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Tuesday, August 26, 2025
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Topic: RBI

India’s insolvency law needs a middle ground. Both creditors & debtors need protection

A large portion of household loans are unsecured. It raises concerns about how banks will be able to collect repayments.

World Bank raises India’s GDP growth forecast for FY25 to 7% from earlier estimate of 6.6%

RBI expects the economy to grow 7.2% in the fiscal year 2024/25. According to the World Bank, main challenges to India's economy include job creation.

Indian rupee drops to lifetime low on outflow worries

Rupee opened at 83.78 to US dollar compared to previous close of 83.75. Selloff in US & Asian equities following disappointing jobs report spurred worries of foreign outflows from India.

Unproductive speculation, rising household debt — SEBI, RBI’s concerns about India’s F&O market

RBI said India’s rising retail participation in the F&O market may pose several challenges, and the stock of household debt is 'comparatively high' in relation to GDP per capita.

Reserve Bank of India seen holding rates on Friday as economic growth stays robust

A weakened mandate for the ruling NDA has raised concerns about a potentially slower pace of fiscal consolidation.

‘India’s forex reserves jumps to new all-time high of $648.7 billion,’ says RBI

This is the third consecutive week of increase in the overall kitty, which had increased by $2.561 billion to $644.151 billion in the previous reporting week ended 17 May.

What’s the job like for today’s RBI Guv? Subbarao says balancing growth & inflation less testing now

In contrast, he said, the fear in 2012 was one of possible stagflation, where growth was falling and inflation was high.

RBI ex-Guv Subbarao’s idea for civil services — test IAS officers every 10-15 yrs, boost lateral entry

Rao was in the IAS for 35 years and has underscored in his recently-published book the changes that could better the service.

Lending more to households. Not enough data to call it a sign of prosperity

We are used to thinking that banks typically lend to larger firms, and households borrow from the informal sector. It's time to revise these misconceptions.

D Subbarao’s advice to Raghuram Rajan—concentrate on lunch menus not interest rates

In ‘Just A Mercenary?’, D Subbarao, looks back on a career spanning 35 years. From his time as an IAS officer to his roles as lead economist for the World Bank and RBI governor.

On Camera

India will absorb Trump tariff impact due to its Achilles’ heel

Like China, India remains a big domestic market, which will continue to attract investment, but the US tariffs will make India unattractive for future investments.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Was Pahalgam a trap by Pakistan to lure India into a conflict? An Army officer thinks so

Speaking at tri-service seminar, Major General SP Vishwasrao also said farmers’ protest, anti-CAA agitation & situation in Manipur was part of ‘larger ploy’ to destabilise India.

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.