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Mumbai, Apr 8 (PTI) The Reserve Bank on Wednesday said HDFC Bank's board meeting minutes and other records are studied as part of supervision exercise, and reiterated that the largest private sector lender has not been found wanting on ethics and governance. "I would like to reiterate that at no point during our supervision or after examining their records did any governance or conduct-related material issue come to our notice. Under our regular supervision, board minutes are also reviewed. Cop ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) Delhi Lt Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Wednesday said Yamuna floodplain from Palla to Kalindi Kunj will be developed as eco-friendly spaces in lines with Vasudev Ghat area. LG Sandhu and Chief Minister Rekha Gupta visited Vasudev ghat and nearby areas along the Yamuna bank to take stock of the government's summer and monsoon preparations. During the visit, Sandhu instructed the Delhi Development Authourity (DDA) to undertake the rejuvenation of the entire stretch of ...Read More >
Incidents in private banks are isolated, not systemic, says RBI Governor. Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Wednesday said the country's banking system remains strong and safe, even as recent developments in some private sector banks raised concerns among investors. Speaking at the post-monetary policy press conference, the Governor said such incidents are limited and do not reflect any wider problem in the banking system. "I want to assure everyone that the banking system is ...Read More >
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Agartala, Apr 8 (PTI) Tipra Motha Party (TMP) founder Pradyot Kishore Manikya Debbarma on Wednesday said he was confident that Tiprasa people would vote for his party in the forthcoming Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council elections. Polling for 28 seats of the council will be held on April 12, while counting is scheduled for April 17. The TMP had won the tribal council elections in 2021 by securing 18 seats in the 30-member body, while the BJP won nine seats and sat on the opposit ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 8 (PTI) The rupee appreciated 47 paise to close at 92.59 (provisional) against the US dollar on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump announced the suspension of military strikes against Iran for two weeks, and the Reserve Bank kept the key benchmark rate unchanged with a neutral stance. Forex traders said investor sentiment got a boost after Governor Sanjay Malhotra assured that the steps taken on forex do not constitute a structural change. Moreover, confidence was exuded in ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 8 (PTI) The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday said "excessive speculation" on the rupee prompted surprise actions on the currency front in the last fortnight, but clarified that its measures will not remain forever. "In the last few weeks of March, we have witnessed heightened volatility in the foreign exchange market. These measures are reactions to the specific market movements. They are not signalling any structural changes. These are not measures going to remain forever," Malho ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 8 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday said it has assumed an average crude oil price of $85 per barrel for FY 2025-26, in line with its CPI inflation projection of 4.6 per cent. RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra shared the estimate during a press conference after the Monetary Policy Committee decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 5.25 per cent. He added that the crude oil price assumption for FY 2027-28 is $75 per barrel. Also Read | Purple C ...Read More >
Aizawl: Mizoram Governor Vijay Kumar Singh successfully completed his self-enumeration for the general census at Lok Bhavan here on Tuesday, Lok Bhavan sources said. Singh hailed the country's first digital census as a "landmark initiative" for the nation. He urged all census officials in the state to make all-out efforts to ensure that no citizen is left behind. He also appealed to citizens to take the exercise seriously by registering themselves in the census and to extend full cooperation t ...Read More >
CHENNAI: As expected, the Iran war and its impact on oil flow through the Strait of Hormuz dominated the discussions at the three-day Monetary Policy Meeting of the Reserve Bank of India that ended on Wednesday. While announcing the key decisions of the committee's meeting, including deciding to keep the benchmark interest rate (otherwise known as repo rate) unchanged, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra explained the impact that the war would have on Indian economy and people. Here are some of the mai ...Read More >
Visakhapatnam, April 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council, Botcha Satyanarayana has written to Governor S. Abdul Nazeer that the State Finance Department presented incorrect and incomplete information on government borrowings for 2024-25 and 2025-26 in the Council. In his letter, Botcha Satyanarayana said the reply given by the Principal Finance Secretary to a starred question in the February 2026 session understated the actual borrowings a ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 8 (PTI) Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Wednesday expressed confidence that interest rates will remain low in the medium to long term, given the benign inflationary conditions. Addressing the media, in a post-monetary policy conference, Malhotra said the Indian economy is very strong, resilient and robust. "We are in a neutral state...possibility either way, any ways cannot be ruled out that low rates (would) continue for a long time," he said. Despite shocks, he said, th ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 8 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday said it has assumed an average crude oil price of $85 per barrel for FY 2025-26, in line with its CPI inflation projection of 4.6 per cent. RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra shared the estimate during a press conference after the Monetary Policy Committee decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 5.25 per cent. He added that the crude oil price assumption for FY 2027-28 is $75 per barrel. The projection follo ...Read More >
Jammu, April 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Jammu and Kashmir Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday terminated the services of two government employees over links with terror groups. The dismissed government employees are Farhat Ali Khanday, a Class IV employee in the Education Department, accused of working for Hizbul Mujahideen, and Mohammad Shafi Dar, a Class IV staffer in the Rural Development Department, alleged to be associated with Lashkar-e-Taiba. Officials said the action was taken following inpu ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 8 (PTI) The Reserve Bank did not come across any governance or conduct-related issues during supervisory inspection of HDFC Bank, Governor Sanjay Malhotra said on Wednesday. Responding to a question at the post-monetary policy press conference on sudden resignation of HDFC Bank Chairman Atanu Chakraborty and subsequent fall in its share price, Malhotra said RBI had also seen minutes of meetings of the lender, and the RBI did not find any thing of material concern. He said the RBI i ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 8 (UNI) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor, Sanjay Malhotra, announced on Wednesday that the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has unanimously decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 5.25%. Speaking about GDP numbers, the Governor said, "As per the new GDP series comes into play, the real GDP growth for last year is estimated at 7.6%. In terms of quarterly GDP growth projection, the growth for Q1 is projected at 6.8%, Q2 at 6.7%, Q3 at 7% and Q4 at 7.2%." In terms of in ...Read More >
Mumbai, April 8, 2026 (ANI): The RBI Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), led by Governor Sanjay Malhotra, has kept the Repo Rate unchanged at 5.25% with a neutral stance. The central bank highlighted concerns over global trade disruptions, the ongoing West Asia conflict, and their impact on India's economic growth, merchandise exports, and inflation. RBI projects GDP growth at 6.9% for FY 26-27 and CPI inflation at 4.6%, while noting the volatility ivn domestic and global markets. ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 8 (ANI): Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Wednesday said India's merchandise exports contracted by 0.2 per cent in the first two months of the year, while imports recorded a sharp growth of more than 22 per cent, largely driven by higher gold imports, resulting in a widening trade deficit. Speaking during the monetary policy announcement, the Governor highlighted that the decline in exports was due to a contraction in key global markets ...Read More >
Mumbai: In a bid to promote ease of doing business, Reserve Bank Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Wednesday proposed to revise and rationalise guidelines to facilitate better utilisation of bank board's time and draft directions in this regard would be released shortly. The matters to be placed before the Boards of banks, along with their periodicity, are determined by the Boards themselves, guided by the seven broad themes prescribed by the Reserve Bank of India. Meanwhile, the Reserve Bank has als ...Read More >
Consequently, the standing deposit facility (SDF) rate remains at 5 per cent and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the bank rate remain at 5.5 per cent. The committee, which held its 60th meeting from April 6 to 8 under the chairmanship of RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra, also decided to continue with the neutral stance, the monetary policy statement released after the meeting said. Elevated energy and other commodity prices coupled with supply shock due to disruptions in the Strait o ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India kept its key policy rate unchanged on Wednesday while warning of lower growth and higher inflation as the Middle East crisis reverses a "Goldilocks" phase for the South Asian economy. Overnight, the U.S and Iran announced a two-week ceasefire in hostilities after more than a month of fighting, which pushed oil prices sharply higher and disrupted the supply of gas to economies the world over. India, which imports 90% of its oil supplies, is seen as among the mo ...Read More >
The Reserve Bank of India forecasts a slowdown in India's GDP growth to 6.9% due to the West Asia crisis and global supply chain disruptions, impacting commodity prices and export routes. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters Key Points RBI projects India's GDP growth at 6.9% for the current financial year, lower than the previous estimate. Disruptions in key shipping routes due to the West Asia crisis are expected to adversely impact merchandise exports. Sustained momentum in the services sect ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 8 (ANI): Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Wednesday said India's merchandise exports contracted by 0.2 per cent in the first two months of the year, while imports recorded a sharp growth of more than 22 per cent, largely driven by higher gold imports, resulting in a widening trade deficit. Speaking during the monetary policy announcement, the Governor highlighted that the decline in exports was due to a contraction in key global markets ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 8 (PTI) The Reserve Bank of India kept its key policy rate unchanged on Wednesday, adopting a cautious wait-and-watch stance as policymakers assessed the fallout from the six-week Iran conflict on energy supplies, inflation and growth. The central bank's six-member Monetary Policy Committee voted unanimously to keep the benchmark repurchase rate at 5.25 per cent, flagging heightened uncertainty after the West Asia conflict drove crude prices sharply higher, weakened the rupee and di ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday projected the country's inflation rate based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for 2026-27 at 4.6 per cent as the near-term food supply prospects have been boosted by a robust Rabi crop which provides some comfort amid rising oil prices in the international market due to the Iran war. RBI Governor Sanjaya Malhotra said, "The pass-through of higher global energy prices has resulted in price increases in select fuels such as premium petrol and ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 8 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday reiterated that its intervention in the foreign exchange market is aimed solely at curbing excessive volatility and not at targeting any specific level of the rupee. Speaking during the monetary policy announcement, RBI Governor, Sanjay Malhotra said, "Despite the stronger macroeconomic fundamentals, the Indian rupee in the last financial year depreciated more than average in the previous year.... our exchange r ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 8: The Reserve Bank on Wednesday expectedly kept interest rates unchanged amid hopes of a global recovery on the back of ceasefire in the six-week-long US/Israel-Iran conflict. The policy decision comes as a month and a-half-long West Asia conflict has disrupted energy supplies, shot up crude oil prices and created fiscal and inflationary pressures for import-dependent nations like India. This is the first monetary policy review after the government announced a fresh inflation targ ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 8 (PTI) The Reserve Bank on Wednesday projected retail inflation for the current financial year at 4.6 per cent, well within the government-mandated inflation target range of 4 per cent with a tolerance band of +/- 2 per cent. Before the outbreak of the West Asia conflict, India's macroeconomic fundamentals exuded confidence with buoyant growth and low inflation. Conditions turned adverse in March with the widening of the conflict zone and its intensification. The consumer price in ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 8: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.25 per cent, and maintaining the status quo in its latest Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting. The Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) rate has been kept unchanged at 5 per cent, while the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate remains at 5.50 per cent, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said while announcing the MPC decision. The RBI Governor described 2025 as a challenging year, but noted that inflatio ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday estimated India's real GDP growth at 7.6 per cent for FY26 under a new GDP series, while flagging emerging risks from geopolitical disruptions. The FY26 growth reflects resilience supported by strong services activity, manufacturing expansion and robust domestic demand. For FY27, the Central Bank has projected growth at 6.9 per cent, indicating a moderation as external risks and cost pressures begin to build, said ...Read More >
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