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Here's how industry leaders reacted to the RBI's June MPC decisions

The RBI MPC maintained its 'withdrawal of accommodation' stance and kept the repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent. The RBI revised FY25 GDP growth forecast to 7.2 per cent

RBI will act only if inflation stays put at 4%, says Governor Das

Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may consider "further policy actions" only if it is confident of headline inflation staying put at 4 per cent. He said it is the central bank's core objective to align the inflation rate with the 4 per cent target, and added that no action on rates will be possible till the RBI is confident of it remaining at or below 4 per cent. Speaking to reporters at the customary interaction after choosing a status quo in rates for the eighth consecutive time, Das said as per the RBI's projections, consumer price inflation is coming at 3.8 per cent in the December quarter, but rising again later to touch 5 per cent. "It (inflation) has to align with the target and once it reaches 4 per cent, it has to stay there. When we will get confidence that this will stay at 4 per cent and will not go up, then we will think about further monetary policy actions," Das said. He was replying a specific question on when to expect a rate c

Banks need to revise plans to deal with credit and deposit growth gap: Das

Banks need to re-strategise their business to deal with the persistent gap between credit and deposit growth, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Friday. He also said that further actions on moderating growth in unsecured loans could be taken, if required. In November last year, RBI had flagged certain concerns on excessive growth in the unsecured retail loans and over-reliance of NBFCs on bank funding. "Recent data suggests that there is some moderation in these loans and advances. We are closely monitoring the incoming data to ascertain if further measures are necessary," he said while announcing the bi-monthly policy. "The message is to convey that RBI is watchful of every aspect of financial sector especially in the banking sector. We are agile, we are watchful and if and when some further measures are required, we will come," he said during an interaction with reporters. The Reserve Bank increased risk weights on unsecured consumer credit and bank credit to NBFCs on Novembe

Decoded: Why does the RBI keep gold abroad and why has it got some back?

With the transfer of around 100 metric tonnes of gold from the UK last week, India's gold reserves are now evenly distributed, with 400 tonnes each in India and abroad

RBI MPC: Repo rate unchanged at 6.5%, watch key highlights

In its second meeting for FY25 and the first after the general elections, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced on Friday, June 7 that the benchmark repo rate will remain unchanged at 6.5 per cent

RBI MPC highlights: Last mile of our journey towards 4% inflation target is sticky, says Governor

RBI MPC Meeting highlights: RBI Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) kept the repo rate unchanged at 6.5% for the eight consecutive time and will continue with its stance of 'withdrawal of accommodation.'

RBI brings gold reserve to India; nothing more should be read into it: Das

The Reserve Bank of India has brought 100 metric tonnes of gold reserve from the UK to India as there is enough domestic storage capacity, and nothing more should be read into it, Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Friday. The RBI moved 100 metric tonnes of its gold stored in the UK to domestic vaults in FY24. This is one of the biggest movements of gold undertaken by the country since 1991, when pledging a substantial part of the gold holding to tide over a foreign exchange crisis resulted in its movement out of vaults. The quantum of gold stored outside was static for a long time, Reserve Bank of India Governor Das said here. "In recent years, the data shows that the Reserve Bank is buying gold as a part of its reserves, and the quantum was going up. We have domestic (storage) capacity," he said. Therefore, it was decided to move part of the reserve outside India to be stored within the country, he said, adding, "That's it. Nothing more should be read into it". The country's overa

Voices for interest rate cut growing within RBI's rate-setting panel

Voices for interest rate cut are growing within the Reserve Bank's rate-setting panel with external member Ashima Goyal joining ranks with another member Jayanth R Varma who for long has been advocating to reduce the key policy rate by at least 25 basis points. Reserve Bank's monetary policy committee voted for a status quo in repo rate with four members voting in favour and two against. "Dr. Shashanka Bhide, Dr. Rajiv Ranjan, Dr. Michael Debabrata Patra and Shri Shaktikanta Das voted to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.50 per cent. "Dr. Ashima Goyal and Prof. Jayanth R Varma voted to reduce the policy repo rate by 25 basis points," according to Monetary Policy Statement, 2024-25 Resolution of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) released by the central bank. Goyal, Varma and Bhide are external members on the MPC. Ranjan, Patra and Das are RBI officials. In the February 2024 and December 2023 MPC meetings, Varma had made a case for lowering the benchmark interest rate by 25

RBI permits customers to automatically replenish their UPI Lite wallets

The Reserve Bank on Friday proposed a facility to allow customers to automatically replenish their UPI Lite wallets to promote small-value digital payments. Currently, the UPI Lite has a daily limit of Rs 2,000, while the upper limit for a single payment is Rs 500. UPI Lite is a simplified version of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI). It acts as an on-device wallet for small-value transactions. Presently, the UPI Lite app can only hold a maximum of Rs 2000 at a time. "To encourage wider adoption of UPI Lite, it is now proposed to bring it under the e-mandate framework by introducing a facility for customers to automatically replenish their UPI Lite wallets if the balance goes below the threshold limit set by them," RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said. This will further enhance the ease of making small value digital payments, he said while announcing the bi-monthly monetary policy here. UPI Lite was introduced in September 2022 to enable small value payments in a quick and seamle

RBI to set up digital payments intelligence platform to prevent fraud

'System-wide approach to prevent and mitigate' digital payment frauds, says Shaktikanta Das

RBI monetary policy: FY25 growth forecast revised to 7.2%, up from 7%

Monetary Policy Committee keeps repo rate unchanged at 6.50% for an eighth straight policy meeting

Assessing need for more measures to slow unsecured lending: RBI Guv Das

The Reserve Bank of India has warned lenders against "all forms of exuberance" due to worries about the rising risks

RBI buys back Rs 7,287 crore bonds against notified Rs 30,000 crore

The RBI has repurchased a total of Rs 24,979 crore worth of securities in four auctions, against a total notified amount of Rs 1.7 trillion

RBI's draft provisions create a flutter

The new provisioning norms for infrastructure financing have set the cat amongst the pigeons

Paytm's UPI market share continues to slide down after RBI crackdown

Paytm accounted for 8.1% of total UPI transactions in May, down from 13% in January, according to data released by the National Payments Corporation of India

RBI penalties surge 88% in last 3 years, KYC and AML top violations list

The Reserve Bank of India has collected Rs 78.6 crore from these penalties over three years, including 261 penalties in 2023 alone

RBI Policy: What are the expectations from first MPC meet after elections?

Following the outcome of the Lok Sabha Elections, concerns have escalated over a potential deceleration in fiscal consolidation coupled with amplified welfare spending

Indian bond yields dip as focus moves to US after weaker mandate for Modi

Focus has shifted to US bond yields and oil prices, with the market digesting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's smaller victory margin for a third term.

Rupee rises 1 paisa to 83.43 against US dollar in early trade

The rupee inched up 1 paisa to 83.43 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday on the back of a weak American currency and positive domestic equity markets. Forex traders said an upward movement in the crude oil prices resisted a sharp rise in the Indian currency even as investors moved cautiously ahead of the RBI's monetary policy decision to be announced on Friday. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local unit opened at 83.40 and slipped to 83.43 against the greenback, trading 1 paisa higher from its previous close. On Wednesday, the domestic currency settled 7 paise higher at 83.44 against the dollar. Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading 0.15 per cent lower at 104.06. Analysts attributed the weakness in the dollar index to a sharp fall in US Treasury yields after the latest data showed private sector job growth in May was slower than estimated, raising expectations of an interest rat

MF funding to NBFCs grow at 30% to Rs 2.08 trn in April 2024: CareEdge

Signals confidence in robust profile of NBFCs