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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicViral Acharya

Topic: Viral Acharya

Surplus, liquidity to be key agendas as RBI prepares for Nov 19 board meeting

Even though the agenda is circulated much in advance, board members are free to raise other issues in the meeting. 

Modi govt wants RBI to forego part of its surplus reserves to put it to better use

The government’s demand is expected to further escalate tensions with the RBI which has lately intensified its push for its independence and autonomy.

Undermining autonomy of RBI is the opposite of Modi’s promise of good governance

The Modi-RBI tussle flies in the face of minimum government and maximum governance slogan.

Urjit Patel won the first round in RBI vs Centre, but the war isn’t over

The timing of RBI deputy governor Viral Acharya’s scathing speech was impeccable.

Modi govt seeks to ease RBI standoff after citing never-used Section 7

Section 7 of the RBI Act empowers the government to consult & instruct the governor to act on issues that it considers to be in the public interest.

Govt has nurtured and respected the autonomy of RBI: Arun Jaitley

The finance minister said that RBI's autonomy, within the framework of the RBI Act, is an essential and accepted governance requirement.

Is Viral Acharya speech just another fight or shows Modi govt’s inability to work with RBI?

RBI deputy governor Viral Acharya lashed out at the government for trying to undermine the authority and curb the independence of the central bank...

We might be headed towards a massive showdown between Narendra Modi govt and Urijit Patel’s RBI

Patel is under pressure for further tightening the screws on undercapitalised banks and errant corporate borrowers that are worried they may lose prized assets.

India’s growth recovery runs straight into emerging market chaos

The economy's recovery is in question as the nation fights a currency slump and inflation brought by oil price hike.

On Camera

Zohran Mamdani’s New York win revives a forgotten history — of Gujarati Muslim cosmopolitanism

From Mughal ports to Dutch wars to Bombay’s merchant dynasties, Gujarati Muslims once shaped the Indian Ocean world — long before one of their descendants took New York.

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.