RBI
Financial discipline will help lower lending rates, says Rajan
03 Dec 2014
By over-leveraging bank credit Indian companies are piling up debt to unserviceable levels resulting in NPAs, which keeps lending rates high, cautions RBI governor Raghuram Rajan
Time not yet ripe for rate cut, says RBI governor
02 Dec 2014
RBI governor Raghuram Rajan said if the current downward inflationary trend continues, and fiscal developments are encouraging, a change in the monetary policy stance is likely early next year, including outside the policy review cycle
Stop protecting defaulting corporate `honchos,’ Rajan tells banks
26 Nov 2014
The amount written off by banks as bad debts in the last five years would have been enough to fund the education of 1.5 million of the poorest children in the top private universities of the country, all expenses paid,” the RBI governor said
Rajan pushes through major organisational revamp in RBI
22 Oct 2014
A key element of the restructuring introduced by governor Raghuram Rajan is the separation of the Reserve Bank's supervisory and regulatory functions
RBI keeps rates unchanged, tightens liquidity
30 Sep 2014
The central bank has reduced the liquidity provided to banks under the export credit refinance facility from 32 per cent of eligible export credit outstanding to 15 per cent with effect from 10 October 2014
Entire group can be declared ‘wilful defaulter’ as RBI tightens norms
10 Sep 2014
The Reserve Bank of India has tightened its guidelines on wilful defaulters, saying bankers can classify the guarantor group firms and management as wilful defaulters
RBI, govt to recast monetary policy framework: Rajan
08 Sep 2014
The reworked monetary policy would continue to be anchored on inflation fighting, RBI governor Raghuram Rajan said
RBI allows banks abroad to lend in Indian rupees
04 Sep 2014
RBI pegs India’s 2014-15 GDP growth at 5.5%
21 Aug 2014
RBI’s annual surplus transfer to govt up 60% at Rs52,679 crore
11 Aug 2014
RBI had transferred Rs33,010 crore to the government for the year ended 30 June 2013
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