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RBI signs documents to extend $400 million currency swap facility to Sri Lanka

The currency swap arrangement put in place due to the ongoing Covid crisis will remain available till November 2022, said the Indian mission in a press release.

Ex RBI Viral Acharya: Govt pressure on central banks can lead to kiss of death from markets

In his book, Quest for Restoring Financial Stability in India, the ex RBI deputy governor lists the ongoing challenges to RBI’s independence and how markets can ensure it.

RBI predicts bad loan surge by March 2021, says NPAs will rise to 12.5% from 8.5% now 

According to the RBI’s financial stability report, bad loans may rise to 14.7% if the macroeconomic environment worsens.

Modi govt move to ‘dilute’ bankruptcy law led to our rift, RBI ex-governor Urjit Patel says

The rift centered around February 2018 circular issued by RBI, which forced banks to immediately classify borrowers as defaulters when they delayed repayments.

One-time loan restructuring, deferment of tax payments needed now — Srei chief Hemant Kanoria

Kanoria said the special liquidity window announced by the Modi government for NBFCs has not helped Srei, adding that banks are still reluctant to lend.

Blame it on RBI – Indian banks have Rs 8 lakh crore sitting idle in their systems

The Rs 8 lakh crore with banks exceeds the level seen after demonetisation in 2016 and is expected to be the new normal for the next few months at least.

Inflation could surge to 12% if RBI starts printing money to fund govt, Rabobank says

Rabobank estimates that inflation could surge to an average of 12% in 2021 if the RBI was to finance a second stimulus package of $270 billion.

RBI’s March rate cut was biggest surprise in history of monetary policy panel, paper says

India’s rate-setting panel is due to meet in the first week of August as the economy heads toward its first annual contraction in more than four decades.

Coronavirus succeeds where demonetisation failed as Indians dump cash for digital payments

Value of UPI transactions reached all-time high June as people feared handling banknotes amid the pandemic. Electronic fund transfers have also rebounded.

Imperative banks raise capital as pandemic could increase NPAs, says RBI’s Shaktikanta Das

The pandemic is the biggest test of the economic and financial system's resilience and robustness, Das said, adding that RBI has asked banks to conduct Covid stress tests.

On Camera

Arabs to Abyssinians, India was once a mercenary magnet—Russia war shows it has turned exporter

From New World Cuban mercenaries to South East Asian combatants, various linguistic groups are represented in the battlefields that divide Russia from Ukraine.

Department of Financial Services chairs review meeting with heads of Public Sector Banks

The meeting was also attended by senior executives of UIDAI, NABARD, SIDBI , Mudra Ltd. CERSAI & NCGTC.

Base price of Rafale agreed upon, fighters for Navy to have India-specific enhancements

Navy team has already visited Ambala air station where IAF has kept one squadron of Rafales to understand commonalities of maintenance that can be pursued.

Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.