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Sunday, November 23, 2025
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Topic: RBI

RBI’s contingency fund shrinks to Rs 1.96 lakh crore after latest payout to govt

In its annual report, the RBI said, apart from the Rs 52,000 crore, it also paid a surplus from its profit worth Rs 1.23 lakh crore to the govt, which is virtually double the size of the average of recent payouts.

In Karnataka cabinet, a penchant for ‘porn’ & a Sadhvi’s take on ‘killing powers’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

RBI ‘cow’ runs out of milk as Modi-Shah ride the Kashmir ‘bull’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Katju on ‘India as permanent enemy’ for Pakistan, Jagannathan on RBI ‘mea culpa’ transfer

The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.

Central banks like RBI tend to ‘build an empire’, sometimes at the cost of public interest

In countries like Chile, Israel and Thailand, central banks run with negative net capital.

Row over RBI surplus fund transfer needless but govt mustn’t expect such windfall regularly

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Bimal Jalan recommends these steps for RBI’s future and Indian economy

Not just financial reform and market development, India must also pay attention to fiscal empowerment of state and improvement in public administration.

Gowda’s new launch, Atishi’s excitement, Jha and Surjewal on what RBI stands for

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Amend the law to settle conflict over RBI’s surplus once and for all

The transfer of surplus and excess capital is the right step, but the problem should not be left ambiguous in law. Parliament must debate and amend RBI Act.

On Camera

In Tejas Dubai crash, the harm goes beyond the loss of an aircraft and pilot

Airshows are thrilling spectacles of aviation skill and engineering marvels. But they carry inherent risks as the crew is pushing the aircraft, and themselves, to perform at the edges of the envelope.

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.

From a small Kangra village to Tejas cockpit: IAF fighter pilot Namansh Syal’s journey cut short

Wing Commander Namansh Syal is survived by his wife, their 6-year-old daughter and his mother. Back in his native village, relatives and neighbours wait for his remains for last rites.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.