Measures to address frauds in the financial system
Das had clarified the RBI would try to keep liquidity at a level wherein the overnight call rate, the operating target of the monetary policy, remained around the repo rate
RBI governor Shaktikanta Das responded to a range of issues during the post policy media interaction
Growth prospects are robust domestically. Key drivers on the demand side, household consumption will improve further, while prospects of fixed investment remain bright
RBI policy meet: The RBI MPC has also decided to keep its stance of 'withdrawal of accommodation' unchanged
Paytm Payments Bank crisis: Das said, 'The RBI is and will continue to encourage and support innovation and technology in the financial sector'
RBI MPC Meeting Live Updates: RBI's MPC which began on February 6 has concluded today. The Central bank's MPC has decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 6.5%. Catch all updates here
Digital rupee users will soon be able to execute transactions in areas with limited internet connectivity as the RBI on Thursday announced that offline capability will be introduced on the Central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot project. Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das said that programmability-based additional use cases will be introduced as part of the pilot project. RBI launched a pilot of the retail CBDC in December 2022 and achieved the target of having 10 lakh transactions a day in December 2023. It can be noted that other payment platforms, especially the very popular Unified Payments Interface (UPI), already offer offline possibilities. "it is proposed to introduce an offline functionality in CBDC-R (Retail) for enabling transactions in areas with poor or limited internet connectivity," Das said while announcing the bi-monthly monetary policy review. He said multiple offline solutions, which include both proximity and non-proximity based ones, will be tes
'Imperative for monetary policy to actively pursue disinflation to anchor inflation expectations,' says Shaktikanta Das
Home loan rates are already lower compared to 2023 levels where they had started touching 9 per cent. The lowest home loan rates today are in the 8.30 range
RBI monetary policy time: The MPC decision will be announced by Shaktikanta Das at 10 am on Thursday
According to MF officials, opening the MF route for international investment should not make much difference to the rupee's stability, given that other routes for foreign remittance remain open
Market participants are also hoping for some relief from the RBI on the liquidity front with the system deficit having hit a record high in January
RBI MPC: In a poll conducted by Business Standard, all 10 respondents said that the MPC might maintain the status quo for a sixth consecutive time
Coming close on the heels of the interim budget which maintained the status quo on policy front, the Reserve Bank is likely to continue with the pause on the short-term lending rate in its upcoming bi-monthly monetary policy this week as retail inflation is still near the higher end of its comfort zone, say experts. It is almost a year since the Reserve Bank has kept the short-term lending rate or repo rate stable at 6.5 per cent. The benchmark interest rate was last raised in February 2023 to 6.5 per cent from 6.25 per cent to contain inflation driven mainly by global developments. The retail inflation in the current financial year has declined after touching a peak of 7.44 per cent in July, 2023, it is still high and was 5.69 per cent in December 2023, though within the Reserve Bank's comfort zone of 4-6 per cent. RBI Governor-headed Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will start its three-day deliberations on February 6. Governor Shaktikanta Das will announce the decision of the ...
The first MPC formulated policies between October 2016 and August 2020. The second MPC, with three new external members, was established in October 2020
At Hawa Mahal, both leaders will shop at local shops, and transactions are likely to be done through UPI
Das said the central bank had not mandated any number on credit deposit ratio, and neither do they propose to
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Das said he expects January inflation to moderate and the trend has been moderating but unless inflation reaches 4 per cent on a durable basis