — the rate at which the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) makes available overnight funds to banks. Tax outflows have led to a marked cash crunch in the system. On Friday, banks borrowed Rs 42,290 crore from RBI through its repo window. This borrowing is reflective of the fund shortage in the system.
Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has appreciated the monetary policy tightening announced by Reserve Bank of India(RBI) in its mid quarterly policy review today. He welcomed the RBI’s decision to raise the repo rate by 25 basis points and Reverse Repo Rate by 50 basis points. The Finance Minister expressed his happiness that the RBI has decided not to tighten the CRR from the existing 6 percent. The narrowing of LAF corridor should contribute towards a more efficient monetary policy, the Finance Minister added. He said that this should also encourage a greater absorption of liquidity by the Central Bank and contribute to further control of inflation.
Following are the highlights of RBI mid-quarterly monetary review conducted for the first time on Thursday: 1. Ups short term lending (Repo) rate by 0.25 pc to 6 pc 2. Ups short-term borrowing (Reverse Repo) rate by 0.50 pc to 5 pc
Housing, auto and corporate loans may become expensive with the Reserve Bank raising short-term key policy rates to check spiralling inflation, say bankers. “The monetary action by RBI is aimed at attacking inflation. It has made fund costlier for banks. It is a signal for upward movement of interest rates,” Central Bank of India Executive Director Arun Kaul told PTI.
Union Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee has stated that monetary policy measures announced by Reserve Bank of India today will lead to easing of inflation, which is already going down, and it should also keep us fully on track in terms of growth.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today said the Reserve Bank will decide on a further hike in its lending and borrowing rates at the quarterly review meeting on July 27. “The RBI Board will come up with its policy on July 27. Let us wait till then,” Mukherjee told newspersons here when asked whether there would be any further hike in the repo and reverse repo rates of the RBI.
The additional liquidity support to scheduled commercial banks under the LAF to the extent of up to 0.5% of their net demand and time liabilities (NDTL) currently set to expire on July 2, is now extended up to July 16.
Monetary Policy Measures Complement Finance Ministry’s Policies Aimed at Controlling Inflation and Promoting Sustainable Growth: FM. Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee has welcomed the Monetary Policy 2010-11 announced today by the Reserve Bank of India. Finance Minister’s observations on Monetary Policy are as under:
