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Friday, November 21, 2025
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Topic: RBI

RBI says GDP to contract by 7.5% in FY21, keeps repo rate unchanged at 4%

The stock markets reacted positively to the GDP growth revision with the BSE Sensex hitting 45,000 for the first time ever.

Why RBI has restricted HDFC bank from launching new digital facilities, issuing credit cards

RBI issues order to HDFC Bank to temporarily stop all launches of digital business-generating activities and other proposed IT applications.

RBI orders HDFC Bank to temporarily suspend launch of new digital products

The RBI order was issued after outages in the bank's internet banking and payment system. It also directed the HDFC Bank board to examine the lapses and fix accountability.

GDP, inflation forecast for FY21 could see upward revision as RBI reviews monetary policy

Economists say the recent uptick in the economic activity could prompt the RBI to revise its full year projection upwards.

Delhi HC pulls up RBI for letting PMC Bank decide on depositors’ emergency money requests

The court said the RBI cannot act as a post office and has to be the one deciding which depositors can access money, and not PMC Bank.

There are checks & balances — RBI panel member defends bank licences to corporates push

RBI panel member Sachin Chaturvedi says there is nothing new in industrial houses promoting banks & checks and balances have been proposed to avoid connected lending.

RBI must relax norms for small lenders. Big corporates will bring predatory culture

Connected lending across the world has resulted in a lender-borrower mismatch, turning the business sour and unprofitable.

Not the time for RBI to be adventurous. If bank ownership isn’t broken, don’t try to fix it

Letting a relatively poorly governed industrial house control a relatively better governed bank is unlikely to be better for the banks.

Rajan, Acharya right to oppose corporates into banking. RBI’s poor regulation makes move risky

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Rajan, Acharya hit out at idea of corporates in banking, say borrowers shouldn’t own banks

In a paper, Raghuram Rajan & Viral Acharya have termed the recent recommendation of an RBI internal working group on allowing corporates into banking a ‘bombshell’. 

On Camera

Trump’s 28 points for Ukraine add up to a no-go at peace

Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.