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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicReserve Bank of India

Topic: Reserve Bank of India

Robust GDP, low inflation: RBI cuts repo rate to support ‘Goldilocks period’ for Indian economy

RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra, in MPC statement, said the main purpose of open-market bond purchases was to infuse primary liquidity & not to influence the currency or bond yields.

RBI slashes repo rate by 25 points to 5.25%, guv attributes change to robust GDP growth & low inflation

India's retail inflation fell sharply to record low of 0.25% in Oct, data by MoSPI showed. This marks a shift from the last MPC announcement, when RBI maintained repo rate at 5.5%.

Why Rupee’s slump complicates RBI’s path to cut rate

After keeping rates unchanged in the past two policy meetings, Governor Sanjay Malhotra said there was scope for rates to come down. But the economy is proving resilient in the face of US tariffs.

India’s export sales at 8-month low growth, services sector growth accelerates in November: HSBC PMI

The benign inflation outlook supports expectations the Reserve Bank of India will cut rates by 25 basis points this week.

Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan warns of rising private credit risks

Rajan’s comments echo concerns from finance industry executives following recent high-profile bankruptcies in the US.

India current account gap widens as Trump tariff hits exports

The wider current account gap may put additional pressure on the rupee, which slid to a record low of 89.64 per dollar on Monday.

RBI consolidates over 9,000 circulars to reduce compliance burden

RBI says 'these instructions have been issued separately for 11 types of regulated entities and are cohesively organised across various regulatory areas'.

India has a low inflation problem. What can it do?

It will be tough for Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra to get right. Rupee is the worst-performing Asian currency this year against the dollar.

IMF likely to tweak its classification for India’s forex framework

The move is expected two years after the lender upset RBI by suggesting it was intervening too heavily in the currency market.

RBI sees scope to cut policy rate in December

It is up to the MPC to decide on rates in the coming policy, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said in an interview.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.