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Friday, July 5, 2024
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Topic: RBI

Modi govt must spend what is needed, shouldn’t be constrained by monetisation fears: Rajan

Larger govt spending will ignite demand, and it will not add to inflationary pressures in these times, irrespective of the way it is financed, said Rajan.

Centre appoints Economic Affairs Secretary Tarun Bajaj as RBI director

Prior to taking over as Economic Affairs Secretary, Bajaj, a 1988 batch IAS officer, was the Additional Secretary in Prime Minister's Office.

RBI injected liquidity after Franklin funds crisis but banks are still not borrowing

Lenders have borrowed only about 5% of an RBI emergency funding line as they grapple with rising bad debt amid the coronavirus pandemic & lockdown.

India needs clear post-lockdown exit strategy for economy, Modi and CMs must jointly draft roadmap

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Sensex rises 416 points, led by gains in financial stocks

The positive momentum strengthened as RBI announced liquidity facility of Rs 50,000 crore for mutual funds aiming to ease liquidity pressures on mutual funds.

RBI announces Rs 50,000 cr special liquidity facility for mutual funds

India's debt markets have been reeling under the coronavirus lockdown, prompting risk-averse investors to dump assets and worsening liquidity in some corporate bond trading.

RBI needs to open its vault and fill the hole left by Franklin Templeton

With the coronavirus lockdown decimating incomes & sentiment, leaving the hole created by Franklin Templeton unfilled may prove an error of judgment.

Sri Lanka to seek $400 million financial facility from RBI to meet short term financial needs

Sri Lanka has placed critical economic measures to save resources hit badly by the Covid-19 pandemic, which has infected 373 persons in the country.

Bond yields plunge as RBI readies to redeploy debt operation

The yield on 10-year bond dropped 20 basis points, the most since 27 March, to 6.02%, after RBI said it would buy long-term debt while selling bills.

Global markets will punish India for fiscal excesses: Former RBI governor Duvvuri Subbarao

Duvvuri Subbarao believes acting on calls for the RBI to directly fund the government borrowing will dent the central bank’s credibility.

On Camera

Rahul Gandhi ignorantly linked ‘abhay mudra’ to Islam in speech. Abrahamic religions are complex

If we want to focus on the symbol of the hand specifically as part of Islamic culture, it does exist among Middle Eastern Muslims and is called Hamsa in Hebrew and Khamsa in Arabic.

Water stress inevitable, what steel & coal sectors can do to avoid looming crisis

11 of 15 major river basins in India to experience water stress by 2025. India’s major power grids depend on 14 major river basins, all of which are under ‘high water stress’.

Ahead of Modi’s visit to Moscow, Indo-Russia venture delivers 33K AK-203 rifles to Army

1st batch of India-assembled weapons consisted of 5,000 AK-203 rifles with only 5% indigenous components. This will increase to 70% when initial lot of 70,000 is completed in 32 months.

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.