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Monday, November 17, 2025
TopicReserve Bank of India

Topic: Reserve Bank of India

Banks beat RBI in raising interest rates

State Bank of India, ICICI Bank and Punjab National Bank are among the biggest banks that increased their benchmark lending rates last week.

RBI needs better rupee policy, says Niti Aayog VC, Rajiv Kumar

'It would be reasonable for RBI to maintain a steady pause as the inability of banks to extend credit amid mounting bad loans is a risk to growth this year', said Kumar. 

Is India next to raise interest rates after Indonesia moves to curb market rout?

With Bank Indonesia raising interest rates, more economists are betting the Reserve Bank of India will do the same.

‘Ugly’ inflation puts RBI closer to interest rate hike

As the payment for oil increases, India’s current account deficits are prone to widen making the economy more vulnerable to rising US interest rates. 

Core not headline inflation seen influencing India’s interest rate setters

Globally, focus on core inflation is par for course. But in India’s context, it’s the headline inflation that matters.

Delhi based Coinsecure loses $3 million in a Bitcoin heist

The firm is working hard to recover the money. However, its efforts might be hampered by India’s crackdown on cryptocurrencies even as global prices rebound.

RBI likely to keep policy rates unchanged through 2018, says Asian Development Bank

The ADB report also sees economy recovering to grow at 7.3 per cent in 2018 and 7.6 per cent in 2019, aided by various growth-oriented policy measures.

Why a lone dissenter does not want to bet on Indian banks

Investors should exercise tremendous caution on corporate lending names until there is complete clarity following a probe in the PNB fraud. 

P. Chidambaram says Tirupati’s hundi collectors count notes faster than RBI. How much do they count?

P. Chidambaram was mocking the RBI for not completing the counting of currency notes 15 months after demonetisation. 

Rescuing public banks could be very costly. The Modi govt must reduce its stake in them

The one sector where there is still a sense of crisis is banking, but the government has regrettably set its face against privatisation.

On Camera

We celebrate Harappa excavation—and dismiss Keeladi, Sinauli archaeological digs as politics

In the storm around Sinauli, many academics dismissed claims of chariots being found. And the public misinterpreted the chariots as a device planted by the govt to fortify Hindutva.

Naidu matches Jagan’s Rs 13L crore investment playbook, with a ‘speed of doing business’ caveat

Naidu’s summit brings in MoUs on same scale as Jagan’s, but CM says his plans built on speed, certainty & investor trust, with escrow accounts, simplified incentives & real-time oversight.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.