India’s growth outlook is supported by robust domestic engines: RBI
The global economy remained resilient in the first half of 2024, with declining inflation supporting household spending, it said in its October Bulletin.
The global economy remained resilient in the first half of 2024, with declining inflation supporting household spending, it said in its October Bulletin.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das at the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on Friday announced the policy rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent.
“The path-breaking structural reforms, such as the enactment of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) and the adoption of Flexible Inflation Targeting in the recent years, have helped us to deal with the challenges in the banking system and the task of maintaining price stability more effectively,” he said.
In the throes of economic dynamism, India finds itself at the intersection of contrasting forces, with its annual retail inflation surging to a four-month high in December.
Intolerance of economic crimes is not unique to India; Bernard Madoff the mastermind of the largest known Ponzi scheme, worth an estimated $18 billion, was sentenced by a US court to 150 years in prison, making people wonder if financial fraud was worse than violent crimes like rape and murder.
A study of recent bank failures would show that bank NPAs were a consequence of the lending of funds beyond the repaying capacity of borrowers. Most of such lending was motivated; the creditworthiness of the borrower was overestimated for extraneous considerations.
The US-based rating agency said it has always viewed the Indian government as highly supportive of the banking sector as it has consistently supported weak commercial banks by promoting the merger of distressed institutions with stronger lenders.
The step was taken by the government, on the advice of the Reserve Bank, in view of the declining financial health of the private sector lender.
According to Anuj Puri, Chairman of Anarock Property Consultants, the RBI's move to permit banks for restructuring of loans of real estate companies at the project level rather than the entity level is "indeed a good move".
'Any further relief, besides waiving of compound interest for loans up to Rs 2 crore, is detrimental to the national economy and banking sector,' it said.
