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Mumbai: Asserting that the Reserve Bank is more than autonomous, governor Shaktikanta Das Friday said though the central bank engages with the government in free and frank discussions, there is no interference from it when it comes to taking decisions. Das said the differences of opinion between the government and the monetary authority happens in […]

Mumbai: Allaying fears of any threat to the banking system, Reserve Bank governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday asked the public not to panic as the entire banking system, including cooperative ones, continue to remain sound and stable. Das also said in the wake of the crisis at Punjab & Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank, the RBI […]

Mumbai: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das has said till the growth is revived, the RBI will continue to remain in an accommodative mode and therefore a conclusion on what is the minimum repo rate where the central bank will take a pause cannot be concluded at this stage and will again depend on the next deliberations […]

Mumbai: In what could mean further rate cuts by India’s central bank, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das has said at the bi-monthly monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting here earlier this month that “there is policy space to address growth concerns”, according to the minutes of the MPC meeting released on Friday. In 2019, the Reserve Bank […]

Ahmedabad/New Delhi: Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Saturday called for strong corporate governance culture and accountability in public sector banks (PSBs) to check ballooning non-performing assets (NPAs). “Many of the problems that currently seem to affect the PSBs such as the elevated levels of NPA, capital shortfalls, frauds and inadequate risk management […]

Mumbai: After leaving benchmark interest rates unchanged in the second consecutive policy review, RBI governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday said the central bank has many other instruments to address the sluggishness the economy, not just interest rates. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its sixth bi-monthly monetary policy pegged GDP growth for FY21 at […]

New Delhi: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Saturday said the budget proposals will not have much inflationary impact as the government has by and large remained within the fiscal deficit roadmap set under the FRBM Act. The Union Budget earlier this month raised the fiscal deficit target to 3.8 per cent of the GDP for […]

New Delhi: Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Saturday said transmission of rate cuts is expected to improve further in the coming days and that momentum is gathering pace on credit growth. Earlier this month, the central bank opted for a status quo on the benchmark interest rate, amid signs of hardening inflation and an […]

New Delhi: Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Monday said the government will have to use structural reforms to revive demand and support the sagging economy, and green shoots of the recovery visible now need to be sustained to pull India out of its worst slowdown in 11 years. In an interview with PTI, he […]

New Delhi: The coronavirus outbreak will have a limited impact on India but the global GDP and trade will definitely get affected due to the large size of the Chinese economy, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das has said. Only a couple of sectors in India are likely to see some disruptions but alternatives are being explored […]

Mumbai: The top 50 non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) were being monitored closely, said Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das, here on Monday, hinting at the RBI’s focus on early detection of risks signs or any contagion effect on the credit system. “The asset-liability management (ALM) position and other relevant aspects of the top 50 […]

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will soon come out with a scheme to revive the capital-starved Yes Bank, RBI Governor Shakti Kanta Das said on Friday. “We took the step (of putting it under moratorium) when we found that Yes Bank efforts were not working. Depositors’ interests will be fully protected,” Das told […]

Mumbai: India’s economy is showing signs of getting back to normalcy, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Saturday. In a keynote address at the 7th SBI Banking and Economics Conclave, Das noted that medium term outlook still remains uncertain. “Despite the substantial impact of pandemic in our daily lives, the financial system […]

New Delhi: As the economy reels under the pandemic and post lockdown woes, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das is of the view that extreme risk aversion by financial institutions will have adverse outcomes for all. Noting that India’s financial system remains sound, Das, in his foreword to the RBI‘s latest Financial Stability […]

New Delhi: Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday said the country is at the doorstep of economic revival on the back of accommodative monetary and fiscal policies being pursued by the central bank and the government. Das was speaking at the launch of the book ‘Portraits of Power: Half a Century of Being at […]