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RBI keeps repo rate unchanged, launches SDF to absorb excess liquidity
09 Apr 2022
Simultaneously, RBI announced the activation of the Standing Deposit Facility (SDF), which will help the central bank absorb liquidity (deposits) from commercial banks without giving government securities in return to the banks
RBI keeps policy repo rate unchanged at 4%, but with focus on growth
17 Feb 2022
While the pace of the domestic recovery is catching up with pre-pandemic trends, private consumption is still lagging and the pandemic continues to impart some uncertainty to the future outlook, RBI noted
RBI keeps policy repo rate unchanged at 4%
11 Oct 2021
RBI said it would continue an accommodative monetary policy while keeping the objective of achieving the medium-term target for consumer price index (CPI) inflation within the 4 (+/-) 2 per cent band
India and Singapore to link their instant payment systems for faster, low-cost cross-border transactions
14 Sep 2021
RBI raises Indo-Nepal NEFT transaction ceiling to Rs2 lakh, removes cap of 12 remittances a year
27 Aug 2021
RBI keeps policy repo rate unchanged at 4%
09 Aug 2021
RBI has injected additional liquidity of Rs40,000 crore in Q2 of 2021-22 so far under the secondary market government securities acquisition programme and will be conducting open market purchase of G-secs of Rs25,000 crore on 12 August 2021 to address liquidity concerns
India emerges 5th largest forex reserves holder with $608.99 bn of foreign currency holding
19 Jul 2021
Big Tech entry poses threat to stability of banking system: RBI
05 Jul 2021
Big Tech firms operate non-financial lines of business with sometimes opaque overarching governance structures and have the potential to become dominant players in financial services and the ablity to overcome limits to scale in financial services provision, RBI noted
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