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Profit booking leading FIIs to sell Indian equities: FM Sitharaman

Speaking to reporters in the financial capital, Sitharaman said the Indian economy is one where the investors are bagging better returns which leads to profit booking

Updated On: 18 Feb 2025 | 9:59 AM IST

Bhartiya Vayuyan Vidheyak to address discrepancies in aviation law: Govt

Naidu explained that the 1934 Act had undergone 21 amendments, resulting in ambiguities and contradictions, particularly regarding the powers and functions of internal organisations

Updated On: 08 Aug 2024 | 7:19 PM IST

RBI proposes banks with less than 6% net NPAs to declare dividends

As per the prevailing norms last updated in 2005, banks need to have a NNPA ratio of up to 7 per cent to become eligible for declaration of dividends

Updated On: 03 Jan 2024 | 5:22 PM IST

Reserve Bank of India imposes penalty worth Rs 1.75 crore on HSBC

Earlier in April, the central bank had imposed penalties totalling Rs 44 lakh on four cooperative banks

Updated On: 10 May 2023 | 5:23 PM IST

Short-duration funds suit conservative investors during pause in rate cycle

Take a tactical bet on longer-duration funds when RBI moves to a tightening stance

Updated On: 16 Dec 2022 | 10:10 PM IST

RBI prods Indian civic bodies to issue municipal bonds for funding

India's local city governments must consider issuing municipal bonds to meet their funding requirements as the demand to ramp-up infrastructure in the Asia's third-largest economy grows

Updated On: 11 Nov 2022 | 4:12 PM IST

Two years on, Sebi's sandbox initiative yet to find its feet

Most applications have either been withdrawn or stand rejected

Updated On: 20 Oct 2022 | 10:35 PM IST

Rupee declines 0.8%, closes at fresh all-time low of 83 vs US dollar

Analysts say RBI is allowing the depreciation amid wider CAD and higher US interest rates

Updated On: 19 Oct 2022 | 11:08 PM IST

As RBI spreads out Fx interventions, forward premium hits 11-year lows

The central bank looks to protect headline reserves, deter offshore/onshore arbitrage on Rs with buy-sell swaps in forex market

Updated On: 17 Oct 2022 | 11:44 PM IST

FSDC stresses on the need to monitor India's financial sector risks

Meeting discusses that it's endeavour of regulators to ensure incidents like the NSE colocation scam don't repeat and there are better ways to deal with the fallout

Updated On: 16 Sep 2022 | 12:29 AM IST

Focus on sustainable business model, governance: RBI tells SFBs in meeting

SFBs were advised to continue to evolve in tune with the differentiated banking licence given to them with proportionate growth in their capital base.

Updated On: 10 Jun 2022 | 11:59 PM IST

1991 ushered in many relationship changes; govt-RBI one was the foremost

From 1991 onwards, the RBI became a full, if slightly junior, partner of the finance ministry, instead of being a 'mere subordinate department of the financial ministry'

Updated On: 28 Jun 2021 | 7:49 AM IST

RBI tightens dividend payout norms for NBFCs, links them to bad debt

NBFCs can give dividend only if accounts are clean, NPAs not hidden, and are below 6 per cent for the last three years

Updated On: 25 Jun 2021 | 12:59 AM IST

Despite record dividend, RBI and govt may have differences over new norms

Apex bank's Rs 99,122 cr dividend supports the Centre's fiscal rescue plan, obviates need to ramp up borrowings for now

Updated On: 28 May 2021 | 11:54 PM IST

RBI accountable to government, says reserves panel chairman Bimal Jalan

'Autonomous institution has to deliver the services that the government has approved as part of policy framework', says Bimal Jalan.

Updated On: 10 Jan 2019 | 9:52 PM IST

Not going to give more powers to RBI to deal with public sector banks: Govt

Govt informed Rajya Sabha that no proposal with regard to change in the RBI's powers with respect to public sector banks was under consideration

Updated On: 08 Jan 2019 | 11:40 PM IST

RBI vs government in 2018: A 'husband-wife' relation that turned stormy

The genesis of differences between the RBI and the government was one-day default norms announced by the central bank on February 12, 2018

Updated On: 01 Jan 2019 | 11:43 AM IST

Why RBI cannot pay Rs 3.6 trillion to govt

Neither the foreign exchange, nor the gold, and certainly not the revaluation reserve should be available for spending by anyone

Updated On: 26 Dec 2018 | 9:17 PM IST

Shaktikanta Das must follow 'dharma' to protect RBI autonomy: C Rangarajan

Rangarajan said there is also a need for the Central Statistics Office to disclose a few essential details on the recent change in GDP computation

Updated On: 24 Dec 2018 | 5:25 PM IST

Why should the government own the RBI?

When it comes to borrowing, governments behave exactly like any private citizen, says the author

Updated On: 22 Dec 2018 | 2:46 AM IST