Court ruled NCDRC's 16-yr-old decision 'appropriated' the RBI's jurisdiction. The commission had acted on a petition alleging exploitation of credit card holders.
RBI has hiked interest rates by 250 basis points since May 2022 to combat inflation. Study by central bank says growth might have been ‘sacrificed’ by 65 basis points due to this.
While interest rates for PPF & savings deposits have been retained at 7.1% & 4%, respectively, there has been an increase of 0.1% to 0.7% in other saving schemes, the finance ministry said.
Goyal was one of the 2 members who voted against a rate hike and for the policy stance to be changed to 'neutral' from the current 'withdrawal of accommodation' at the February meet.
RBI is weighing the need for supporting growth despite surging inflation keeping in mind factors such as localised lockdowns, widening output gap and rising jobless rate.
The fears of firming inflation may also refrain the Monetary Policy Committee from tinkering with the interest rate in its bi-monthly monetary policy outcome to be announced Friday.
For India, the strategic ripples are significant. The immediate concern is Pakistan’s diplomatic gain as it embeds itself deeper into the defence framework of the Middle East.
SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.
This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border.
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