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Manojit Saha is the Banking Editor at Business Standard based in Mumbai, tracking the financial sector for over two decades, with a focus on central bank and monetary policy making. He also contributed to Business Standard’s digital offering – The Banking Show – with interviews with business leaders, CEOs, and important policymakers. He anchored panel discussions comprising CEOs from banking, insurance, NBFCs and fintech industry for the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit, Business Standard-IMGC India Mortgage Leadership Conclave, among others.
Manojit Saha is the Banking Editor at Business Standard based in Mumbai, tracking the financial sector for over two decades, with a focus on central bank and monetary policy making. He also contributed to Business Standard’s digital offering – The Banking Show – with interviews with business leaders, CEOs, and important policymakers. He anchored panel discussions comprising CEOs from banking, insurance, NBFCs and fintech industry for the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit, Business Standard-IMGC India Mortgage Leadership Conclave, among others.
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Banks welcome RBI's final project finance guidelines that lower provisioning to 1 per cent during construction and exempt existing projects from higher requirements
Microfinance can never be a sunshine sector because every 5-6 years it gets into some kind of challenges, says Revankar
The domestic rate setting panel had cut policy repo rate by 50 basis points to5.5 per cent in the June meeting, higher than market expectation of 25 bps
Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra reiterated that the RBI will continue to watch the incoming data on inflation and growth, and take a call
RBI Deputy Governor M Rajeshwar Rao flags unethical recovery practices and high interest rates in microfinance, says guidelines to address mis-selling may be considered
Announces staggered CRR reduction of 100 bps
Governor Sanjay Malhotra says monetary transmission is already outpacing past trends; FY26 growth projection held at 6.5%, but upside potential remains
IndusInd Bank's board is rushing to submit CEO candidates to the Reserve Bank of India before the June 30 deadline following top executives' resignations over accounting lapses
The six member monetary policy of the RBI has reduced the policy repo rate by 25 bps each in the two previous policy review meetings, in February and April
India is a fascinating growth story. It is one the world's fastest growing major economies globally, says Jin Su
RBI's balance sheet grew to ₹76.25 trillion in FY25 with a record ₹2.69 trillion surplus and higher gold, domestic and foreign investments; gold holding rose 57.48 tonnes
"The benign inflation outlook and moderate growth warrant monetary policy to be growth-supportive while remaining watchful about the rapidly evolving global macroeconomic conditions," it said
Central bank also likely to assess liquidity level needed for policy transmission
Central bank's outlook for the Indian economy remains promising in 2025-26, supported by revival in consumption demand, government capex
We have 18-20 per cent market share in Kerala, which is a huge regional strength, and now we want it to be a more nationally-recognised bank, says Federal Bank MD
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Contingent Risk Buffer range widened; Centre's fiscal maths get a booster
Bank expects to propose CEO names much ahead of June 30 deadline
Rise in stress impacts non-banking finance firm's standalone profit growth