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Wednesday, October 8, 2025
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Topic: RBI

Rural India has earned significantly less since the year Modi came to power, says report

The report points out that though the phase after 2014 has been labelled a period of rural distress, the gap between average growth in rural wages and rural inflation is not so significant.

High oil prices and a weak rupee indicate that the RBI may change interest rates soon

The rupee is Asia’s worst performing currency this year, and it will be further affected by higher global crude oil prices. The central bank may need to act early to maintain macro-economic stability.

Cryptocurrency may be illegal in India, but dealers are finding ways to do business anyway

Crypto dealers are trying to identify institutions out of RBI’s purview, such as post offices, where money orders can be used to send and receive funds.

Public sector banks have a lot to do with India’s banking crisis

The disproportionate concentration of bad loans in the government owned banking system has a major role to play in the crisis that India is presently facing. 

Loan waivers don’t help, we need to make farmers self-reliant: RSS

In the last 12 months alone, two poll-bound states, Karnataka and Rajasthan, have announced loan waivers, as have Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Punjab.

Core not headline inflation seen influencing India’s interest rate setters

Globally, focus on core inflation is par for course. But in India’s context, it’s the headline inflation that matters.

Lubricating dry ATMs with newly printed cash is a Band-Aid

Problems in a banking system usually begin on the asset side of the books; they only snowball when the liability side is affected

Scandals, bad debts at Indian banks threaten economic outlook

India’s nearly $1.7 trillion formal banking sector is coping with $210 billion of problem loans, and some regional banks have been ensnared in fraud scandals.

India can kiss goodbye to 8 per cent growth if it does not fix its banks

The financial system is still a drag on the economy and underlines the need for improving banking practice, regulation and oversight.

Minutes of RBI policy meeting indicate an interest rate increase, not a cut

Despite lowering inflation projections just two weeks ago, the tone of the minutes show the debate was veering toward a possible interest rate increase and...

On Camera

Once you know how UPA handled illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, you see Modi govt’s propaganda

The 'ghuspaithiya' narrative is being whipped up precisely when illegal immigration has actually diminished. Like most BJP-RSS ideas, it’s just an unimaginative Right-wing trope.

Vietnam & China cutting into India’s footwear exports, NITI Aayog calls for tariff cuts, R&D push

With non-leather products driving global footwear demand between 2020 and 2024, India’s global market share stood at 1.85% in 2024, says a NITI Aayog report.

ISKP & Lashkar converging under aegis of Pakistan’s ISI to take on Baloch fighters

ISKP, a sub-continental branch of the Islamic State, is said to have vowed to extend operations in Kashmir, on encouragement from Pakistan’s security establishment.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.