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Friday, August 29, 2025
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Topic: RBI

Rupee could soon touch 75 per dollar, some lenders predict

India’s August trade deficit is likely to remain at $17-$18 billion, while Fed reserve is set to raise rates again, both of which will weigh on the rupee.

Raghuram Rajan blames over-optimistic bankers during UPA rule for banking mess

He added that a large number of bad loans originated between 2006-2008 when economic growth was strong.

Rupee crashes to 72 per dollar as India scrambles to halt fall

The currency has set a string of record lows, shadowing India’s optimistic world-beating economic growth.

Modi govt is now considering tapping overseas Indians to help lift the falling rupee

RBI has been selling dollars to redeem the rupee's value, but this has led to a drop in foreign exchange reserves by $26 billion.

Modi govt & RBI should allow rupee to fall, not lose nerve by the fear-mongering

The rupee's current rout can be seen more as an overdue recalibration than a flash in the pan.

India’s economic woes increase as declining rupee adds the burden of short-term foreign debts

With the currency losing more than 11 per cent to the dollar, India will need to pay an extra $9.5 billion when repaying the short-term debts.

RBI’s rate-setting panel member questions growth figures of 8.2% for June quarter

According to Ravindra Dholakia, new GDP series showed higher growth rate because corporate financial data was used for estimating manufacturing value added.

India’s services index expands at slowest pace in 3 months, signals cooling off in demand

RBI believes that companies are passing on higher input costs to consumers and fanning inflation, which is at its highest in nine months.

More pain in store for rupee as India braces for external headwinds

While foreign currency debt has zoomed, various external vulnerability indicators paint a rather mixed picture, according to RBI's annual report.

On Camera

Mohan Bhagwat’s U-turn on ‘retire at 75’ is a Hindu succession problem

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has backtracked on his retirement rules. The ‘75-year rule’ was applied selectively to sideline some leaders, but it doesn’t apply to the top brass.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.