Das advised fintechs to pay close attention to governance, business conduct, data protection, customer centricity, regulatory compliance and risk mitigation frameworks
The report is likely to be presented during the forthcoming Winter session of Parliament, which is scheduled to begin from December 7
On December 1, some users will receive a CBDC wallet containing notes signed by the RBI governor
The moment inflation is released by NSO, it gets hit by unanticipated shocks, says RBI Deputy Governor Michael Patra
Swap rates decline post fall in US, India inflation
Gauging sustainability of the credit growth in banking sector and the slow growth in deposits will be on the agenda of RBI Governor's meeting today. Why has deposit growth become a cause for concern?
Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das will hold a meeting with CEOs of public sector banks on Wednesday to discuss issues concerning slow deposit growth and sustainability of high credit demand. As per the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data, deposits rose by 9.6 per cent as compared to 10.2 per cent on a year-on-year basis, while credit offtake witnessed a jump of 17.9 per cent as against 6.5 per cent a year ago. According to an agenda circulated for the meeting, sources said, sustainability, including pricing and slow growth of deposits, would be discussed. There would be deliberation on asset quality in the retail and MSME segment, sources said. Besides, the meeting would also review the functioning of Digital Banking Units launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month. The robust growth performance in the first half of the current fiscal has been ably supported by a well-capitalised banking system that witnessed an upswing in credit disbursement to the retail, industry and
These measures, along with a cap on repayment obligations and steps to check over-indebtedness introduced by the regulator, will eventually bring down interest rates for the borrowers, he says
The meeting was chaired by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das and attended by all the other five members of the rate setting panel
Central bank to consider findings of pilot projects before decision, he says
So far in 2022, the Indian currency has weakened 9.9 per cent against the US dollar
In June, the RBI had said that of the outstanding ECBs of $180 billion, 44 per cent was unhedged
The central bank will now have to provide a report to the government explaining the reasons for the failure and the steps to be taken
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday pared its growth forecast for FY23 to 7 per cent from 7.2 per cent estimated earlier
The fall in the liquidity surplus is owing to multiple factors, including the RBI's interventions in the forex market and a sharp pick-up in bank credit growth, which is currently at nine-year highs
Roughly 350 million tokens have been created so far, Rabi Sankar said in the post-monetary policy press conference.
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das' traffic light imagery for the fintech industry has several implications
Das said that the Indian rupee has "held its own" and moved in an "orderly manner at a time of sharp depreciation in other currencies"
Inflation has peaked, expect CPI at 5% in April-June, he says
India's CAD stood at 1.5% of GDP in the March quarter of FY22 compared to a CAD of 2.6% of GDP in the preceding quarter of FY22