The RBI stated in its Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies that it is putting up a pilot project on QR code-based coin vending machines (QCVM) in partnership with a few major banks to increase coin distribution to the general population. The QCVM is a cashless coin dispenser that eliminates the requirement for physical banknote…
The majority of financial industry professionals anticipate the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to opt for a moderate repo rate increase of 25 basis points during its policy review meeting this week. Monday marks the beginning of the MPC’s three-day deliberations, and February 8 marks the announcement of the result. In his most recent bimonthly monetary…
In light of the Adani Group of Companies’ stocks and bonds taking a beating over the past few days and Adani Enterprises’ withdrawal of its fully subscribed 20,000 crore follow-on public offer, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked banks to share details of the loans they have sanctioned to the Adani Group of…
On Thursday, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) stated that its goal for 2023 is to control inflation and bring it into line with the desired level by 2024. The consumer price index (CPI) eased to 5.7% in December from 5.9% a month earlier, according to the most recent data, driven mostly by a strong…
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch has been urged by the Commodity Participants Association of India (CPAI) to request that MCX swiftly disclose the new cotton futures contract specification. The present contract will expire on December 30, according to CPAI President Nariender Wadhwa, who noted that MCX informed on…
Two significant macroeconomic indices issued on Monday indicated conflicting trends. Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based retail inflation fell to an 11-month low of 5.88% in November from 6.77% in October, but the Index of Industrial Production (IIP)-based measure of industrial output shrank by 4% from 3.2% growth in September to 4.0%. For the first time in…
The Reserve Bank of India’s decision to permit Indian companies to hedge their gold price risk on recognized exchanges in the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) will increase liquidity in bullion derivatives traded on the NSE International Financial Service Center and the India International Exchange, both of which are promoted by the BSE. Additionally, the…
Five days after the retail e-rupee pilot programme was introduced, the RBI and banks are pleased with the first response and operational effectiveness. However, involvement in terms of value has been very low. Bankers claim that this is the case for both the wholesale and retail markets for digital currencies, despite the fact that the…
Nirmala Sitharaman, the minister of finance, anticipates high growth and lower inflation for the coming year as the central bank works to maintain economic stability in the face of challenging external conditions. Sitharaman stated that “external variables were quite powerful in the inflation targeting exercise.” She added that these factors were out of the government’s…
By the end of September 2022, creditors, mainly banks and financial institutions, had received 2.43 billion rupees under resolution plans approved by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). This is in contrast to the total amount of claims made by creditors, which total $7.91 lakh crore and have…
