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Friday, March 27, 2026
TopicReserve Bank of India

Topic: Reserve Bank of India

How AI may present an opportunity rather than an upset for India’s IT industry

Global media also reports on RBI's battle to protect the rupee from the Iran war fallout; shocks to India's macroeconomics and cooking gas sectors; and how the CBFC blocked an Oscar-nominated film.

Why RBI’s draft rules aren’t enough to curb mis-selling of financial products

For too long, sales misconduct has been treated as an operational issue created by overzealous relationship managers. The elevation of the issue to the board level signifies that mis-selling is a governance failure.

Banks made Rs 4,818 crore from minimum balance penalties in FY24-25. LS report flags burden on poor

Committee on Petitions flags disproportionate charges, even as RBI allows penalties. Collectively, banks amassed a staggering Rs 28495 crore in the past 5 years as MAB charges.

RBI set to allow banks to lend to real estate investment trusts

REITs, which own and operate income-generating office parks, malls and warehouses, are emerging as a key route for institutional capital to access property market.

RBI policy rate decision Friday, US trade deal dashes hope of cut

Majority of 39 economists surveyed by Bloomberg expect the central bank to keep its benchmark repurchase rate unchanged at 5.25%.

India spooks investors instead of calming them

Union Budget brings home to markets the unpleasant reality of fiscal dominance where RBI ends up prioritising deficit financing over its primary function of inflation control.

Borrowing to survive: Indian households are saving more, why are they still in debt?

RBI data shows personal loans tripled in six years, with rising slippages; real wages halved as middle class uses loans to maintain lifestyle fuelled by social media.

RBI considers resuming urban co-op bank licences after 2 decades. But high capital bar may shut most out

Proposal to restart licensing is welcome, but Rs 300-crore minimum capital requirement could mean only handful of credit societies qualify, say sector executives

RBI to focus on pace of Rupee’s drop, strategists say

The RBI has spent $45 billion since October to defend the currency, according to estimates by Kotak Mahindra Bank.

RBI needs to ramp up bond purchases to cool yields, Funds say

The RBI has injected a record Rs 14.5 trillion of liquidity since Dec 2024. Yet long-term bond yields have barely reacted.

On Camera

Mamata is the architect of her own troubles. West Bengal won’t be fixed, even if she loses

By confronting everyone who comes in her way, even the Election Commission or crime-fighting agencies like the ED, Mamata Banerjee has shown that for her, everything is personal.

India’s strategic oil reserves tell a tale of structural constraints & stalled expansion. Here’s why

India’s oil reserves, which can last just 74-75 days, are much less than other major economies. Japan, for instance, holds reserves for 254 days.

India-Japan to finalise deal to co-develop & co-produce UNICORN mast ‘soon’, says Japanese envoy

The countries signed a memorandum for co-development of UNICORN masts in November 2024. India has been second Asian nation to have such an agreement with Tokyo, after Philippines.

The Vishwaguru delusion, mine vs yours, is ruining our view of the world

One side thinks India is punching way above its weight. The other thinks Modi has undermined India and it punches below its strength. Both are wrong.