As the Winter Session of the Parliament will convene on Monday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will move several Bills, including The Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill which aims to amend the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, in addition with the Banking Regulation Act, the State Bank of India Act.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation for October is recorded at 6.21 per cent on year-on-year basis. Corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are 6.68 per cent and 5.62 per cent, respectively, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) said on Tuesday.
India’s inflationary pressures are back in the spotlight, as food prices surge amid unpredictable weather patterns and shifting global dynamics.
Speaking at a media event, the Governor assured that the RBI is prepared to act with strength and agility, likening the Indian economy to a tiger for its resilience amid fluctuating global conditions.
The total value of these banknotes in circulation was Rs 3.56 lakh crore at the close of business on May 19, 2023, when the withdrawal of Rs 2000 banknotes was announced, which means less than 2 per cent of them are still in circulation.
The monetary policy committee of the Reserve Bank of India is all set for its bi-monthly review meeting starting today. Like several other central banks, the main focus of the RBI during the three-day-long meet will again remain on containing high inflation.
Continuing with the consistent depreciation, the rupee slipped further from the recent low and hit another lifetime low at 81.90 against the US dollar on Wednesday morning. In equity markets, Indian stocks extended their losses for the sixth straight session, dragged largely by broad-based selling in the global equities. At 10.08 am, Sensex and Nifty each traded 0.3-0.4 per cent lower.
The share price of Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Limited crashed by more than 14 per cent on Friday a day after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) barred it from using third-party recovery agents.
The Reserve Bank of India has removed the Central Bank of India from the Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework after it found the bank was not in breach of any parameters.
Faced with sticky inflation and a continued hawkish stance by various central banks, the Reserve Bank of India is likely to raise repo rates by another 50 basis points with an unchanged policy stance when it meets for the next monetary review, global investment and financial services firm Morgan Stanley said.
