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Lending from Cash Reserve Ratio buffer to get 5-year exemption: RBI
This means that banks will not be needed to make additional cash reserve ratio against any incremental loans disbursed to the targeted segments
 "Lending from Cash Reserve Ratio buffer to get 5-year exemption: RBI")
RBI 'reminds' banks on need to make additional provisioning for telco loans
Follow spirit of April 2017 communique with reference to sector
 "RBI 'reminds' banks on need to make additional provisioning for telco loans")
Beyond rate cuts
RBI's focus now is on improving transmission and lending
 "Beyond rate cuts")
Monetary policy a breather for banks; easing CRR can improve margins
As a push to ensure that retail loans remain growth drivers for banks, RBI has incentivised credit to segments such as automobile, housing and MSMEs
 "Monetary policy a breather for banks; easing CRR can improve margins")
RBI policy: Repo rate unchanged at 5.15%; MPC retains accommodative stance
The RBI raised its inflation projection for the six months to Sept to 5-5.4% from 3.8-4% previously, while terming the outlook on price rise as "highly uncertain"
Revival in high-frequency indicators shows modest growth momentum recovery
Despite expectations of a moderation in inflation from the elevated level of 7.35% in Dec 2019, the RBI's MPC expects a hardening of prices of other food items, notably those of pulses and proteins
 "Revival in high-frequency indicators shows modest growth momentum recovery")
RBI policy: Monsoon and spending pattern hold key for economic revival
The MPC's action has not surprised as CPI inflation for December left little room for a rate cut
RBI policy: Repo rate unchanged at 5.15%; FY21 GDP growth projected at 6%
The committee voted 6-0 in favour of the status quo on the interest rates.
Market Ahead, February 6: All you need to know before the Opening Bell
A total of 135 companies are scheduled to announce their December quarter earnings today including Eicher Motors, Hero MotoCorp, Sun Pharma, and RITES
 "Market Ahead, February 6: All you need to know before the Opening Bell")
Debt fund managers, traders to seek clarity from RBI on Operation Twist
Operation Twist is a market term for special open market operations conducted by RBI, where it buys long-term government bonds and sells short-term ones.
Hard path to growth: How the next 6 months look for India's economy
The signals for the economy are not positive: overall demand is yet to pick up; the share of total exports in India's GDP is declining, and industrial output pattern remains worrying
 "Hard path to growth: How the next 6 months look for India's economy")
Banks credit grows by 7.21%, deposits by 9.51%: RBI data
Non-food bank credit growth decelerated to 7 per cent in December 2019 from 12.8 per cent in December 2018
Sitharaman's Budget 2020: Investor support may not sustain for IDBI Bank
The bank is expected to come out of the Reserve Bank of India's prompt corrective action (PCA) framework by March 2020
 "Sitharaman's Budget 2020: Investor support may not sustain for IDBI Bank")
RBI's pause and no change in stance may continue
A rate cut or even a hike can happen, if at all, in the second half of the next financial year
 "RBI's pause and no change in stance may continue")
Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2020: Balancing act or leap of faith?
FM fights shrinking fiscal space by increasing non-tax revenue, freezing growth in subsidies
 "Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2020: Balancing act or leap of faith?")
Budget 2020: 15th Finance Commission report pulls no punches on key issues
The 15th FC forecast nominal gross domestic product (GDP) growth for 2020-21 at 11%, but said the projection came with a "downward bias".
 "Budget 2020: 15th Finance Commission report pulls no punches on key issues")
Budget 2020: How will Sitharaman pull off Rs 2.1-trn disinvestment miracle?
The government has promised to raise Rs 120,000 crore via disinvestment, and an additional Rs 90,000 crore from sale of government equity in public-sector banks and financial institutions, in 2020-21
 "Budget 2020: How will Sitharaman pull off Rs 2.1-trn disinvestment miracle?")
Budget 2020: Nirmala Sitharaman uses fiscal space to spur the economy
Widest deviation from fiscal deficit seen under Modi government
 "Budget 2020: Nirmala Sitharaman uses fiscal space to spur the economy")
Revival in sight: Economic Survey pegs FY21 GDP growth at 6-6.5%
Fiscal targets may have to be relaxed for the current year
 "Revival in sight: Economic Survey pegs FY21 GDP growth at 6-6.5%")
RBI accepts Kotak Bank promoters' plan to cap voting rights, reduce stake
Private lender withdraws writ petition from Bombay High Court
 "RBI accepts Kotak Bank promoters' plan to cap voting rights, reduce stake")