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The former RBI governor urged India to join free trade agreements judiciously in order to boost competition and improve domestic efficiency. read more

Nirmala Sitharaman was speaking at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, when she hit out at the former RBI governor for his recent comments regarding the state of India’s economy, which has slowed down to its lowest pace... read more

The finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman was addressing the media in Mumbai where she also spoke about Maharashtra’s BJP-Shiv Sena government. read more

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The move to link loans and deposits pricing to the repo rate comes even as the Reserve Bank has decided not to push banks for this, considering their poor finances. read more

Following last year’s floods, RBI gave a moratorium on the repayment of farm loans -- Kerala has around 7.5 million farm loans worth Rs 80,803 crore -- till July 31. The state was trying to have this extended even before heavy floods of the past week... read more

The change in repo rate, the rate at which the central bank lends money to commercial banks, will lead to lower interest rates on new bank loans. read more

Presenting one of the world’s leading economists, Dr Raghuram Rajan (56) in a free-wheeling chat with his brother, entrepreneur and corporate thought leader, Dr Mukund Rajan (51) read more

Vegetables inflation was at 40.65 per cent in April, up from 28.13 per cent in the previous month. Inflation in food articles basket was 7.37 per cent, up from 5.68 per cent in the previous month. read more

Let’s not underestimate the electorate. India’s electorate is shrewd… Take rural India - in infrastructure they got roads, they got cooking gas, they got toilets, electricity and some got houses. read more

The RBI board had warned of short-term negative impact of demonetisation on the country’s economic growth and observed that the unprecedented move will not have any material impact on tackling the black money menace. read more

About Rs 1.47 lakh crore of agricultural loans are outstanding in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, which announced waivers recently. read more

Singh’s criticism of the current government also extended to the tiff that the BJP-led NDA government has had with the last RBI chairperson Urjit Patel over issues of autonomy of the central bank and the revision of the GDP back-series announced by the... read more

Questioning Das’ credentials for the crucial post, the Sena said while the two previous RBI governors - Raghuram Rajan and Urjit Patel - were world-renowned economists, the current incumbent is only a graduate with no “known” knowledge of economics,... read more

Stock markets end higher as analysts expect a dovish stance. Opposition parties criticise appointment of Shaktikanta Das as the RBI governor. read more