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Saturday, August 30, 2025
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Topic: RBI

RBI ban on 3rd-party loan recovery agents not a fix. It’s like AP’s microfinance ban mistake

RBI has barred Mahindra from deploying third-party loan recovery agents. But a complete ban is justified only if the problem is systemic.

After Fitch, Asian Development Bank cuts India’s growth forecast to 7% from 7.2% for FY23

Last week, Fitch Ratings had slashed the country's GDP projection to 7% for current fiscal year citing elevated inflationary levels and higher interest rates.

Covid’s economic fallout hit India’s industrialised states harder than agrarian ones, finds RBI

A new paper by RBI economists highlights the importance of states devising and deploying their own policies in times of crisis when mobility is affected.

‘Price of defending rupee’: Sliding by $3.6 bn/week, India’s forex sees steepest fall in decade

In January 1st week, India had forex reserves worth $633 bn, indicating a fall of over $82 billion so far. Forex depletion means RBI's been selling dollars to tackle falling rupee.

India’s retail inflation rises to 7% in August after falling for three months

According to official data, retail inflation cut short its declining trend mainly due to higher food prices.

Falling exports, rising imports show why India has to look within to push growth for now

Boosting competitiveness is the key to enhancing exports. Inflation remains an issue but RBI should allow the rupee to gradually depreciate.

Don’t sneer at 13.5% GDP growth. But consumption, investment critical in future quarters

Q1 GDP numbers show uneven recovery and pace of growth is likely to moderate due to global headwinds and mixed monsoon.

Why consumer confidence is on the rise in India & how this optimism can be sustained

CMIE’s consumer sentiments & RBI’s consumer confidence indices show improvement. If initial signs of inflation easing are sustained, consumer confidence will see marked turnaround.

Why are Bihar, Punjab, Rajasthan fiscally stressed? Every state has its own root cause

Bihar has lowest own tax revenue, Punjab high committed expenditures, while Rajasthan has deviated from fiscal deficit target. Such states need to balance vote bank & fiscal prudence.

‘Scapegoat’ or mastermind of 1992 scam? Harshad Mehta’s fall from grace still haunts family

Harshad Mehta’s wife Jyoti has launched a website in her late husband’s name, to publicly share the ‘harassment’ their family is being subjected to.

On Camera

Manali floods show how short-term tourism vision brings long-term ruin

India’s hills are caught in a time warp of repeating disasters. It’s a sign for the authorities leading the lofty development plans that have become the fulcrum of the tourism economy.

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.

Ahead of SCO meet, Russia & China stage maiden joint submarine patrol in Sea of Japan, East China Sea

Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.