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India Inc disgruntled with RBI not slashing rates

June 19, 2012

India Inc is dissatisfied with RBI’s decision of keeping interest rates unchanged As per Assocham, a cut in interest rates may give some boost to the industrial sector and help the economy come back on the higher growth trajectory The ..

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Current Monetary Policy of Reserve Bank of India: 3rd Quarter Review 2011-12

February 22, 2012

Background: The Reserve Bank began exiting from the crisis driven expansionary policy in October 2009. Between January 2010 and October 2011, the Reserve Bank cumulatively raised the cash reserve ratio (CRR) by 100 basis points and the policy rate (the ..

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A look into recent RBI decisions

February 1, 2012

The Reserve Bank of India’s third quarter recapitulation of monetary policy was devoid of major surprises. The only change in monetary policy instruments was a cut in the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) by 0.50% point to 5.5%. This decision will ..

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Shyamala Gopinath panel recommendations

January 9, 2012

The Government has recently accepted the recommendations of former RBI deputy governor Shyamala Gopinath panel which would help investors earn higher interest on small savings schemes such as public provident fund and post office deposits. The schemes are now under ..

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End of Regulated Interest Rates Era

December 28, 2011

Recently, the Reserve Bank of India has completely deregulated the interest rates. The Interest on Savings Banks Account was the last administered pricing imposed by the banking regulator and now the savings bank account interest rates have been deregulated. This ..

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Current Affairs : June 16, 2011

June 21, 2011

Short term lending and borrowing rates hiked by 25 basis points by the RBI The RBI raised the RR (Repo Rate) and the RRR (Reverse Repo Rate) by 25 basis points This was to combat inflation RR raised to 7.5% ..

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