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RBI, Central Bank of Sri Lanka ink currency swap agreement

Reserve Bank of India has signed a special currency swap agreement with the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBS). Under this agreement, Sri Lankan bank can draw up...

July 17, 2015

RBI constitutes Deepak Mohanty Committee to frame action plan on financial inclusion

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has constituted a committee to prepare a 5 year action plan to spread the reach of financial services across country to unbanked population....

July 16, 2015

RBI extends deadline for exchanging pre-2005 currency notes till December 2015

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the date to exchange pre-2005 bank notes till December 31, 2015 for third time. Earlier in December 2014, RBI had...

June 26, 2015

RBI allows NRIs to subscribe chit funds

Reserve Bank of Indian has allowed non-resident Indians (NRIs) to invest in chit fund to encourage flow of capital into the country. Decision in this regard was taken...

June 12, 2015

RBI lowers repo rate to 7.25 per cent

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has reduced the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 25 basis points from 7.5 per cent to 7.25 per...

June 3, 2015

Meena Hemchandra appointed as Executive Director of RBI

Meena Hemchandra was appointed as the Executive Director of Reserve Bank of India (RBI). With this appointment she will be in charge of RBI’s department of banking supervision,...

June 2, 2015

Payment Banks

About 40%-50% of India’s 1.25 billion population is eligible to open a bank account, but is still unbanked . In the Union Budget 2014-2015, the finance minister Arun...

April 26, 2015

Non-Operative Financial Holding Company

In February 2013, RBI had issued final guidelines to apply for new banking licenses in the private sector. Under these guidelines, RBI said that the entities or groups...

April 24, 2015

Public Debt Management Agency

Public Debt Management Agency has been proposed to be set up by the Finance Minister in his budget 2015-16 speech. This separation of debt management from monetary policy...

March 29, 2015

Trade Receivables Discounting System

Trade Receivables Discounting System or TReDS is a welcome step by RBI to secure finances for micro, small and medium enterprises. It has been set up under the...

March 29, 2015

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