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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicCentral Bank

Topic: Central Bank

As RBI transfers reserve surplus to Modi govt, it now has to find ways to manage risks

Instead of RBI holding capital, an MoU could be signed that would require the govt to pay the central bank in case of any risk.

Remembering CD Deshmukh, RBI’s first Indian governor

On his 123rd birth anniversary, ThePrint takes a look at the life of the civil servant who was also Union finance minister and Planning Commission member.

Modi govt is right: RBI’s idle, excess reserve can reduce public debt & improve India’s rating

Every government would benefit from a lower level of debt.

RBI to consider easing rules on transfer of surplus funds after spat with Modi govt

Transfer of surplus funds has been a flashpoint between the Modi govt and the central bank in recent weeks.

RBI isn’t alone. Populist leaders around the world are squeezing central banks

The flood of recent govt-central banks spats in India, the US & Europe underscores the fundamental danger of populism

After India’s latest GDP revisions, even economists are wondering how credible our data is

The central bank's Department of Economic and Policy Research has flagged considerable volatility in initial estimates of GDP and questioned the veracity of official data.  India’s multiple...

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Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.