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CRISIL's Subir Gokarn takes over as RBI deputy governor
24 Nov 2009
Outgoing CRISIL chief economist Subir Gokarn will look after RBI's departments of monetary policy, economic analysis and policy, statistics and information management, communication and deposit insurance body DICGC
India's forex reserves rises to $286.38 billion
21 Nov 2009
Indian banks' profits up 23.5 per cent in 2008-09
18 Nov 2009
The State Bank group and other nationalised banks showed an increase in profitability while the profitability of private banks and foreign banks declined.
RBI asks banks to disclose commission details to increase transparency in selling financial products
17 Nov 2009
RBI wants a gradual exit from stimulus policies
11 Nov 2009
The design of exit strategy from the stimulus programme, especially its timing, will largely depend on the respective macroeconomic and financial market conditions of individual countries.
RBI buys 200 tonnes of gold from IMF for $6.7 billion
03 Nov 2009
In a bid to raise funds to expand its financing to poorer nations, the IMF rises $6.7 billion through a 200-tonne gold sale to India.
RBI asks banks to weed out `rogue' accounts
29 Oct 2009
RBI has asked banks to scan all existing accounts to ensure that no account is held by or linked to any of rogue entities identified by the UN Security Council Committee
RBI for tighter financial sector regulations
27 Oct 2009
RBI closes the special liquidity tap
27 Oct 2009
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